Getting the correct Bird Aviary

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Getting the correct Bird Aviary

Monday, March 30th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

A aviary is the most important piece of equipment you’ll need to purchase for your new bird. A suitable aviary will assist in keeping your bird safe and healthy. There are many types of aviaries, choosing the right one can be difficult for the new bird keeper.. How does the bird owner choose the right aviary?

First, study the species of bird you intending to keep. When housing a parakeet, cockatiel or any other long tailed species, you will need to have enough room for your bird to exercise. Ideally, your aviary will need to be long enough so the bird can easily fly from one side to the other. Any birds that have a heavyset body, such as a lovebird or a Senegal parrot, gets a good deal of exercise by climbing around in the aviary. These birds will benefit an aviary that is taller than it is wide.

You should then consider the size of the bird aviary. While generally you should plan to purchase the biggest aviary you can afford for your bird, a newly weaned handfed baby bird may feel lost and terrified in a large aviary. The young bird may have difficulty locating food and water dishes. If it is affordable to do so, it would be a good idea to buy a smaller bird aviary for your baby birds first few months and change it to a bigger aviary when it is older.

Another thing to be aware of when choosing your bird aviary is the spacing between the aviary bars. It is no good having a great looking bird aviary if your bird fits through the bars! When considering using an aviary with wire mesh it will be important to compare the sizing of the hole in the mesh to the size of your birds head. A bird aviary made with one inch mesh is jsut right for a cockatiel to stick a head through. Cockatiels have been known to bend their necks into a ‘U’ shape and stick their heads into a different hole when pulling their bodies back through the bars.

Once youv’e dedided on the aviary size and bar spacing, you should look at a few other facets of bird aviary design. Take a look at the cage tray. When you remove it to clean it, is there a grate in the aviary to prevent the bird from escaping? Will the tray be deep enough to catch most of the mess your bird makes? Even if the aviary has a deep tray, you still may find that your bird scatters a lot of seed hulls and feathers on the floor if there’s no cage apron. While you can place your bird aviary in a plastic apron base or cover the bottom of the aviary with a cloth apron, using a built in metal apron is a good option.

To finish, don’t forget to have a look at the aviary cups. Ideally it would be a good idea to enter the aviary to get to the cups without having to reach through the main door. If you are buying a bird aviary for a larger bird, the cups should actually bolt to the aviary unless you want to spend every morning and afternoon for the next 50 years reaching for cups that your bird has flung onto the bottom of the bird aviary

If you a replacing a bird aviary for an older parrot type bird, some owners have told me it’s crucial to get a bird cage of the same colour. They believe that a bird that is familiar with a white painted aviary, will not be happy with a metal cloured one.

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