Adopting new baby white bellied caique

[aibocyrus]

Hello all!

As the title says I’ve put a deposit down on a an white bellied caique. After doing research, I can’t seem to figure out if wrought iron cages are ok? It seems they can work, unless the bird is prone to biting on the cage?

At the least I figured I could start with wrought iron and then move over to stainless steel?

What are the truths about wrought iron cages and keeping a caique in one?

Thanks!

Cyrus

 

[wrench13]

hi and welcome aboard. Most cages are steel and powder coated. Its durable and unless it was poorly coated and your parrot has jaws of steel, it should last a long time, with proper cleaning. Never heard of wrought iron used for parrot cage - I would think bare wrought iron would not be good - too easy to rust and corrode. Stainless steel is best but whooo big $$$ . Make sure you get a fully weaned , on solid food young caique. Feeding babies formula is difficult and easy to kill the young chick. Good luck!

 

[Tami2]

Hello, welcome and congratulations!

I found this article and it says that Iron rusts to easily and Stainless Steel is the safest.

Poison Prevention - Pet Business Magazine - July 2015

 

[aibocyrus]

Thank you both for your responses!

I’ve found out that I should have this baby home the first week of September! Just can’t wait for her/him to get here! This baby will be fully weaned when I receive him/her.

 

[Allee]

Welcome, Cyrus! Glad you joined us! How exciting, I think caiques are adorable, I’m looking forward to homecoming photos. Since you have some time before your caique comes home why not shop for a cage other than wrought iron? Stainless Steel is amazing if you can afford it but there’s a wide variety of safe comfortable cages. Here’s a link to our cage forum in case you’d like to browse:

Cages - Parrot Forum - Parrot Owner's Community