Just bought Prevue F040

[jimenezl]

Just bought the cage.
http://www.amazon.com/Prevue-Products- ... 324&sr=1-1

If only I could now find some finches.. Have posted in Marketplace.

[Sally]

Nice cage, hope you can find some finches soon.

[Susan39]

I just bought this cage and put the cage together yesterday. I love the cage. There are 8 openings on this cage which creates access to any part of the cage. The cage is well made. I think it is a perfect size for my room and for the birds. I bought 2 Society Finches yesterday. They are adorable!

If someone can tell me how to upload a picture to this post i can show you my cage and finches.

[Sally]

Susan39 I posted on your other thread about how to post photos, but here it is again, just in case:

http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22710

[Susan39]

Thank you! I am going to try to upload my picture now!

[Susan39]

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[jimenezl]

Nice cage, Susan. Thanks for the picture. I'll be getting mine Thursday. For what it's worth, what I've done before is cut and groove the perches so I can install them front to back, just like you have the ropes. This, IMO, gives the birdies more flying distance.
Good luck with your Societies.
Luis

*Edit*
I also had a 30" roller blind (attached to and) behind the cage to protect the wall from bird 'presents'. I even painted a lush beach/forest landscape on it - looked pretty good..

[Sally]

I also had a 30" roller blind (attached to and) behind the cage to protect the wall from bird 'presents'. I even painted a lush beach/forest landscape on it - looked pretty good..

Good idea, would love to see photos.

I also agree that perches set up on the two sides makes for more flying room. I have no idea why the manufacturers insist on putting perches running the wrong way--shows they don't do any research before they design a cage!

[Celeris]

Susan39

New cage looks great! My birdies seem to love their F040 and I'm sure your societies will be very happy!

[Susan39]

Nice cage, Susan. Thanks for the picture. I'll be getting mine Thursday. For what it's worth, what I've done before is cut and groove the perches so I can install them front to back, just like you have the ropes. This, IMO, gives the birdies more flying distance.
Good luck with your Societies.
Luis

*Edit*
I also had a 30" roller blind (attached to and) behind the cage to protect the wall from bird 'presents'. I even painted a lush beach/forest landscape on it - looked pretty good..

Great idea! I was thinking of getting 2 perches (branches) and putting them front to back so they have more room to fly.

[jimenezl]

Setting up my F040. Had bought a vacation feeder and a bath, but neither fit the cage, because the doors are spring-loaded and open sideways, leaving a lot of open space.

The perches are HUGE!!! like, for a parrot instead of finches.
@Susan, do you find they're too big for your birds? I'm buying smaller ones...

Also bought a Lixit 32-oz water bottle, but that didn't work either, as it has a really hard-to-press plunger, instead of the ball-bearing tube.

Not a good start. On a bright note, I'm going Saturday to see some finches at MD Exotic Birds.

[wilkifam]

I have societies and gouldians and I can ship.....

[jimenezl]

Hi Lori,
Thanks for the offer, but I'm not confident w shipping (yet). I'm also looking for something different, like gold-breasts or cordon blues, shaft tails or st helenas.
Regards,
Luis

[Sally]

jimenezl Often the perches provided with cages, especially the larger cages, are simply too big for tiny finches. A good substitute is branches from trees/shrubs in your yard, as long as they have not been sprayed with chemicals. They are great for finch feet, because they are varying thickness.

[jimenezl]

Thanks, Sally. I bought two 'natural' perches, and brought in two more from my yard.