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Small bird cages have been made appealing thanks to movies and television shows, where the cute yellow canary is sitting in the middle of a little white cage. While a small bird in a small cage may be what you're used to, you might want to think about purchasing a large cage for your bird instead.

The most obvious reason to choose a large bird cage is because you have a large breed of bird. Parrots are well known for being big birds that require gigantic cages just for them to fit comfortably. Other larger birds such as cockatoos and doves also need large cages to call home.

If you have more than one bird, even small ones, a large cage will keep them healthier and happier. Birds need space and will claim territory as their own. If a cage is too small then it could lead to fights between the birds. Also, the bigger the cage the more room your birds will have to fly which is not only good for them but fun to watch.

Even just one small bird would be happier in a large bird cage. A small bird cage has little space for flapping their wings and less room for toys. Larger sizes provide a small bird the ability to exercise and allows for more toys, perches, and food containers to be placed in the cage. Overall, it would leave you with a much happier bird.

These types of cages may cost more and can at times be harder to clean, but in the end they give your pet a better quality of life. The next time your thinking of getting a bird cage, think big.

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One of the major factors of choosing a home for your pet is its size. A large rabbit hutch is deemed to be better for the rabbit's welfare than a smaller one. However, there are also some disadvantages to buying a big hutch. In this article I want to go over some of the pros and cons of having a large rabbit hutch. I hope that this will help you to choose the very best hutch for your pet.

Pros:

- A large hutch provides greater living space for your pet which allows it to run around, hop, exercise, and so on.

- A spacious hutch allows you to have more rabbits now or in the future if you so choose.

- A big hutch is sturdier, for the most part, and will last you longer than a small one.

- Having space will make your rabbit happier and more lively.

Cons:

- A big hutch usually costs more money than a smaller one. If you're looking for a cheap hutch, size will have major impact on the price.

- A large rabbit hutch requires a lot of space in your home. Some hutches are meant to be outdoors. You can't really fit them inside your home. Unless you have space in your home or yard, you will be limited in your options of hutches.

- A bigger hutch requires more cleaning. This does up more of your time.

Space is crucial for your pet's happiness and health. However, you don't need to go overboard with it. Choose a good sized hutch and your rabbit will be happy.

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Raising chickens in the backyard has become the most popular mini business. People are more inclined to have fresh organic eggs right from their own backyard chicken coop instead of buying the stale eggs from shops and markets. Using the easy tips and techniques and implementing them to your hen coop will make your chicken coop an eye-pleasing and a perfect safety for your chickens.

Make a safe-built chicken coop

Your chickens need protection not only from the predators, but also from the extreme weather conditions in the surrounding. The natural elements like rain, snow and summer heat are marring the survival of your chickens. Therefore, the question of safety to the chickens comes on the anvil.

For this, build your hen coop on the high and drained area so that in rainy seasons it will not form stagnant ponds and the coop will dry up quickly. Install doors and sliding windows to the chicken coop. It will ventilate the coop and the chickens will not be subjected to death due to scorching heat of the sun.

The predator is the worst harmful element for your chickens. Fencing a chicken wire around the coop at the depth of 1 foot will keep the predators at arm's length from reaching out the chickens.

Keep maintenance to your chicken coop

Daily cleanliness of your hen coop is essential to avoid any possibility of diseases to your chickens. You have to gather the chicken dung and maintain hygiene of the chickens so that no infection will incur on them. Moreover, the chicken dung will prove a good fertilizer to your garden.

Thus, with these easy tips and techniques you can build a proper chicken house. Still for the perfect building up of chicken coop, you need a perfect plan that can guide you and help you to build a complete hen coop.

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Like most rodents, gerbils require a layer of litter or bedding for the floor of their cages. This is necessary not only for replicating their natural environment, where they enjoy digging and burrowing, but also to absorb urine and keep the cage clean and fresh-smelling.

As desert animals that commonly come from Mongolia, they neither drink much, nor produce much urine. For that reason, they do not require any additional perfumes added to their cage, their litter, or their bedding. However, that being said, the floor covering does remain essential to a hygienic and fun home for your gerbil pet.

Inexperienced gerbil owners, and gerbil keepers who have owned mice and hamsters in the past commonly make the mistake of using cedar wood chips and pine wood chips for their gerbil bedding. This can be extremely dangerous to your gerbils, especially if you intend to breed your gerbils.

