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When I bought my birds it came with this cage that I really like. I want to buy another one (if it's not too expensive), but I haven't had any luck so far finding any that look like this one.

It has 4 slide up feeding doors in the front, and a hinged door toward the top of each end panel. That's 6 doors total, including the large front one.

The bottom grill slides out and the plastic tray at the bottom pulls out also.

The dimensions are about 30-1/4" wide, 18-1/2" deep, and 64" overall height.

The finish is black with grey/silver flecks, not sure how to describe it.

Maybe somebody here can ID this cage?

Linda,
It looks similar to an A&E flight cage or a HQ flight. I saw one the other day, online, that had the slide up feeding doors, but I'm not sure what brand name the cage had. I found that cage here, I think: expresshttp://www.cagesunder500dollars.com/p-499-cfds ... vider.aspx

The only place I found this cage with the one main door, four feeder doors, and two breeder doors was in Canada, so shipping would kill you. The HQ and A&E single flight cages are similar. They both have two main front doors, no feeder doors, and two side breeder doors. Prices vary quite a bit for these two cages, so shop around--you can often find good deals on them on eBay.

Personally, I like the two main doors in the front. I have an HQ double flight, and it has the single main door on each side of the cage. If I don't slide in the divider, the birds tend to slip out the big door when I have it opened. With the two main doors, I can service the cage from the bottom door, as the birds tend to stay near the top. If I want to catch a bird, I hold a large net in place over the door while I catch the bird with a smaller net.

The HQ model is #13221....I have that and an A&E cage that look like your cage minus the feeder doors. The A&E cage is heavier and constructed so the horizantal bars ar welded on to the outside instead of dropped/inserted into the vertical cross bars. Both cages are ideal and cleaning is a breeze. The A&E has better door locks. Over all I would rather use these than the white breeder cages.

I agree with Sally the bottom door allows easy feeding and cleaning, most of my birds go to the top and wait until I am done.

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I did see those ones that have been mentioned while looking around and will probably end up getting one of those. Wish I could find a matching cage locally, though, or at least in the states.

One thing I really like about this cage (besides the 4 feeder doors!) is the height - meaning the main top cage section is not sitting low to the ground.

One thing I do wish it had is 2 large access doors like those other ones have. But it has the 4 feeder doors!

Well, I'll take a closer look at the ones suggested and make a decision soon, I hope.

As Cindy said, you may look on Ebay and Amazon for used cages. Also, I have been looking to buy another A & E double flight cage and the prices vary quite a bit. The lowest I've found so far was $283.99 and the others were about $297, so not much difference, but some sites offer free shipping, which makes a difference because of the weight.

Linda, if you aren't in a hurry, there will be a bird mart in Temple, TX, on March 17. There will usually be a vendor selling cages, and they often have the HQ or A&E single flight at a decent price. Truthfully, I haven't looked at them in a long time, so don't know how the prices are now, but normally marts are a good deal.

The next mart in Ft. Worth is May 12. Then the guy who puts on the FW mart is now putting on a mart in Richardson on April 14 and Grapevine on May 26. I have no idea what the Richardson and Grapevine marts will be like, as this is new to me. I will try to contact the owner to see if these are bird marts or pet marts (pet marts in our area have not been a source for finches).

I got most of my cages from craigslist--I used to check it several times a day, so I could jump on a new listing. And I just got lucky on some of them.

Deborah, love your setup!

Foster and Smith has the one with the two doors for $199 marked down to $169 and free shipping

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=23417

Thanks again everyone! I love all the suggestions and pointers to the best buys. I didn't even thinnk about bird shows, so I may wait for one of those to come around, thanks for that. I'm still going to check out all the links, though, just because March is so far away...

I happened to see this on eBay and remembered your post. Looks a lot like yours, I think.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bird-cage-Finch ... 840wt_1178

Chichireeo wrote:I happened to see this on eBay and remembered your post. Looks a lot like yours, I think.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bird-cage-Finch ... 840wt_1178

Thank you for the lead. I contacted the seller to ask a couple questions but, unfortunately, by the time I finally got the answers the auction was over. Oh, well.

I'm really not in a big hurry so I'll just keep looking for an awesome deal online. Or maybe I'll wait for a bird show as someone else suggested.