Is this appropriate for a large Cockatoo? I am nervous about the wire gauge. Also, bowl "locks" look like a cockatoo can easily open. Your thoughts?
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Hi so we bought this for our amazon and I'm pretty happy. It's not as nice as the big cage we got for our gray but it was about half the price. Our amazon has not been able to open the locks on the food bowl but when he's lose and on the outside he has practiced so who knows. The bars are a little on the smaller gauge, if your guy is really rough on his cages he might be able to bend them, but the cage is so large our guy is pretty happy and doesn't mess with the bars. Hope this helps a little bit :)
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Hi, I have a Quaker parrot in this cage, and it is quite perfect for him. If your bird is bigger, I would not see any problems. As for the bowl lock, my bird cannot open them. I would be a little more worried about the main door lock, but they made it possible to put additional lock there. It depends on how smart and inventive your bird is, really. The door lock is much easily accessible, by the way.
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We have macaws in our cages, we also have large cockatoos and would not trust them in this cage
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Not sure what you meant by bar mm and it would be okay for an umbrella cockatoo if you allow the bird out most of the day.
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I have a friend using this cage for a pair of cockatiels and it is fine. They can fly within it. I have two of the cages, with 5 parakeets in each and they are not over crowded. I am a middle aged woman, and I can bend the thinnest of the wires with my fingers if I apply quite a lot of force. It hurts my finger tips, but I can flex the wire if I try hard. My neighbor's sun conure is quite a feisty fellow. He lets him self out of his cage and then lets all the other birds out of their cages. Conures are kind of "birds of a different feather." You would be a better judge of your own birds. The cockatiels are content to NOT break out.
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Oh I would say NO , I have a big pearl Cockatiel , and she like's the cage but I said before I would of preferred a little bigger cage for her, also there is not many ways to set it up for play time in the cage I have all sorts' of sticks on the outside for her and I never attached the top with the nut's so I take the top off for her during the day so she can come in and out, because the door is not an easy access for a med bird , now my little parakeet fly's in and out lol, so my answer is no go a little bigger, I can send pictures of my cage with my bird in it if that would help.
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No cage is ever too large for a bird unless they can fit through the cage wires. You should be safe with a conure
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Yes- it's more sized for a budgie- and even my exhibition sized barely gets his tail feathers in. Ha! I think a mess is inevitable :) Maybe your cockatoo would enjoy showers? They make perches for them and apparently some think it's great.
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You may have to get smaller perches for this play stand (for smaller birds). This is perfect for my cockatoo. 2 or even 3 cockatiels should love this!!
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I don't remember how long it took my two cockatiels to find the food but I don't think very long. Have all other feeder dishes been removed from their cages? I hope they go to the new one, it is a great feeding dish. Good luck. By the way, my two cockatiels are in separate cages, maybe that has something to do with it. Just a guess.
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I would say so- I have a cockatoo in mine, but there is so much room for him to play. He really enjoys it.
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I downsized my cages to this. I think it might work for you. I read that someone keeos their 2 cockatiels in this cage. I wouldn't go larger then you conures
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I have a blue crowned conure in it which is smaller than a umbrella cockatoo. I am thinking the umbrella's are bigger than the Goffin Cockatoo's right? If so I would probably go with a bigger cage than this one for him. This cage is more for the size of African Grey's or Conure's now the smaller of the cockatoo's that are like the size of the African Grey's would do well in this size cage. Good luck and wish you all the best with your new cockatoo. That is great that you are adopting :-) .
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I agree with oter responses.for large birds you need a cage that has thicker bars that do not bend when you push on one with your finger, and spacing of bars should be wider.I do not have a large bird however.
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I bought this for my Congo African grey and it is a nice size for him. I honestly think it might be a bit too big for cockatiels.
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My wife and I take our Cockatoo to the beach on weekends in this exact cage. It's about an hour drive...and she is pretty edgy by the time we get there.We also take her to Montana and back in the summer but then she stands on top of the cage for most of the trip. I would think two cages would be better for your birds.
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The bar spacing on the F050 is only a 1/2 inch apart which would probably be uncomfortable for a parrot the size of an African Grey to hold on to or climb. The wire thickness is also quite thin so I wouldn't be surprised if it bent from the weight of the bird climbing or beak pressure. Although this cage is quite spacious inside, you're right in thinking that it might not be sturdy enough for a Grey. We have a double yellow headed amazon in our family and this cage probably wouldn't last a day with her!
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I have cockatiels, and I am thinking the green cheek conure is larger than mine. It is good spacing I think for your bird.
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The bowls sit in metal rings & when the little doors shut, there is a metal bar over the bowls to keep the bird from removing the bowls. I think the wire is about 10 gage. I have 2 of theses cages, very distructive macaws in both. I did have to put locks on all of the doors to keep my macaws from opening them. But the cage is easy to move around & If I wanted to put both of my macaws in the same cage, there'd still be plenty of room..