Prevue Hendryx-Clean Life Play Top Bird Cage

I bought this exact cage but in sage/white about 5 years ago for my linnie. He loves it, so when I acquired a white-winged parakeet I figured I'd go with this as well. I've had this cage for a couple weeks now. It works great, has lots of room for ropes and toys. I never use the playtop feature on either cage because it's a hassle to move all of his toys that are hanging from the top and they have a separate play area anyway. I also don't use the perches that came with it because they are too small for his feet and I dislike plastic perches.

The black wire and base are more flimsy than the sage/white, but I've found this to be true in other brands as well so I don't really fault the cage itself. The base is so thin it did break during shipping, but was easily fixed with a strong adhesive. The sliding latch that closes the main door is also really flimsy and makes the cage difficult to open at times. I would suggest going with a white wire cage if this is an issue for you. I replaced the seed cups because I found the width was too short for him to comfortably eat/drink out of (they are different from the ones I got with the sage/white cage). The seed cups are also very low, so he has additional cups and foraging systems throughout the cage because I found he wasn't very thrilled with going all the way to the bottom for food. My linnie, however, has no issue with this in his cage.

Overall, I think it's a reasonably priced and roomy cage. I would suggest a larger cage if your bird rarely comes out though. It does a great job of mostly containing the mess. Obviously, some seed hulls still go flying, but it's not as bad as it could be. I would buy it again, even knowing that it is less sturdy than my other cages.

I had great hopes that this cage would be a great new home for our parakeet. Unfortunately, it had a defective door latch that made it unusable. The way it was packaged, it looked like someone else had already bought it and returned it and then it was resold to me. In addition to the unusable door latch, it has a flaw that makes it unusable for a bird as small as a parakeet. In some areas of the cage, the bars are too wide apart making it unsafe for a small bird such as a parakeet. I returned the cage and did not reorder.

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