Prevue Large Flight Cage

I wish someone would invent a cage for parakeets that is wider rather than taller. My birds do not use the bottom half of this cage, so that space is wasted. This cage comes with almost useless directions - no parts are identified and the pictures are so tiny you can't see the details. The metal they used to make the bars is flimsy. While putting the cage together I bent two of them! Also, the Pet Solutions page should make it clear that the bottom of this cage is only a few inches from the ground. This means it is hard to sweep under and my dog can look right in! It does come with several food dishes and perches. I like that there are so many doors.

Wish I had room for another.

There are very few good-quality cages that will hold several small birds. We had four parakeets spread among several small cages, which restricted their exercise and gave them no opportunity to interact. Putting them together in one larger cage is a kind thing to do for your birds. We did our homework in choosing a cage, including features and pricing. This was clearly the best cage, superior to any we found in local pet shops. It's big enough to allow a small amount of flitting around by the birds, good for exercise. It gives them several perches to choose from, and several places to drink and eat. It allows them a bit of room for territorial and social interaction behaviors. The cage easily accommodated a small birdhouse. Adding a birdhouse is the secret to getting your birds to breed, and ours did---now we have six beautiful parakeets. It's simple: make sure you have males and females; put in a bird house (a plywood box about 8 inches on a side with a 2 inch front hole as a door is good), wired to the side of the cage; and wait. Read about their behavior, and be sure not to disturb the birds or eggs in the birdhouse in any way (don't even shine a light into the birdhouse). After the fledglings emerge and the birdhouse is no longer used by them, you can simply remove the birdhouse, and they won't breed further. This cage was better construction quality than other cages we've owned or seen. Assembly takes attention to detail, or you'll have to backtrack when you discover you put a panel on backwards. Directions were not superb but they were adequate. Assembly took about a half-hour, with one parent and one child. The wheels on the base are surprisingly useful. They allow you to move the cage easily to clean around it without disturbing the birds very much. You also can move the birds to another room when needed (for example, when many visitors or a visiting pet would disturb the birds). Note that with several birds in the cage and with the food containers mounted on the vertical sides of the cage, there's a lot of spillover onto the floor, so you will be moving the cage and cleaning often. Putting a feeding dish centered at the bottom of the cage reduced the mess somewhat, but not completely. It would be nice if storage area underneath the cage had a little more height, so containers could fit vertically and were easier to reach, but it still is useful and helps keep your supplies organized and nearby. There's an unexpected side benefit of having a cage this large. Its height means your birds tend to stay up high where you can see them most of the time, without requiring a separate stand or table to hold your birdcage. The best feature of this cage is how it allows the birds to socialize. Now that they're together, our parakeets talk constantly during daylight hours. You don't realize how social your birds are until you put them together. Get ready for a lot of chatting and social interaction among your birds.

We have it out on the covered Patio. Our two Cockatiels are very happy and contented. There is plenty of room to roam.

I bought 2 of these beauties a few years ago. My dad had no difficulty at all assembling them. One is at my house and the other remains at my folks' place. When I need to go away for extended periods of time, this model is perfect for my Nanday Conure (approx. 12" long) and Patagonian Conure (17" long). The only problem is that the Nanday knows how to open doors and there are quite a few which are spring loaded. Needless to say we had to invest in a few clasps. The larger front door has thankfully been too difficult for him to figure out. If you're housing smaller birds, you may be able to get away without clasps on the doors. All in all, we find the cages to be easy to assemble, relatively durable, roomy and comfortable for our 2 medium sized birds, and a fantastic value!

I have two of these cages

I use it to home my parakeet flock. More than enough room for them to play and have their own space..

i ordered this for my lovebirds and they are loving it.I measured the area and everything but when it came here i wasn`t expecting it to be this big and im glad it is! i can fill it up with toys n ropes n perches and they love it. the person i bought the lovebirds from gave me this tiny cage that can actually fit like 4 of em inside of this cage.I plan on buying another one in future for my spoiled cockatiel. he is extremely jealous that the lovebirds get the bigger cage now. it is study and very nice looking n fits great in my apartment. i would recommend it for multi birds or smaller birds.

I purchased one of these flights to house a flock of English Budgies, and it's working great for that purpose. It's nice a roomy and can fit quite a few birds comfortably. The dowels that it comes with are very basic and the feed dishes are okay. It took me about an hour to assemble it (I'm not the quickest at those sorts of things anyway!). Great cage for the price, but don't expect it to stand up to anything larger than a Quaker. For multiple small birds though, this cage is an excellent value.

A couple of the food dishes were broken but I was adding crocks and did not need them