Parrot Cages UK
Choosing the right parrot cages UK is one of the most important decisions you can make for your parrot’s wellbeing. A well designed cage gives your bird the space, safety, and comfort it needs to stay active, relaxed, and healthy every day.
Our range of parrot cages combines solid construction, practical features, and fair pricing, so you don’t have to compromise on quality. Whether you share your home with a Cockatiel, African Grey, Mini Macaw, Macaw, or Cockatoo, you’ll find a cage designed to suit their size, strength, and activity level.
Choosing Parrot Cages UK
When choosing a cage or constructing an enclosure, make sure the bar spacing is appropriate for the size of your parrots. Cockatiels, and any species smaller than that, require ½ inch bar spacing; larger ones need ¾ inch, and large parrots should be given cages with 1 inch spacing. The reason is less to do with making cage-wall-climbing comfortable, and more to do with the fact that if the gaps are too wide, parrots will get their heads stuck. If the bird can squeeze its head between the bars, it will almost certainly do so.
Climbing is also important, though. Most parrots like to scale the bars, so horizontal ones are best.
Don’t be tempted to buy a small cage because it will fit into a certain corner of your house. The bird must always come first, and parrots, being highly intelligent, inquisitive, and easily bored, need both space and variety. This can come from different shapes and textures of perch, climbing apparatus, and a selection of ever-changing toys. As a general rule, the more space, the better.
Positioning the Parrot Cage
Bear in mind that your parrots will spend most – or all – of their time in the cage or enclosure. It therefore needs to be in a good spot – neither too hot nor too cold, away from kitchen fumes and gas hobs, with air uncontaminated by cleaning products, tobacco fumes, aerosols such as fly sprays, paint fumes, carbon monoxide from boilers and car exhausts, and any plug-in air freshener or scented candle. These things are all pollutants that can be fatal to pet birds.
Cages should be placed away from drafts, so window ledges are not a good idea, Direct sunlight can cause problems too, so make sure they can escape its glare. If the birds are outside, the aviary will need sheltered spaces.
Cage Doors
Parrots investigate everything they can get their beaks on! Door-fasteners are always a source of fascination for them, and they will spend time trying to ‘crack the code’. A less robust lock or fastener can be opened – or pulled off – by a parrot’s strong beak, so your cage needs doors and fasteners that can withstand these attentions. You may have to employ a small padlock.
Food Bowls
If you have more than one bird, your enclosure will need different feeding stations. This helps prevent food fights and problems with breeding birds, who usually become very territorial and decide that all the food is theirs! One bowl per bird, and one extra that’s the best solution. Some can be on the parrot cages uk floor, elevated on a bird table, or attached to the sides of the cage.
Water Bowls and Bottles
Water bottles are the best way of providing water for your parrots. Open bowls and containers get dirty very quickly, due to droppings and food cast-offs. The bottle should be fastened securely to the side of the parrot cages uk.