In my article a few months back about purchasing a new cage, I neglected to mention feed cups and watering devices. This column is designed to explore those areas in some detail.
Most cages come with two feeding cups, usually some type of plastic.
Maybe they feel you will want to have different sized cups for different uses. Or, maybe they believe that certain uses require special purpose devices which they are not willing to include in the price of the cage. Both ideas may be legitimate, and I have found, over time, that each cage may require a certain amount of variation in set-up, dependent upon the type of bird or birds in each cage, their activity level in the cage, the size and location of the cage, and their own peculiar eating habits. The first two questions when buying feeding cups are what size, and covered or uncovered. You might want to try a 12 ounce cup for the larger mini-macaws up to the medium amazons and African grays, and a 20 ounce cup for the larger parrots.