Hanging

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:12 am

popped out to shop and come back to find our 10 week old baby with his head stuck between the bars of the cage,maybe cage to big? feel awfull :cry:

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:18 am

How big is the cage, definately get an appropriate cage like right now.

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:21 am

julie wrote:How big is the cage, definately get an appropriate cage like right now.

we had our baby cockatiel in it and she was fine as you can see from the photo the bars are not that wide :cry:

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:23 am

If he/she is able to be hanging from it something must be wrong.

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:26 am

Have you got a pic of the whole cage?

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:34 am

julie wrote:Have you got a pic of the whole cage?

here is a pic

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:43 am

Thats far too big for an irn or a teil. Can you get another cage pretty quick??

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:52 am

julie wrote:Thats far too big for an irn or a teil. Can you get another cage pretty quick??

yes we have one, ive seen Irn in bigger cages so would this be ok when he/she is older??

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:03 am

Was it a irn or an alex that you seen in a big cage like that?? It may be alright when he is older and not trying to get out, but if he can get his head in and be able to hang himself its really not good.

Post by **kyria** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:31 am

The design of the cockatiel cages are not, I repeat NOT appropriate for IRN's as the bars that bend around the edges are far too easily moved apart with only just a little pressure of a bird trying to escape it, and the bars of your cage look so thin that movement would be even easier.

The bars move apart and close back together around the birds neck and the will not be able to escape.

the cockatiel has a smaller head and can poke it in and out freely, the IRN has a larger head and is much stronger, and this is why the IRN gets stuck and the cockatiel doesn't.

You need to get a cage with the proper guage bars and the correct spacing or you will end up with a dead bird next time.

Sorry to be so blunt but thats the way it is.

"Thick bars so they are firm and do not bend or move and no more than a 1/2 Inch spacing"

More info on cages for IRN's;

http://www.indianringneck.com/cage/

http://www.indianringneck.com/board/vie ... =cage+size

http://birds.about.com/od/birdcages/a/choosingacage.htm

Cheers and I look forward to seeing the new cage you get for your babies sake.

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:48 am

kyria wrote:The design of the cockatiel cages are not, I repeat NOT appropriate for IRN's as the bars that bend around the edges are far too easily moved apart with only just a little pressure of a bird trying to escape it, and the bars of your cage look so thin that movement would be even easier.

The bars move apart and close back together around the birds neck and the will not be able to escape.

the cockatiel has a smaller head and can poke it in and out freely, the IRN has a larger head and is much stronger, and this is why the IRN gets stuck and the cockatiel doesn't.

You need to get a cage with the proper guage bars and the correct spacing or you will end up with a dead bird next time.

Sorry to be so blunt but thats the way it is.

"Thick bars so they are firm and do not bend or move and no more than a 1/2 Inch spacing"

More info on cages for IRN's;

http://www.indianringneck.com/cage/

http://www.indianringneck.com/board/vie ... =cage+size

http://birds.about.com/od/birdcages/a/choosingacage.htm

Cheers and I look forward to seeing the new cage you get for your babies sake.

the cage may look misleading but the bars do not move even by hand,its a brass cockatoo cage,i agree the bars must be too wide but they are no way flimsy,he/she was immediately removed from the cage and is now in a smaller one.

Post by **kyria** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:26 pm

Thats good

You mean smaller bar spacing ? not smaller size ? because the cage in the picture you showed in my opinion is too small for an IRN .. :wink:

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:47 pm

kyria wrote:Thats good

You mean smaller bar spacing ? not smaller size ? because the cage in the picture you showed in my opinion is too small for an IRN ..

Yes that correct

Post by **kyria** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:19 pm

cool banana's !

Post by **Lauren** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:57 pm

Oh dear! That would of been scary to find.

The cage looks a little small (or is it just me?) and the bars need to be strong as those lil beaks love to bend things. Angies exactly right. :wink:

julie · Post by **julie** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:49 am

I thought it looked way too big for a ten week old irn, it looks like a cocky cage to me.

Post by **Lauren** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:56 pm

The picture is confusing to me.

What are the dimensions? I'm a lil confused on this one.

julie · Post by **julie** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:38 am

Lauren wrote:The picture is confusing to me. What are the dimensions? I'm a lil confused on this one.

Me too, that baby looks so tiny in the pic. ??