Second cage or birdie hideaway?

[Pookamama]

We are considering a caique...
What would a bird prefer? a second cage to go when quiet is needed? Or a little hideaway like a bird tent or a little box made of wood inside the big cage so the bird could go in there of its own accord when overwhelmed? We were gonna get a second cage but I was really wondering if it would just be better to have one so the bird could choose when it needed to have a hideaway. I still may do a little play gym in the other room because I go in there to hang out and have my computer time.

 

[bumblebec]

By quiet time, do you mean when the household is being noisy or you've got guests over or something?

Why not have both?

Some birds really love happy huts and tents, some people will argue they encourage hormonal behaviour but I have never had a problem with them. My conures especially love theirs, I could never take it away from them! You could offer your new bird a happy hut or tent for him to play, sleep and hide in while he's out in his normal cage, and if you needed to give him some quiet time or something, you could set up a small travel cage-like cage in another, quiet room or something?

 

[Pookamama]

Well, we have some little kiddos. They sometimes have really active times when they really just run around happily making vrooming noises or pretending to be monsters and growling. It's happy noisy-they really all get along well aside from occassional squabbles and sometimes run around the kitchen island.

We kinda dropped the caique out of consideration after reading up a bit. They sound like a bit more agressive and not as likely to be friendly with other birds, which we may get a second after we've had our first for the few years and the kids will be older and less rambunctious we may be up to tackling a bigger bird...we're probably going to go with a pionus or a meyers parrot for now.

 

[Remy]

Puck looooved active environments! It might not be a bad idea to have a little hidey spot for the bird though.

I also had 1 cage for him in the living room, 1 travel cage that he usually slept in in my room, 1 outdoor cage, 1 sunroom cage, and 1 cage at my boyfriend's house.

Not sure if I'd recommend a caique for young children, because of moods. Puck got bitey when he was overstimulated, and drew blood lots of times. The only way to guarantee that I didn't get bit was to observe his body language very carefully, all the time.

He was totally awesome though. Very playful, very friendly, loved everybody, including other birds.