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Yupra
Flying tumbler
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
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Well my hubby recently got an e-mail from his mum, and she was wondering if she should get me another budgie for my birthday (this would include buying a bigger cage). Not sure if this is for sure though, she wants me to get some prices but I'm not quite sure what size cage to go for. I saw this:
http://birdcages4less.com/Merc.....ges/PA5753
Would this be an ok size for 2 budgies? |
Wednesday September 5, 2007 4:44 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7952
Location: Australia |
the general rule for budgie cage is that minimum 18'x18'x22' for a single budgie. that size cage would be ok for two budgies provided that they spend a lot of time outside the cage! I would recommend something that is 18'x'18'x24' for two budgies.. they need the length to fly back and forth. Dont even bother looking for round cage, those are useless as budgies lovec having a corner to feel snuggly up to at night. height doesnst' matter too, they are not little helicopters.. so they don't use that as much as the length. the cage you linked to looks ok, but the size seems a little small for two birds. I used to have two pairs indoor, and they their cages are 20'x20'x 26'. |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 6:07 am |
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Yupra
Flying tumbler
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
oh, thats for 1 budgie  Eek, and Speckles has been living in a smaller cage than that, good thing he's outside his cage a lot! (he's in a 13 x 15 1/2 x 15 1/2, not including the bottom tray). He loves sitting on top of it and acting like a king.. and eating away at the calendar  Thanks for the advice cheeta! |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 5:22 pm |
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cystanley
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 159
Location: north carolina |
if you want a BIG cage I got mine at a nice online store and it was well worth the price. I can try to find it for you if you want. I think it was around $130 with free shipping to the continental usa. its like 32" by 21" by 35" with .5" bar spacing. |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 9:03 pm |
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Yupra
Flying tumbler
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
Thanks crystanley, but I just needed to know a minimum size for 2 budgies  |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 9:38 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7952
Location: Australia |
hehe, yeah that's the recommended size for one budgie. I know of a lot of people with smaller cage than that, but generally they come out to fly alot, so it's ok. My sister in law had a budgie that was in a cage just a little bigger than your Specks, but the budgie only went inside for food and sleep time, and even then sometimes she keeps the budgie outside when she's sleeping. So the budgie was free to roam the room at night too. |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 10:52 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7399
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Kathy, did you end up getting a second budgie yet?! |
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Sunday December 2, 2007 11:36 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Hmmm I'm quite curious too..  |
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Tuesday December 4, 2007 7:14 pm |
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Yupra
Flying tumbler
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
Sorry guys, no new budgie. We ended up getting some money from my mother-in-law, it was quite a bit so we bargained that it would be for both our birthdays and Christmas.
I still look at the bird cages when I go to the store though, just to see the prices.
I still hope to get Speckles a new buddy some day to help out with those pinnies of his. But so far no 2nd budgie  |
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Thursday January 24, 2008 4:44 am |
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eaglevision
Fledgeling
Joined: 25 Jan 2008
Posts: 240
Location: In Fluffies |
Umm...It depends how much time they spend on there cage. It looks pretty goog to me!
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Originally posted by Cheeta
Dont even bother looking for round cage, those are useless as budgies lovec having a corner to feel snuggly up to at night
Same thing with my tiel! She dosn't sleep on a perch. She just sleeps on a corner, I somtimes wish I could be her for an hour or two....Kind of nice to sleep inside there cage. |
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