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Is it OK for a pet bird to be in a cage2007-11-24 17:24:11

People keep bringing us their pets they can no longer take care of, and I simply don't want to believe that birds like being in cages, even if they've been inside them all their lives - but maybe I've got it all wrong? Can you explain the psyche of birds to me? I really would like to know one way or another, and make those birds happy, even if it means releasing them into a big aviary or something that I may yet have to build. Thank you.

Answers:

i think of a bird kept by humans as being in a cage to protect it (i.e. when there is no one home:so it doesnt eat something bad or put its beak in a socket)

I babysit my friends bird all the time and let it out to run around whenever I am in the room and can keep an eye on it. He's very curious so I have to watch him closely!

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it depends on the bird

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Freedom is natural. Captivity is man-made. Birds, especially don't like being caged. The evolved with wings, were meant to fly, soar, how can they like to live in a cage? I have even read that captivity lessens their life span. Release them!

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Pet birds are perfectly happy in cages, and they don't see it as them being in a cage, they see it as you being in a cage, and their cage is their comfort zone, protected and away from harm. Cages provide proper avenues for exercise, too, like different sized perches and various toys, and it's where their food and water is. Exotic birds and pet birds WILL DIE if you let them out into the wild--parrots are not capable of surviving inner city life with all the foreign diseases city birds carry.

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Keeping birds in a cage is the safest, cleanest method of taking care of them. I dont know what kind of bird you're fostering but i had a budgee and the one time i let him out of his cage on his own he flew out the window..(then again i was 5 years old.. and it was probably my fault)..