Cedar and pine wood shavings contain phenols (the "scent" of the wood) that will commonly cause severe irritations among gerbils. These irritations include respiratory problems and liver damage. This is most common in gerbil pups, but will also occur among adult gerbils.

Pine shavings can be used safely as long as they have been kiln dried, but cedar should be avoided at all costs.

The best bedding option for your gerbils is hardwood chips such as aspen, or specially made small litter made out of wood pulp. These are both readily available at pet stores and online. These are perfectly safe for your gerbil, and will not cause irritations.

By choosing the right gerbil litter for your pet, he or she will live a longer and happier life. You'll appreciate your decision for the right gerbil bedding when your gerbil lives a long, healthy life with you.

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Fancy rats make great pets for the right people. Even with the recommended minimum of play-time outside of the cage on a daily basis your pet will still spend the majority of his or her time inside of the cage called home. These animals are active pets and very intelligent creatures. Because of this, it's important to make sure that you provide a fancy rat cage that will allow your little friend to exercise physically, as well as, mentally.

The minimum floor space that is recommended for each pet rat is 24 inches by 12 inches. Please keep in mind that this is the absolute bare minimum recommendation. It is, also, recommended that if you can afford it and have the space that you get a larger cage. Vertical space can give your pet some added space. Vertical cage space isn't important and floor space but it is much better than no space at all. Fancy pet rats are very active and will utilize any space that they are given.

Ventilation is important to the health of your pet and the quality of the air you breathe. Decomposing fecal matter and urine give off ammonia gas, among other things. Many respiratory problems in rats can be traced back to ammonia gas and poor ventilation. Because of this, it is recommended that you get a wire mesh cage to use as your fancy rat cage. The open walls of these cages make ventilation a breeze when compared to aquariums or other glass tanks. You can put some litter down on the floor to help absorb the droppings. Regardless of the use of litter, you should plan on cleaning your pet's home, at least, weekly. Wire cages are, also, very handy when it comes to hanging hammocks, toys, or water bottles. Try to find a cage that does not use plastic. Rats need to chew to keep their teeth from getting too long and they will chew through a plastic cage or floor.

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Why do hedgehogs bite?

When it comes to problems with handling hedgehogs, most people tend to focus on the problems holding a small animal covered in quills. However, to do so is to forget that you are always working with a live creature with a mind of his or her own. Hedgehogs, while not vicious by any stretch of the imagination, do tend to give little warning bites when they are scared, feeling feisty, wanting to establish territory, or if there is an aroma of food on your fingers.

The most common advice governing hedgehogs and biting is that a hedgehog will only bite if he or she needs to be left alone. In many cases this is true. Hedgehogs need their space! Many hedgies are shy and not used to lots of human interaction or handling. This should be respected.

When is hedgehog biting a problem?

Hedgehog biting should always be disciplined otherwise your hedgie will begin to use this technique as a sure fire way to get you to do exactly what he or she wants. This is not behavior that you want to encourage as there will be times you will need to handle your hedgehog where he or she wants you to or not - example include bathing, medical procedures, and removing your hedgehog from harms way.

How to discipline your hedgehog

If your hedgehog bites you, immediately readjust your grip on him or her so that your fingers are no longer within biting range. While holding your hedgehog tell him firmly (but do not shout) "No!" At this point you may be thinking you should put your hedgehog back in his or her cage, but this is not the right decision. Instead, you will want to hold your hedgehog for 10-15 minutes in order to reinforce that your hedgehog needs to be with you right now.

What do you do if the biting continues? A second step of escalation is that in addition to being told "No!" you can gently blow on your hedgie's face. Being blown on is unpleasant for your hedgehog, but not harmful in any way.

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Large Metal Chinchilla Cages are superior to plastic ones for several reasons:

You Pet likes to Chew

Plastic can be gnawed away at. This is undesirable for two main reasons. Aesthetically, it will spoil the cage. More seriously for your pet, it can be a health hazard. Your pet may swallow a chunk of plastic. It may also gnaw away the plastic such that a sharp edge is formed, which your pet may one day cut itself against. It's really not worth the risk to your pet's health to take a chance on a plastic cage. And do you really want to have a cage with bits and pieces gnawed away on display?

Hygiene

Large Metal Chinchilla Cages are much more easier to clean as waste tends not to stick to metal like it does with plastic. If you can't properly clean your pet's cage then it provides fertile breeding ground for bacteria, which can harm both your pet and even yourself. Not good, especially if you have children around who may pick up the bacteria when they next approach your pet's cage for entertainment from their furry friend. It's far more easier to wipe down and clean metal cages. And metal doesn't stain like plastic can either, again providing another aesthetic benefit on top of a health benefit.

