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Width 39.77" Depth 23.79" Height 46.8". DO you think that will be good for my goffin? I mean, it won't spend more than three hours a day in it, but I want to make sure that he has enough room to entertain himself during that time. You guys seem to know well. |
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This article tells ther best size cage for bird species http://www.avianinc.com/page.asp?i=210. I don't want to be a buttinsky but are you sure you want to leave your bird out like that all the time? Things can change in a household and if they get used to being out all the time like that, down the road there could be problems. Nan |
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That's plenty of room but do check the bar spacing to be sure he can't get his head trapped. Their heads look lots bigger than they really are. It's all fluff. I agree with Nan. He should be taught that it's not bad being in a cage. Mine all think their cage is as much fun as being out so we never have a problem with getting them to go in when it's time. Plan ahead and perhaps your little guy will never scream in frustration. Annie |
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That cage size sounds great, if the bar spacing doesn't allow his head outside the cage. I would have to agree that your bird is better off inside his cage and allowed out for supervised playtime, perhaps in the evening. Besides avoiding a major behavorial problem down the road, caging keeps him safe and out of trouble. A bird on the loose can chew up your furniture, woodwork, electrical wiring, houseplants, and everything else within reach of his beak. This can be extremely dangerous. Safe toys in his cage are twice as much fun and can be chewed to bits without posing a danger. |
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| | | From: Marylou | Sent: 1/8/2005 4:09 PM |
I just wanted to give you my experience on leaving birds outside their cage for a long time. I thought I was doing great by letting Arthur come out of his cage on his own and stay there for as long as he wanted. Well, I created a tyrannt. He felt that he was the boss and I was there to serve him. Now he only comes out when I take him out and is rarely on top of his cage. I let him play there sometimes but he'd rather be with me anyway! |
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Take the advice offered here. I had a goffins that had never been caged in his former home. When I caged him to go to work, he started to self mutilate. He chewed holes in his neck and I would come home to a bird covered with blood and blood in the bottom of the cage. I can't tell you how scary that is. I worked long hours then so I gave him to a friend of mine who lives just down the road, and again he is NEVER caged. Sometime in the next month or so he will be comming back to me. I've already made plans to take him with me to work and have birdy day care when I can't.
I'm going to be honest here and say that I think that cage is too big. I have macaws in that size of cage. They always tell you to get the biggest cage you can afford and have room for. A goffins is not a big bird. When I put my Utoo in a real large cage, she gets panicky. She's going in to the cage Savannah destroyed (it's been repaired) but we are going to do it in stages. Birds feel the need to protect their turf and if the cage is too big for the bird, it can get frustrated trying to defend that turf. Please, please keep in mind that this JMO. It comes from my own experience. DJ's cage is the size you would use for a grey or zon and it's big enough for him. The best of luck with your new bird. |
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Just a quick note (ha!): My first gray moved from a large, heavy, old wrought iron cage that was her first home to a cage much larger than the size being considered for the goffin. She loves it and uses every inch. My second gray, a habitual neurotic, moved from a parakeet cage to one just slightly larger than the one under discussion. Even though she had to learn to climb and to navigate from perch to perch, she is perfectly content. I think it's all a matter of what works best for the individual bird and owner? |
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My goffins has a cage @ that size. She uses every inch of it. Loves to play in it too. Goffins can and will entertain themselves as long as you have enough toys in it. Susie loves bells and paper. I bought a receipt paper hanging toy for her and she proceeded to pull all the paper off and then would play in it on the bottom of her cage. I work 4 days a week and she is caged while I'm there. No problem. It's all what they are used too. She will never stay on her cage when I'm home, she will get off it to wander around and find me and help me with whatever I'm doing. I wouldn't worry about him being left in his cage all day as long as you have enough toys, oh and I keep music on too when I'm gone.Hope this helps. |
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| | | From: Anthony | Sent: 1/23/2005 8:09 PM |
I have two Goffins. One is 20 yrs. old. He's been out for 19 yrs. The other bird is one year old. She is out when I am home, but when I am out she is locked up in her cage. They love to be free. Tony |
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