wrought iron for bird cage ok?

birdielover223

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Hi, i've been shopping around for a cage for a cockatiel and I have a few picked out, and I just found another one I like. The ones i already picked out don't tell what the bars are made of but this latest one I found says its wrought iron. Is that good for a bird cage, ok, or bad? I was just wondering because during my shopping I haven't noticed any that were made of that. Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right places for them lol.
Also about the wrought iron one, I just noticed that the picture shows mainly horizontal bars. The description says -
Horizontal side bars, vertical bars front & back
but I do not see it in the pic. Will that be ok for a cockatiel if theres not horizontal bars also?

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One reason i was liking this wrought iron one was because it sounded like it had more height than the other two that were flat top (was first wanting the dome top, but now i'm starting to lean against it). If wrought iron is bad for bird, or if that cant be in one without horizontal bars, I will definately be forgetting this one.

Heres the others I like
BIRDCAGES4LESS.com: Hana Hut™ Playtop
YML Open Top Parrot Cage with Stand | CSN Stores
BIRDCAGES4LESS.com: Hana Hut™ Dometop

This last one is the dome top i like. I think its awesome, but my new birdie couldn't really play up there. At first I thought I had to have it cuz it was so pretty, but now i'm leaning against it for birds playing reasons..
Thanks for any help!
 
Most parrot cages have vertical bars on the front & horizontal on the 2 sides, that way parrots can climb the sides easily with no need for a ladder to take up space inside.
I think that flat cages are a great idea so the bird can also use the top as a play area & be out when you are in the room.
 
I don't know. Iron rusts and is porous so sterility and cleaning might be issues. Also, it it's painted is it a non-toxic paint?
 
Wrought iron is fine and it's what many of the larger bird cages are made out of. We also have a domed top cage and ziggy spends most of her time up there even though there is no perch or anything. And her cage has vertical bars in the front and back and horizontal bars on the sides, she doesn't have any trouble climbing up any part of it.
 
I don't know. Iron rusts and is porous so sterility and cleaning might be issues. Also, it it's painted is it a non-toxic paint?

Most wrought iron cages are powder coated so that they don't rust. If you go to this link and then scroll down to cage safety it tells you all about it :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-safe
 
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Yes it says its a durable nontoxic powder coated finish. The thing I was saying about the horizontal and verticle bars is that in the picture I only see horizontal bars on the sides also. The picture doesn't show what the description says. So if it doesn't have horizontal bars all up the sides will that be ok?
 
Yes it says its a durable nontoxic powder coated finish. The thing I was saying about the horizontal and verticle bars is that in the picture I only see horizontal bars on the sides also. The picture doesn't show what the description says. So if it doesn't have horizontal bars all up the sides will that be ok?

Personally I would pass on that cage. Birds use the sides of their cages all the time and that cage looks like it may be hard to use. It also doesn't look very strudy. My ringneck came to me in a cage about the same as that. It fell apart all the time.
 
Oh I didn't see the other links, sorry! I just seen the first one. The white one looks a little better than the others. Maybe its just because I like white cages.
 

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