Joe, LOVE the song "Carry on my Wayward Son" (Kansas) in the background.
Had me singing along this early in the morning, LOL.
GREAT cage!! Did you put that together all on your own?
I have 3 of those cages (in 3 different sizes), but needed help with all of them. They are holding up REALLY well, too.
Thanks Wendy, Glad I could brighten your morning with song, you KNOW we love Kansas, they still sound GREAT and have a lot of energy, we saw them last year, I'll put up some of our "bootleg" video from the show and let you know
My son helps me with most jobs, I didn't time it, but it went together 1,2,3, it was very easy and took less than an hour
(LOVE the "instructions" ? little square of paper, says "screw 4 sides together" REALLY?
NOTE: Future Assemblers, Electric Screw Driver makes it go FAST, AND Don't put wheels on 1st as stated....LOL
If I was a little birdie I would not want to have my home next to a snake, that would be scaring the poop out of me thinking that it wants to eat me.
That's FUNNY Yeah well the snake is not staying there, if it somehow broke out.... can't risk life of a Parrot for a snake LOL The snake is a rescue, I was in Petco and I saw it a very small tank, asked them why such a big snake is in a small tank? they said they couldn't sell it cause was too big, they gave it to me for $25 It is a very nice animal, never tries to bite and really enjoys "going for a walk" to the park, what people don't realize is boas and pythons love the warmth of their owner, so they really like hanging out around your neck or down your arm LOL
My son and I are putting together a reptile room on another floor in the building, no worries, Oh and BTW, our Zon and Plett had no fear of the snake (dummies) But our Budgie had a built in instinct he would freak out whenever he saw the snake LOL
In the past I have seen on eBay someone selling custom made cage covers. Donovan has the largest cage, 4x4 and 76" tall and a cover 'might' last a little while but Kalea would have hers modified by the first morning where it would not be worth putting back on the second night. I would have to use a ladder to put it on/off and that is just not something that will be happening here LOL
OMGoodness, I started thinking about the mechanics of this after I said I wanted a cover, Between needing a CRANE to put it on and off everyday
AND the fact (as you say) our baby may want to make "Paper Doll Chains" out of the $$$ Cover
Anyway I got a GREAT idea, get a heavy "room darkening" curtain that mounts to a track on the ceiling (just like they use in hospitals)
Pull the "pole" around the cage and the bird is in darkness and knows its bedtime, something like this:
OR
Anyway, will let you know what I get figured VERY Soon LOL
Thanks Very Much for your input !!
I love it Joe!
that's a cool lamp your kids got you too!
Hi Julie, I LOVE IT, so retro,(it is really old by the type of socket) looks like it fell out of "I Dream of Jeannie" LOL
It is a heavy duty "cloth" type paper (not sure) Rissa found it on ebay for $12 bucks !!
Too bad some pieces were not in great shape. I hear ya. Mine as you know, is an A&E too, which I STILL haven't had TIME to put together... But it's out of the box, and I can tell it's not "perfect" in terms of quality, but they're good enough cages for the price
I know, We got a GREAT Deal on them
(the 20% off for email signup AND the 40% off sale COMBINED? (they should not of allowed it LOL)
My final cost for an A & E 4030 Delivered was
$421.39 WOW !!!
I think it is a very well made cage for the money, built well
(except for quality control issues)
Were the locks and latches easy to put on? I can't believe they want the customer to put EVERYTHING together. I thought at least the latches would be on. Then of course that's too much labor... Keeping things cheap for us too
Very Easy, I understand and agree with their cost cutting measures
(I would rather save $100 and put them all together myself)
Nice big door on your cage, but mine being a smaller sized cage, I am not happy with the door size. WHY the heck did they make the door SO narrow! It didn't look that bad online.
Aww, very sorry Julie, what cage did you get again, I want to check the specs
Very nice cage!!!!! Sorry your dentist appointment got rescheduled
But I bet you had fun putting that cage together!! And I bet you guys will have loads of fun filling it with awesome perches and toys! [emoji4]
Thanks Shirre, You know what? You are Right, putting the cage together was the PERFECT Therapy for us, now we can see it all the time and it did make us HAPPY
I can't wait to design the interior
!!!
Sweet! Joe, Your baby girl is going to love her first room! Can't wait to see it furnished. Have fun fixing it up.
Thanks Allee, I know I want one of those natural "branch" perches like Shirre used in her travel cage I am Very Excited about the next part
I am concerned with leaving enough room for the bird to open his/her wings or generally have enough room just to move around in the cage
I wish I could have gotten the bigger cage but its a bit large for the space we have (Till we move anyway)
Sweet cage, Joe! Sorry they sent you some damaged pieces, but the cage as a whole should make your new baby bird quite happy. And I'm also looking forward to seeing it fully furnished!
Thanks Stephen, I do have a video of the damage but I am keeping it private
(just for Petco and A and E to see, till we see what their plan is)
My Petco Rep is head of Petco customer service (top level tier)
She is AMAZING, and stayed on this till it was done (I ordered the cage almost 2 months ago and they canceled my order because A&E was out of stock, then they were not going to honor my price)
Anyone needing the contact info just PM me
Joe
