Bird Cages

they need food and water and less handling.
1.) Make sure the cages are away from the kitchen. The cookwares should not have any teflon coated; use stainless steel cookwares. The fume from the teflon covered cookwares are hazardous to the birds of any type.
2.) Make sure that the cage is not close to the AC vent. A quick cold air draft from the AC can kill them instantly.

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I’ve acquired a largish parrot cage on a stand which has sadly been left outside and the chrome bars are quite rusty. I’m thinking of having it sandblasted as sandpapering will be just too time consuming.

Which types of metal paint would be suitable for painting the bars afterwards? I don’t want to poison whatever bird we eventually buy but I’m assuming people do renovate old parrot cages successfully, they are so expensive to buy new.

Any advice or website links would be great. I live in Ireland so UK/Ireland links rather than other countries would be best. Thanks

Preparation

* Use a wire brush to remove any loose finishing
* Sand all the metal by hand

The paint you choose

* Should not contain lead, zinc or chromate
* Is "high adhesion", formulated to bond with the metal surface
* Is hard-wearing
* Is fast drying

Many brands will have a picture of a baby crib or a mother holding a child – look for indicators such as these

Before you paint

* Remove the bird(s) to a different room
* The room you paint in should be well-ventilated
* Thin coats are best
* Use a backdrop like a large sheet of cardboard behind the cage to catch excess paint

When your done

* Wait at least a week
* Don’t cover a freshly painted cage with the bird in it

If your bird seems to be wearing out the paint on the bird cage

* Make sure there are lots of interesting perches to climb on
* Every parrot cage (for hookbill birds) should have at least 3 textures of bird perches – soft wood, hardwood & rope (or fabric)

I have a parrot cage that has a bit of rust on the bottom part, the legs and slide out tray. I don’t wanna throw it out just cause I was careless in storing it. I sanded the area with the rust and it looks ok and it still strong and what not after all it is wrought iron but I just wanna coat it so it looks a little better and it isn’t exposed if my bird is out hopping on the floor near the area. The cage is black vein in color but I’d be willing to change the color of just that bottom part if I had to.

Earth easy has more information
I did read that any non-toxic latex based paint is safe for use on bird cages, but I would check against Eartheasy specifications

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