page_title: Birdcage
section_title: Safety
hierarchical_section_title: Birdcage / Safety
caption_attribution_description: English: Forgotten Songs Installation, Sydney, Angel Place, the effect of Buildings Warm colours in the Background of 50 Floating Cages
context_page_description: A birdcage is a cage designed to house birds as pets.
  Antique birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. Good quality cages designed for pet birds are more suitable.
context_section_description: A cage for a tame pet bird which is allowed out daily should be large enough to allow it to easily extend its wings fully without hitting cage sides or toys or objects within the cage.  In some countries, it is illegal to house a pet bird in a cage that does not permit it to spread its wings.  Wingspans of common pet birds range from approximately 30 cm (12 in) for a budgie and 41 cm (16 in) for a cockatiel up to as much as 91–122 cm (36–48 in) for the larger macaws. Rectangular cages have replaced rounded cages due to the damaged wings caused by non bird friendly round cages.
  Untamed birds which are not allowed out of their cages regularly, such as most finches and canaries, require larger cages that are long enough to permit some flight.  The bars should be spaced so that curious birds cannot stick their heads out of the cage and become stuck. The cage should also have non-toxic paint, because birds tend to gnaw at the cage, and if the paint is consumed, they can die from poisoning.
  Cages should also be equipped with appropriate perches.  There should be several diameters of perches available, but the diameter should be large enough so that the bird's toes are unable to overlap or completely wrap around the perch.  Flight cages and aviaries should be equipped with perches at each end with open space in the middle for flight.
caption: Birdcages used in the public artwork Forgotten Songs, Sydney.
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