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| the new aviary for phoenix, our cockatoo |
well, here it is!!!! phoenix is loving his new house and so are we. when we purchased this cage we had expected some sort of general instructions to come along with the cage.....well, not so! douglas built the base the night before, then we are up and at the assembly of the cage right after morning feedings. needless to say, without instructions, it proved alot more difficult than you would think. all the sides were up and ready for the top to go on until we realized, to our utter astonishment, the cage panels were upside down!!!!! at the time, we really didn't see the humor in this newly realized problem. my husband was quite the trooper, as i was not, and he immediatly began unscrewing and flipping panels. let me say that if you intend to purchase one of these amazingly cool cages, please plan ahead by having a few extra hands and well as brains to do this job as well as plenty of extra time for mistakes lol. the cage was not completed until 2pm! i have to say now that it was well worth it. the cage construction itself is very very good and i give it a five star rating. the one thing that is a problem is the door. the latch, at the top of the cage, seems to loosen up easily so we will be removing that. the reason being, i don't want to be locked in the cage during the day when my husband is at work lol. the key can not stay in the lock or the bird WILL be able to open the latch and as many of you know can be quite distructive. thankfully we have not, as of yet, experienced this. knock on wood.
when the base was built the linoleum was brought down over the sides, which was fine or so i thought at the time, but now that i look at it i am thinking a very nice and attractive fix to this problem would be some metal stripping tacked on to hide as well as hold the linoleum.
you can purchase this cage at http://www.birdcagemart.com/ for about 950.00 with free shipping. the origional price is 2495.96, so as you can see you have quite a nice savings. its actually an outdoor aviary so you would not need a base if used outside.
What a lucky bird to have such great parents!!! The cage is wonderful!!!! Glad to see he likes it!
ReplyDeletethank you for your kind words. we love him very very much, along with all of our feathered and furries lol
ReplyDeleteOh Angela, It's gorgeous!! I LOVE it!! What are the dimensions?? I'll bet Phoenix is LOVING it! I would love to be able to get a large aviary like this to put outside for my babies in the summer time. But I'm going to wait until Paul and I get our own place. Right now I'm renting.
ReplyDeletethe demensions are 81x61 and 79 high. its an awsome cage but the one thing that we need to do is put a different latch on the swivel feeder and get some big attatchable bowls for the side of the cage. needs a bit of tweeking but we'll get it.
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