whats the ideal cage for a conure?

[xreinx]

I have a 18 by 24 inch, by 5 ft tall cage that has glass on three sides that I got free from a friend who was throwing it out after their bird passed away, I was wondering of it would be an acceptable cage for a conure?
My origional Idea was simply to turn it into a tarrarium to grow fresh greens for my animals and myself and get a real cage for my future bird but my friend insists it is acceptable, though personally I am not sure so im here asking real bird keepers, he after all, keeps his reptiles in sand.

 

[MollyGreenCheeks]

The ideal cage for any bird is "the bigger the better"! Books will say 18" x 18" with bar space no greater than 1/2" is good for a Green Cheek. If you settle for a cage of that size you will soon find there is little room left for the bird once you add toys.

I guess an important question is what kind of Conure. There are large Conures and then Green Cheek size.

Over my first year I upgraded cages three different times until I finally settled on a good cage of 29-1/2" x 22" (inside space) with a 5/8" bar spacing and it's great. Plenty of room to flap from perch to perch and lots of room to play.

 

[xreinx]

Its a tall cage, 59 1/4th, inches tall, inside space. I think I could safely put the toys near the top, sleeping space near the bottem and food in the middle without taking all that much space away from the bird in case it needs to "fly" though I really dont plan on keeping any future birds forever stuck in any cage I may get in the future.

 

[Wdlodge]

Its a tall cage, 59 1/4th, inches tall, inside space. I think I could safely put the toys near the top, sleeping space near the bottem and food in the middle without taking all that much space away from the bird in case it needs to "fly" though I really dont plan on keeping any future birds forever stuck in any cage I may get in the future.

Birds generally do not sleep near the bottom of its cage, the higher the better actually.

 

[xreinx]

I plan on getting a young bird and until I am sure they can climb and trust them up high, Im going to put their sleeping purch down low, my aunts bird slept on the floor in her little "tube" and when it was tied up to the top, she would chew it off the holders and toss it to the floor before she would sleep in it, even if it took her all night to get it off the bars.

 

[xreinx]

I like GCC's I may get a sun if the price is right, but I just seen that theres a peach face love bird free to a good home, im wondering whats wrong with it, but willing to take it on if the person allows me to see it first.

 

[MonicaMc]

Birds fly horizontally, not vertically... so tall cages aren't that great.

I like the 32 x 21 flight cages for the small to medium sized conures and a 32 x 23 playtop/dometop for the large conures.

 

[chippy]

i think it depends too on how much time they will spend in the cage.. our birds are in their cages for maybe 3- 4 hours each day, and for sleeping. Otherwise the cages are open and the birds are all over the outside of the cage or on us