I've searched everywhere I can drive to and not found anything decent, so I'm going to have to go online. I'm not an online shopper and I worry all the time about scams and whatnot. Where have you had good success from in purchasing your parrot cage?
I know that typically bigger is better, and maybe later down the road that will be doable, but right now we are dealing with a 14yo CAG who has only ever been in a homemade chicken wire cage with a single wooden dowel for the perch. I've had her just over 3 weeks and have been working with her on her foot strength and making good progress, but she is still awkward about moving about. She gets very uncertain about different sizes and has just now gotten used to having vertical and horizontal bars instead of wire mesh.
She is currently in a macaw travel cage(like this one) and looks at home in it. I almost hate to take her out of it, but eventually she needs to have more perches and space to exercise. She gets VERY scared of new things, especially toys. I've tried countless things and they just about all scare her to death. I start by playing with it myself and then I offer it to her and she just won't have anything to do with it. If I put something new in her cage she will avoid it at all costs. I've managed to get her into shredding boxes/toilet paper rolls and this weekend introduced shredding discs. She was NOT ok with the disc being on the rope hanging from the bars, but after separating it, playing with it myself, and slowly showing her it was another fun thing to chew... she has taken to it, though still weary of it.
So my main concern right now is something about the same width and depth as what she has, but taller, so I can put more perches in it of various sizes to get her to exercise.
I was thinking a flight cage might be good? 32" wide and 20" deep is about as much as I can go right now, height is no problem. Her current cage is 30x18x21 and she is able to stretch her wings just fine in it(and she does enjoy doing this a lot).
So if anyone has any suggestions on where I can find something appropriate for her for right now online, I'd much appreciate it.
I know that typically bigger is better, and maybe later down the road that will be doable, but right now we are dealing with a 14yo CAG who has only ever been in a homemade chicken wire cage with a single wooden dowel for the perch. I've had her just over 3 weeks and have been working with her on her foot strength and making good progress, but she is still awkward about moving about. She gets very uncertain about different sizes and has just now gotten used to having vertical and horizontal bars instead of wire mesh.
She is currently in a macaw travel cage(like this one) and looks at home in it. I almost hate to take her out of it, but eventually she needs to have more perches and space to exercise. She gets VERY scared of new things, especially toys. I've tried countless things and they just about all scare her to death. I start by playing with it myself and then I offer it to her and she just won't have anything to do with it. If I put something new in her cage she will avoid it at all costs. I've managed to get her into shredding boxes/toilet paper rolls and this weekend introduced shredding discs. She was NOT ok with the disc being on the rope hanging from the bars, but after separating it, playing with it myself, and slowly showing her it was another fun thing to chew... she has taken to it, though still weary of it.
So my main concern right now is something about the same width and depth as what she has, but taller, so I can put more perches in it of various sizes to get her to exercise.
I was thinking a flight cage might be good? 32" wide and 20" deep is about as much as I can go right now, height is no problem. Her current cage is 30x18x21 and she is able to stretch her wings just fine in it(and she does enjoy doing this a lot).
So if anyone has any suggestions on where I can find something appropriate for her for right now online, I'd much appreciate it.
