Building Scratch and Sniff's new home...

[EyesofFreedom]

Ok first off here is the link to where I bought it...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00176 ... UTF8&psc=1

I opened the box and studied the instructions... and like alot of reviews they could have been clearer...

Needless to say I just looked at it and figured what went where and started at the base... in about 30 minutes I had it assembled (by myself while my daughters slept )

[EyesofFreedom]

more photos...

ps ignore the mess... this is the house I am renting while ours is being remodelled

[Asym]

That's a heck of a cage for those birdies!!!

[EyesofFreedom]

yeah it is huge... thier old cage was a 18x18x30 flight... this one is a 20.5x31x53

It has about 4 times the inner space... I want to get a CFW pair as well

[Asym]

I agreed to take a pair of green singers from a friend (they were her mother-in-law's but she passed away) b/c I saw in the picture they came with a cage with similar dimensions to your new one! Out the green singers went into the aviary and their cage now has my first pair of gouldians and their seven babies.

[debbie276]

Good job!
congratulations they should love it

[Ria]

those will be some happy birds! great space for them.


not sure if you know this yet or not, but a word of caution about adding more birds: finches should be kept in either single pairs, or in groups of three pairs or more. two pairs seldom make a happy cage - they bicker too much with each other. i like to look at it as add a third pair, and while the first two pairs bicker, the third pair steals whatever it was they were fighting over, ending the argument pretty quick.

[PrettyBird]

Congrats on the new cage for your birds! I have the same cage for my gouldians. They love it. The only thing I didnt like was the seed mess all over the floor (I had them in vision cages before, so never had any mess)

I went looking for some plastic to wrap 4 inches high around the base. Couldnt find anything cheap enough, so right now I used plastic wrap. Did the trick, I still get some seed, but not nearly as much as before.

[Ginene]

Looks great! I have 2 of these. The inside dimensions are 40HX20DX30W. I have 8 birds in one and its a bit crowded because they mostly stay @ the top. Just wanted to let you know before you buy too many birds and wind up needing more cages like I did! I think 6 is perfect. Amazon is the BEST!!! Enjoy

[EyesofFreedom]

Ali lol that is hilarious

Debbie thanks...

Ria and Ginene I was actually thinking about that... 6 would be awesome

Dee I decided not to use the seed cups that came with it... instead I have dishes on the floor of the cage (not under perches) with seed, water and egg food in them... I had a mess with my 18x18x30 flight and got a seed catcher but when I put the food on the floor the mess disappeared so I did the same as soon as I put them in the new cage ;)

[lyzzyjayne]

LOVE IT!!

[EyesofFreedom]

Jayne thanks

They are loving it as well...

[PrettyBird]

Dee I decided not to use the seed cups that came with it... instead I have dishes on the floor of the cage (not under perches) with seed, water and egg food in them... I had a mess with my 18x18x30 flight and got a seed catcher but when I put the food on the floor the mess disappeared so I did the same as soon as I put them in the new cage ;)

I too dont use the seed cups that came with the cage for food (only for things like herb salad & dry eggfood)
I put my food on the bottom of the cage as well, and have them in feeders. The first week I thought wow no mess! Then they would start flying and flapping, and then I had a ton of mess on the floor.
So thats why I had to wrap plastic around the bottom (4 inches up or so) and the mess has drastically decreased.

[Ginene]

Hey Will,
One quick question...do the feeding cups that came with your cage fit??? Both sets that came with my cages don't. They will only fit where there is a door opening, which keeps the door open a tiny bit. I actually tried to have amazon send me an extra set of cups, but they needed me to order an entire new cage to get them. So I did. No big deal because the new set was perfect, plus amazon paid for return pick-up of the extra cage. I'm loving both of my flights!!! As are my birds I purchased 2 vacation feeders for each flight (the ones SALLY recommended) and only use the feeding cups for egg food, veggies and soaked seeds. My birds poop in anything that doesn't have a hooded cover on it ...

[EyesofFreedom]

Ginene I tried them out when I first put it together... they seemed to fit just fine but I didnt place them in a door but near one...