Need help picking out a cage for a pair of U2 Cockatoos

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2 umbrella Cockatoos One male named Cooper and female named Baby 1 Little Corella male named Frankie and have 5 Cockatiels three named Male named Pepper, Fiesco for the female and female named Wylie.
I need help finding a cage that will hold up to one one particular female U2 Cockatoo and her mate. Unfortunately she like to destroy cages. This is her 3rd cage since adopting her she destroyed. It is only her that like to destroy the cage Cooper my male U2 doesn't do this. The issue with her is that she came from people that kept her in a cage and never let her out with no toys in it. So she more likely develop this habit as a result from the previous neglect and being cage bound for years. Now she out all the time and usually only goes in the cage at night, but even then with all the toys and attention, she still like to strip the power coating off, remove bolts off the feeder doors and bend them and destroy the cage. She actually like this cage as sometimes don't want to come out in the morning and doesn't scream anymore. It just she like to figure stuff out and if she finds a weak spot and she goes for it.

Now I have worked most her behaviors issues and train her, but when it come to cages she do this early in the morning, or at night. When I see her she knows it is wrong as she goes right back up to her perch the times I caught her when she removed the bolts holding the feeder and was in the process of bending the top part. She is very smart and will wait it out. She doesn't do this to escape, she does this to figure out and play.

I need a cage that has powered coating that will hold up to her beak? Prevue cages she break the welds on those and power coating not as good as the Kings Cages.

My female U2 is starting to strip the power coating on a new Kings cage as well and this cage is only a month old? She rubs her beak on the bars.

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Yes she does have penty of wood toys at least 3 big one and 4 other toys. This is just how she is as she destroyed two other cages as well.

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Why not go with this one..... :rolleyes:

I don't think this cage will be destroy easily.. :rolleyes: :D



https://birdcages4less.com/page/B/PROD/PA5729_SS


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I am considering it at this point with the amount I spend on cages already for them. Did order a stainless steel cage for Frankie, but he not as strong as my U2 Baby as he little corella and no where near as destructive. My main concern is that she may snap the bars, or break the welds? Reason hesitant to upgrade her to a stainless steel cage?

Wondering if it solid bars on this ones? I notice some stainless steal cages I looked at state not suitable for Macaws, or large Cockatoo and don't have a solid core?

This one looks good and states 5.5 mm thickness, do like the fact it has a divider if ever needed.

I was watching a video a couple of days ago that showed a similar one wondering where to get one and quality?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFr3H3DdjdU"]Stainless Steel Bird Toys - Safe - Indestructible - Re-Loadable - Affordable - www.ChaoticFun.com - YouTube[/ame]
 
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A&E used to have mouthwatering walk-in-aviaries, only slightly bigger than the one already shown, but SO much easier (imho) to clean: because no leaning in and reaching -> just walk in and fix it.
(I have the Amalia, https://www.akpets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/99052-website.jpg and a sore back -> not a great combination I can tell you! They are hell to clean!)


just for reference... (I hope that is allowed)
https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=38953
or
WI8561 Black - Walk-in Aviary 85'' x 61'' x 79''
(the entire range)

I heard the coating is not that great (if you are planning on putting it up outside) but... they have a full stainless steel version, it weighs a lot and costs even more... but if I had 8000 dollar to burn...that would be my choice ;)

Unfortunately these also are no longer 'made in america' so even in this pricerange: be prepared for some of the holes not lining up (once again: just what I've read ... I'd love to find out in person one day of course).
 
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They use to have a stainless steel version of the cage close to what she has Called the Kings model 509 but in stainless steel which also was solid core and reasonable price for size it was, but no longer available. Was going to get a walk in before the corner cage. My bird has a bad habit of breaking cages and now she stripping the power coating finish off.

The second A&E isn't going to work as only 3mm thick, she bend and break the welds on the bar pretty easy.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgRgyGlhNMY"]Problems with King's Cages model 509 Stainless Steel Cage - YouTube[/ame]
 
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I am just going for pre-fab pannels atm. - they are standard for outside aviaries and now they have a new way of hiding the mesh-edges they are getting more mainstream inside houses as well.


the budget-version is: https://www.dierenzaakaduard.nl/images/voliereachterdicht2.JPG


Not very sexy-looking but effective and safe.
 




Why not go with this one..... :rolleyes:

I don't think this cage will be destroy easily.. :rolleyes: :D



https://birdcages4less.com/page/B/PROD/PA5729_SS


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I've got the el cheapo (powder coated) version of this cage times two: one for the Beaks and one for Rosetta. It's WONderful! The birds have so much space to play and swing and even fly in short hops. The central divider is brilliant because it allows you to clean half the cage with the birds in the other half and then swap them over.

My only problem with this cage is that the doors are 'way too big! My birds live outdoors, so if I opened those doors wide, I'd be minus three birdies! :22_yikes: Instead, I got hubby to make a sluice gate in the back of each cage (sort of like a guillotine where you slide a panel up to reveal a round opening which the Beaks can go through).

I just slide the cage across the back door, open the sluice gate and extract whichever birdie(s) I want to play with. They go home quite happily with a fancy treat, although it took a good bit of training to get them to do that. (In the old house, we had a round hole cut through the kitchen wall with a coffee tin inserted through the wall cavity. I would pop the lid on the coffee tin, pull a string which opened the sluice gate and peek-a-boo! A Beak would magically appear in my kitchen, followed quickly by the other one. Sadly, we can't have a hole in this house because it has aluminium cladding. :(

Rosetta isn't actually *in* her new cage yet as her sluice gate has only just been built. Hubster has to go and shop for a long-loop padlock before I can swap her over. Hopefully, tomorrow!

PS. That's a second problem I could mention: the door latches are pretty how's-yer-father on my el cheapo cages. I don't rely on them and use heavy chain with big padlocks. There's lots and lots of bird-thieves in our area! :(
 

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