Dayang Bird Cage (A8102) with Stand & Opening Top, White - 102.2 x 83.2 x 167 cm

The Dayang Bird Cage (A8102) is a white play-top parrot cage on a castored stand, 167 cm to the top of the arch, with a roof section that lifts open onto a perch and two wire platforms.

Key Features

• Scalloped dome roof that opens, with a wooden perch across it and a wire platform at each end for time spent out of the cage.
• Double front doors on a barrel lock rather than a catch a parrot can work open.
• Dayang lists three stainless steel feeders, each behind its own access door, so bowls can be changed without opening the cage.
• Flared seed skirt around the base, with a drawer underneath it for food and cleaning kit.
• Wooden perch inside, pull-out debris tray, and four castors.
• 102.2 cm wide and 83.2 cm deep, which gives a medium parrot room to turn with its tail clear of the bars.

Good To Know

• A cage this size arrives flat-packed and heavy, and installation is not included. Allow two people and an hour, and check every joint and fastener is tight before a bird goes in.
• The room photograph shows hanging toys and a natural branch that are not part of the cage. What Dayang supplies is the list above.
• An opening roof is only worth having if your bird steps up reliably. A parrot that will not come back down is loose in the room, and refusing to return is a far easier habit to start than to break.
• Bar spacing keeps a bird safe, not cage size. A bird that can push its head between the bars can hang itself, and one that can squeeze through escapes. Check the spacing against your species: budgerigars and finches need roughly 1 cm, cockatiels around 1.5 cm, and only the larger parrots belong behind 2 cm bars.
• Whatever perches come with a cage, add more of different thicknesses and materials. A bird gripping one diameter all day gets flat, sore feet, and dowels of a single size are the usual cause.
• Lock the castors once the cage is in position. A cage that rolls when a large parrot climbs the bars will put the bird off using that side.
• Clean the tray with hot water and a bird-safe cleaner. Bleach, ammonia, scented sprays, air fresheners and candles all irritate a bird's airways, which are far more sensitive than ours.
• Keep birds well away from the kitchen. Overheated non-stick cookware gives off fumes that kill birds within minutes, and it is one of the commonest causes of sudden death in a pet parrot in an ordinary home.
• A bird that sits fluffed on the cage floor, stops eating or goes quiet needs an avian vet the same day. Birds hide illness until they no longer can, so by the time it shows it is usually well advanced.