Hi all, I'm hoping to adopt a conure soon, and in the meantime I'm looking into building my own birdcage for it. Sorry for the monster post, but here goes. I know very little about this besides what I've read and seen on youtube and various books and internet articles. I have planned thus far only a few things. I'd lie, to hear from you your advice and suggestion for the cage. So far I know I'm going to:
-build it with metal. I'm thinking stainless steel shelves like in retail stores. Just a steel frame with (preferably) removable shelf panels. I may cut holes in the shelving if there is any and attach ladders to make it a two floor cage with multiple ways of getting to the top (climbing the outside bars, using the ladder, etc)
-use closet shelving for the sides. I have found several kinds of closet shelving, one of them is plain stainless steel, the others are all painted stainless. I was thinking I could find a way to remove the paint without destroying the stainless steel, so they won't chew off shelf paint coating. Otherwise there is another shelf which has plastic instead of paint to coat the shelves. Is this alternative any better? The only problem with the plain stainless is that the shelving is largely vertical, and I wanted to use horizontal bars to make climbing a bit easier and faster for the fids.
-attach doors and feed holders. I honestly don't know how I'm going to pull this off. Any help or ideas are appreciated!
I do have a carpenter who we have commissioned for other household projects who may be able to help us plan, but I've been wanting to try my own hand at this endeavor first. I have no deadline and my budget is ideally under $250, but I'm flexible. Any feedback or thoughts are welcome, thanks!
-build it with metal. I'm thinking stainless steel shelves like in retail stores. Just a steel frame with (preferably) removable shelf panels. I may cut holes in the shelving if there is any and attach ladders to make it a two floor cage with multiple ways of getting to the top (climbing the outside bars, using the ladder, etc)
-use closet shelving for the sides. I have found several kinds of closet shelving, one of them is plain stainless steel, the others are all painted stainless. I was thinking I could find a way to remove the paint without destroying the stainless steel, so they won't chew off shelf paint coating. Otherwise there is another shelf which has plastic instead of paint to coat the shelves. Is this alternative any better? The only problem with the plain stainless is that the shelving is largely vertical, and I wanted to use horizontal bars to make climbing a bit easier and faster for the fids.
-attach doors and feed holders. I honestly don't know how I'm going to pull this off. Any help or ideas are appreciated!
I do have a carpenter who we have commissioned for other household projects who may be able to help us plan, but I've been wanting to try my own hand at this endeavor first. I have no deadline and my budget is ideally under $250, but I'm flexible. Any feedback or thoughts are welcome, thanks!
