I am pleased with the cages, I bought 2 of them. 1st & most importantly, they are iron, with a textured beige finish. This is important if you plan on using these for years & years like I do. They are easier to clean, and stand up to a steam cleaning which is how I clean the grates and pan. The pan is also made of metal not plastic and is big, with hefty sides that contain the seed hulls, feathers, and droppings so that if you change paper regularly, you are able to fold up all of the garbage without it spilling onto the floor. The dimensions are large enough so that small birds such as canaries, finches, parrotlets, parakeets, budgies etc. can have plenty of room to actually fly, and get their exercise, which all birds should be able to do. If your bird cannot do this, I strongly suggest you look into a cage of this size, and take note of the dimensions. These dimensions are ideal. Really the minimum that any small bird should have. Larger birds, need a much larger aviary. Cages were easy enough to set up, just take note of the directions which are very brief, and make sure that you complete one side, and add on the other side AFTER everything is connected, otherwise you will never be able to connect the middle parts, you would have to unscrew everything and start again! Overall set up is E-Z.
To the people at Prevue Hendryx & Wayfair, a few suggestions: There should be a clip to secure the bottom grate where you pull it out for cleaning. If you put anything heavy on the bottom of the cage, such as a ceramic water dish (like I did) the grate sags, to the point where small birds could easily escape. Luckily none did, but beware of this. I had my sliding glass doors open when I noticed some of them peering at the open gape. I quickly closed the doors and removed the water dish. Probably a small bungie cord can fix the problem. Also, the food troughs that come with the cage are great, but would be even better with hoods, to stop unwanted droppings from above fouling their food. ALSO a flat top model of this cage would be superb, similar to your smaller black model. These are minor suggestions, but would be nice. Overall I am one satisfied loyal Prevue Hendryx customer."..." Read more
- Victor in Florida