Blue and Gold Macaw

I do have a question for you about his cage. what brand is it and can they be purchased through the internet? Thanks!

-Terry

Yes, the cages we use can be purchased online. They can be found at www.CagesbyDesign.com. We are all big fans of these cages; not only are they beautiful but they come with full spectrum lighting and the whole nine yards! You can literally buy them with everything included except the bird and the food!

To see some our indoor and outdoor cages from them, you can look at our photos here. You can also find our photos used in their catalog and on their website in various places. We have three outdoor aviaries by them and five indoor cages total (as of now!) we prefer the Hybrid style.

Chet has the following cages at his house:

1. Two of these cages. You can view them, sort of, in this video of his called Tips For Training a Parrot to Talk. You can get a different view from the video on Macaw Training. Although the cages on the website look like one big one, Chet’s are separated and on opposite sides of a wall.
2. One of these cages. This cage is in Chet’s office mainly (though we’re all guilty of moving cages around from time to time so that might change).

Dave has the following at his house:

1. 3 Outdoor Aviaries with catch-alls.
2. One of these cages. Which you often see Bondi and Cressi sharing (African Grey Parrot & Galah).
3. One of these cages. You’ll see a lot of different birds from our flock come and go in this one! This is my personal favorite.

If you’re anything like me, you more than likely hate clipping and trimming your parrot’s nails.

Well, I have a pretty large flock so trimming nails takes me a while! And they can get insanely sharp if not looked after. I definitely know that… I’ve had my eye cut from my blue throated macaw’s toe nail. He was just trying to get to the highest place (aka, my head) and his nail pierced my under-eyelid of my eye and sliced right to the eyeball!

My eye was swollen like crazy and I was on the verge of panic because I thought maybe something serious would happen to my eye sight out of my one eye. Birds aren’t exactly the cleanliest creatures… so I knew what could have been on that toe nail!

I took some meds to it right away and sure enough, a huge black chunk came out of my eye almost immediately. I didn’t have any serious damage aside from the deep slice that healed over within a few days. However, it was scary and avoidable. My macaw wasn’t being aggressive or mean, he was going at normal speed if not slower and had no idea he even cut into my face.

Not only can you implement sandy and cement perches (though beware, cement sucks the moisture from everything) but there is now this awesome, one of a kind perch that is called the Go Green Bamboo Perch from Wyld’s Wingdom!

The great thing about these bamboo perches is that it’s all natural. There’s no cement to take the moisture out of your bird’s feet and there’s no sandy sores!

My macaws are so powerful that they EAT the sandy perches. And the sandy perches I’ve got – which I think almost all are the same – only have the sandy part as a thin lining around the perch. But the actual perch is made out of PVC pipe… which they end up eating. These bamboo perches are literally just that… bamboo and pumice stone… in and out, and all the way through!

So, instead of having to go through the annoying time of begging your bird to let him allow you to trim his nails, or taking him to that horrific time at the vet… get some bamboo perches like these and call it a day! These will naturally trim down your parrot’s nails so that you don’t have to worry about getting painful scratch marks up and down your arms.

To find your own bamboo perches, simply do a search on google for “bamboo perches for sale” or something similiar. With that, I found the following websites selling these perches: Option one, option two, option three.

What size cage should I buy for my bird?

- Suzie

Ideally, the largest cage you can possibly afford should be the cage you get for your bird. Every parrot should have a flight cage or aviary where they can spread their wings and fly from location to location – however, it’s not realistic for everyone to have the space (or budget) for something like that… but you do get my idea. This is why time outside of the cage is so important.

I am a real fan of the cages Cages by Design makes. My mother is an interior decorator, so I think that has a lot to do with it. I need it to look good in the house if it’s going to be inside and I love the way these cages look.

They also clean up after themselves with the friendly feeders that come along with them. This keeps so much more of the food in the cage rather than on the floor!

The biggest deal with a bird’s cage is that there is more space horizonally than vertically. They spend more time going sideways than up and down. This allows for much more exercise in the cage via flight or climbing. It’s always a good idea to put things far away from each other that your parrot needs – such as food on one side and water on the other so they do the most exercise in the cage as possible. You want to highly encourage activity from your bird when he is inside his cage. Look for cages that allow the best for this.

Another thing to keep in mind when shopping for appropriate cages for your bird is that they are made of stainless steel. It’s safe and does not rust… I’ve done a ton of research on metal toxicity (ever since our macaw suffered from it and almost died from eating parts of his cage) and honestly, it’s better to be safe than sorry and 304 grade stainless steel cages are 110% safe from metal toxicity.

In all of our videos you will notice our CBD bird cages, so now you know where we got them! My birds have never been happier than they are in these cages out of any I’ve tried in the past. You can’t help but make their cages fun when you have one of these!