Too much stuff in a cage

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Too much stuff in a cage
Topic Started: Aug 5 2008, 09:25 AM (439 Views)
Psistidan	Aug 5 2008, 09:25 AM Post #1
Advanced Member Posts: 18 Group: Member Member #520 Joined: July 28, 2008 Gender: Male # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Psistidan Location: Spokane Wa.	I have been looking around on YouTube and on all bird boards at what people put in their birds cages and how people have "bird rooms" that are dedicated only to housing their birds and cages. I have noticed that every single photo or video I have seen seems to have tons and tons of toys and more toys and it all looks like a confusing mess to me. Especially some of the bird rooms. I would have a problem finding my birds in such overly accessorized rooms. I have a pretty simple set up for my birds and keep only 3 or 4 toys in the cage and exchange them for other toys every few days or so. I don't want to deprive my birds of what they need but in my experience, which is not nearly as much as others here, my birds ignore most of the toys in their cage anyway. They seem to prefer playing with a crumpled napkin or a shoe lace. Is there such a thing as "too much" when it comes to stimulation, toys and things to put in a cage? Edited by Psistidan, Aug 5 2008, 09:26 AM.



BUUZBEE	Aug 5 2008, 10:55 AM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 7,238 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 23, 2006 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Anna Location: So Cal, USA My Conure/s are: Blue Crowned Kermit Green Cheek Coco Green Cheek Sheila My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter fbk.com/anna.pottingerpriest myspace.com/conurecrazy ..... I dont tweet :)	Yes, i do think you can have too many toys in the cage, especially if they are not changed out. I think as long as you are changing up the toys like you are, less can be better



Bird_Lover	Aug 6 2008, 07:15 AM Post #3
Silver Member Posts: 536 Group: Member Member #293 Joined: November 29, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Hannah Location: Minnesota My Conure/s are: Orrin--Peach Front Conure, Rylee--Sun Conure	I've often seen the same thing. In some cages I wonder how the bird can move around! I like to set up my cages so there is at least one toy that they can reach from each perch, so they always have something to play with.



littlesun	Oct 20 2008, 09:41 PM Post #4
Advanced Member Posts: 54 Group: Member Member #604 Joined: October 19, 2008 # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My Conure/s are: sun	I found for my pair of parrotlets that I had too much going on in their HQ flight cage. Even though they're tiny little birds, they need lots of room to exercise.



JAM	Jan 22 2009, 10:38 AM Post #5
Advanced Member Posts: 45 Group: Member Member #656 Joined: December 16, 2008 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Tatianna Location: Manitoba Canada My Conure/s are: Cinder	Well i believe there is no limit to how many toys you have, But when in the cage you should limit it so they can stretch and move about. Its nice if you just Switch or rearrange toys every week.



~birdybea~	Jan 29 2009, 03:42 PM Post #6
Bird-a-holic Posts: 220 Group: Member Member #326 Joined: January 14, 2008 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Belinda My Conure/s are: Zoe - cinnamon gcc; Savvy - yellowsided gcc	My tiels and budgies get more upset if i over crowd their cages, but with Zoe the more toys she has the more active she gets. She seems to feel compelled to play with every single toy that she has access to, and if she can possibly dangle from one toy to get to the next then that's just all the more fun in her opinion. Using perches to get around is just so dull for the Zo-nut.



pachuco	Feb 23 2009, 08:19 AM Post #7
Senior Member Posts: 172 Group: Member Member #744 Joined: February 23, 2009 Gender: Female # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: My name is: Kelly Location: Boulder, Colorado My Conure/s are: Payaso-4 year old GC and Pachuco-1 year old Yellow Sided GC My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter www.myspace.com/kellystertz	I have a giant cage for my conures, so I probably have about 25 toys in each and I leave the doors open so they both play in each others side. I also have a toy box in which I have tons of "overstock" that I trade out the other toys with every week when I do my cage cleaning. Here's the thing, the amount of toys you can have in a cage reasonably depends on the size of the cage. Obviously the bigger the cage the better, after all, a birds natural habitat is miles and miles..not inches. I do notice that some toys my birds ignore and some they play with immediately. However, they do on occasion try out the ones that they were ignoring. It's all about variety really, not every kid plays with every toy every day, and every kid gets bored with their toys as well. Also, if your bird has behavioral problems I find that more toys (IE more stimulation) is key, especially in self mutilators. In sum, there is not amount of toys that is too much in a cage, but there are cages that are too small. Kelly



BUUZBEE	Feb 23 2009, 11:35 AM Post #8
Administrator Posts: 7,238 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 23, 2006 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Anna Location: So Cal, USA My Conure/s are: Blue Crowned Kermit Green Cheek Coco Green Cheek Sheila My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter fbk.com/anna.pottingerpriest myspace.com/conurecrazy ..... I dont tweet :)	pachuco Feb 23 2009, 08:19 AM In sum, there is not amount of toys that is too much in a cage, but there are cages that are too small. Yep



kiddo76	Mar 31 2009, 06:07 PM Post #9
Conure Crazed!!!!!!!!! Posts: 716 Group: Member Member #679 Joined: January 4, 2009 Gender: Female # of conures: 8 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Jo Location: Near Pittsburgh, PA My Conure/s are: Tee-Jay, Mattie, Miley, Marley, Sarah, Loki, Edward and Bella My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter send me a message. Facebook and MySpace are set to Private	mine just discovered a slinky and jacks. they are amazed by the simplest things.



BUUZBEE	Apr 1 2009, 12:30 PM Post #10
Administrator Posts: 7,238 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 23, 2006 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Anna Location: So Cal, USA My Conure/s are: Blue Crowned Kermit Green Cheek Coco Green Cheek Sheila My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter fbk.com/anna.pottingerpriest myspace.com/conurecrazy ..... I dont tweet :)	Mine love jacks as a foot toy... i'm still afraid of slinkys!!!



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