Cage

Can a PARROT SLEEP in a DOG CAGE?

Its an 5 ft by 5ft dog cage. If I bought a parrot could it sleep there? It would be wayyyy easier on my wallet saving me 700-900 bucks for a bird cage...what do yall guys think? I want to house an eclectus in this. And the cage bars are fairly thick too.

Public Comments

1. i guess so..i believe it would work. just buy get some toys, perches, LOTS OF NEWSPAPERSS, and foodbowls.. and i think your bird's set :D
2. How tall is it? At the VERY LEAST, the cage should be big enough for the bird to stand on a perch with enough head room AND enough room for all the tail feathers to drop straight down under it without touching anything. The bird should be able to stretch it's wings to the fullest without ever coming close to the walls. Where you gonna put the perches? Yes, they do need them. They sleep on them. It's the way their systems are made. Bigger is always better of course. Consider adult sizes. Eclectus have pretty big wingspans. They grow tall and have impressive tail feathers. I'm thinking no. Spring for a proper cage or don't get a bird.
3. If It can't get through the bars then sure! Throw a branch or something in there for a roost and your all set!
4. I have parrots and just want to say they don't like to walk around in their own crap, as well parrots like to live in cages with height so they can see whats going on, it might be ok for a little while though.
5. No, a dog cage is not good enough. Birds need tall cages: they need perches to sit on and they need them to be at least a few feet off the ground. Parrots' bodies aren't made for walking around on a solid floor all day long, with droppings and whatever other crud may be there. They need to have perches that they can climb around from one to another. Depending on how it is built there are probably also small spaces a bird could get toes stuck in. One of my cockatiels came to me in a cage that wasn't built properly, and there was *one* very narrow space between the bars, and on one occasion she got her toe caught in it; this happened when I was out of the house, and when I came home there was blood all over the inside of the cage. I ended up paying a couple hundred dollars in vet bills--and fortunately for me she had *only* sprained her toe. Instead of keeping an eclectus in a cage that wasn't made for birds, and possibly having to pay vet bills later because of it, why don't you just spend the money now on a proper bird cage?
6. I managed to buy an $800 cage for $150 on Ebay and there's more there right now. The cage is 1.8meters diameter and 2.8 meters high - if you can buy one get it. Dog cages are for dogs and bird cages are for birds - they're made with different requirements in mind. Eclectus parrots are gorgeous little souls, if you can't buy the right gear don't get the bird. Think of it this way - if you had one room to live in for the rest of your life, would you want to be comfortable?