Set Up a Cage for Your Lovebird

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Sarah and I’m here at Extra Care Animal Hospital today, and on behalf of expertvillage.com I’m going to tell you a little bit about owning a lovebird. As far as your lovebird’s cage goes, your lovebird’s cage should be no smaller than 2 feet by 2 feet by 3 feet. This is a good size cage for this bird. Once again, you do not want to be housing 2 birds together, as they can injure one another and possibly even kill one another. Don’t get 2 birds and get a bigger cage; you want two individual cages. As far as this cage goes, you can see we have a variety of toys here. It’s important as far as perches go that you have different size perches. If you have all the exact size perch, will sometimes see birds develop sore on the bottom of their feet. The perch that you see that the bird is on now is a cement perch. It’s important to have a cement perch in there, because a cement perch you can see the bird has been rubbing it’s beak on there, it will help the bird keep her beak at a healthy length. It will also help keep her nails rounded out a little bit so that they don’t hurt as much when they’re on your arm. You do not want to get these sand paper cover for the perches. Sand paper covers for the perches are no substitute for the cement perches, as sand paper perches tend to be much grittier and we can actually see those perches cause damage to the bird’s feet. The cement perches are much…They’re abrasive enough to provide a good surface for the nails and the beak, but not so abrasive as to cause damage to the feet. So once again, do not use the sand paper perches, as those can be dangerous to the health of your bird. We have an appropriate amount of toys in here. You definitely want some toys in your cage, but you don’t want too many. You don’t want it to be overwhelming for your bird, because too many toys in a cage can be just as stressful as no toys at all. Any toys that you have in there you should clean weekly. The entire cage and the perches should be cleaned weekly, and any bedding in the bottom of the cage should be changed daily. "