How to spice up my birds' cage?

LuckyStar

Hi all,
Was in a pet shop yesterday and saw a huuuuge bird cage, and even though it ws huge the bars were set close together, i.e. it was suitable for small birds. I find it is hard to get a large cage with narrow bars, it was €175 but I said feck it. It is about 4 feet long and 3.5 feet wide.
It is for my budgie and cockatiel.

I have their perches, food/water, toys in but is there anything else I can put in now that they have so much space?

I was thinking of buying them a puppy KONG and filling it with something. Bird seed is too small and wouldn't work, is there anything else I could throw in? I was thinking dandelions but they wilt so fast. Has anyone got a recipe for some sort of paste I could make (like the paste you can buy for dogs) that the birds would enjoy licking out of a kong? Something that is healthy and they will love? They love millet spray but it's very sweet and is only meant as a treat.

Glowing

Mirrors and a bird bath? Mine used to love mirrors!

peasant

In some petshops you can buy the whole millet seed still on the stem.

You could hang that into the cage in such a way that they have to do a bit of gymnastics to get at all of it.

Demonique

Here's some links featuring homemade bird toys:

http://www.birdsnways.com/birds/ideas.htm

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=32

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/homemadetoys.php

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/toys/


How to make a PVC gym:

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/pvcgym.php


Toy safety:

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/toys.php

Our man in Havana

You can get proper bird kongs,

Mirrors,
Swings,
Toys,
nut holders made from very stong material - my macaw uses this & has not damaged it even after a year.
java branches,

There are lots of things you can add to make the cage more fun. Remember to have lots of differnt sized perches so that they do not develop feet problems.

LuckyStar

Hi guys,

Thanks for all your replies, especially Demonique,

Yeah I use natural apple branches as perches, the birds like to chew them too.

Sigma Force

What kind of birds are they? Are they budgies? If so that cage you got should be a standard cage for budgies sadly many pet shops still sell those horrid round ones that are about 18 inches long urgh.

If they are budgies as said apple branches, millet, mirrors a bird bath clipped to the side a few times a week during a warm day. You can also get bird hammocks mine are still afraid of them lol.

I love this site check it out.
http://www.24parrot.com/cid/8XR6VJZYK27EC226POXCVXNEUJ4X6GAP/Parrot-Accessories-C146/

LuckyStar

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

What kind of birds are they? Are they budgies? If so that cage you got should be a standard cage for budgies sadly many pet shops still sell those horrid round ones that are about 18 inches long urgh.

No, it's not a round cage, and i would not have bought it if it was.
It is a budgie and a cockatiel.

Bluefrog

Add a cat?

(Kidding, couldn't resist)

Our man in Havana

Banned. Couldn't resist.