If you’ve never owned a cockatiel before then chances are you don’t know what kind of cage you need. In order for cockatiel to live happily and safely, then there are some specific things you need to know about their cages. Below are five tips that will help you to choose the right cockatiel  bird cage.

1. Appropriate Living Space for Your Cockatiel – When you’re thinking of buying and cockatiel birdcage, it has to have the right amount of space for the bird. You need to make sure that it has enough room to stretch and flap its wings. You also need to consider the length of your cockatiel’s tail so that it doesn’t drag on the floor.

2. How Big – When making the decision of the size of caged you need, you need to think about what kind of items you’re going to put in the cage. Items such as perches, toys, and food and water dishes can take up a lot of space, so try not to clutter it up too much.

3. Bar Spacing – The next thing you need to make sure when buying a cockatiel birdcage is that the bars are close enough together that the cockatiel can’t get its head through. As a general rule of thumb you shouldn’t buy one with a bar spacing of more than three quarters of an inch, between 1/2 inch and three quarters of an inch is ideal.

4. Bar Placement – In order to ensure that your bird can get around the cage well, you need to make sure that the cage has bars that run vertically as well as horizontally. Cockatiels absolutely need these verticle bars on their cages so do not buy a cage without them.

5. Easy to Clean – You need to make sure to buy a cage that is easy to clean, this will make it easier on you as well as make it healthier for the bird. It is a good idea to buy a cage with a removable plastic tray on the bottom of it. This removable tray will make it  less of a chore for you to clean the cage, so you’d be more apt to do it on a regular basis, which would be healthier for the bird.

Having these steps should allow you to be a limit to proper decision when choosing which cockatiel birdcage you should buy. Besides these simple tips there are a lot of different shapes and styles of cockatiel birdcages and in the end it will boil down to what you like, and what you can afford.

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