Why a Large Cage?

The only thing not covered above is why the cage should be large. The answer to that is because in their natural mountain habitat, chinchillas love to run around and climb, therefore they need a cage that enables them to replicate their natural habitat as far as possible. To this end you should select a cage that is both long and high to accommodate your pet's need to run and climb. Also, to provide companionship, people often buy a pair of chinchillas together, or introduce one later one. Large metal chinchilla cages also allow for this scenario, and are the superior choice for your pet over their plastic counterparts.

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If you decide to build a cage for your ferret, you have to remember a few things. Otherwise your ferret will not be safe in its new home or will find it a gloomy place to stay.

Building a ferret cage - things to consider:

1. Use a metal tray for the bottom of the cage. This will make the cage sturdier and allow it to withstand all of your ferret's running around inside. You need to create a softer flooring on top of the metal tray. Vinyl is a good material for that.

2. Make sure your ferret cage has enough room for the following things: litter, toys, food and water dishes, and enough space for your ferret to run around in. Remember, this is your ferret's home. It needs to be comfortable. Many people go for multi-level ferret cages as it saves room around the house.

3. Make sure there are no sharp edges in your cage. Once you create the cage, make sure that none of the metal bars have any protruding points or sharp edges or your ferret may injure itself. If need be, use duct tape to secure all corners and sharp edges.

4. Don't forget to leave room for a door (I know this seems obvious, but some people forget this until the last minute), and make sure it's large enough.

5. Make sure that the food and water dishes are secure and in a position in which it's easy to sip or eat from, but impossible to turn over.

6. Use recycled paper or wood pellets as the base of the litter box as these 2 materials are great absorbents and hold a minimum of bad odor.

7. Make sure you place some ferret toys inside the cage. Ferrets are playful creatures and need something to occupy them. Ferrets need toys which they can't chew off. Get some specific Ferret toys and place them in the cage.

I hope you have fun building your ferret cage, and that your pet will enjoy its stay there.

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When it comes to cavy cages, the choices are big guinea pig cages or small ones. The traditional choice has been to choose small rodent cages - similar to the ones we see in animal testing laboratories. In fact, these cages are still popular today because they are generally the only cages offered by pet stores and department stores. So when a newbie buys their first pig at a pet store or department store, they may see these small, manufactured cages as their only choice.

Old standards recommend living spaces of approximately 2.5 to 3.5 square feet. This is way too small by modern standards. Today's nest boxes can take up anywhere from a half to a full square-foot of living space - leaving your pig with between 1.5 and 3 square-feet of room for food dishes, water bottles, hay racks, beds, toys and exercise space. Needless to say, that's not nearly enough.

But things are changing. In recent years, big guinea pig cages are becoming the standard of choice. Modern standards suggest a minimum of 7.5 square-feet for a solo guinea pig - more for multiple cavies.

Enter the C&C cage. In recent years the push toward larger cavy cages has yielded a new construction technology. Invented by guinea pig rescue organization Cavy Spirit, the technology uses commonly-available materials to construct spacious, economical enclosures as an alternative to the manufactured pet store cage.

The structural part of the cage is made from metal grids normally used to build wire storage cubes. The litter bins are constructed from a polypropylene plastic sheet material called Coroplast.

The advantages of this cage technology are many. However, the most overwhelmingly important advantage of this particular cage construction technology is economy. You get a lot of cage for the money.

C&C cages are strictly do-it-yourself entities. For those in need of big guinea pig cages constructed from C&C materials, there are two options available. You can design and build it from scratch.

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Are you looking for a good hamster cages for your hammy and you are stuck between the choices? Well, this article resolves the choices for you.The main determining factor of the size of the cage is the size of the hamster. For example Syrian hamster grows to the size of six inches so requires larger hamster cages while the dwarf variety like Roborovski requires dwarf size cages. For baby hamster and for dwarf hamster it is better to avoid wire cages which can be a bit risky for small animals to play in. For these types of hamster, plastic homes are more suitable.

For larger variety of hamster like the Syrain hamster wire cages are more an ideal choice. These hams can get stuck in the tubes of the plastic cages which can be harmful for them. The ideal size for these hamsters can be 15 X 15 X 12 inches. If another hamster is going to share the cage with your hamster it is preferable to increase the size of the cage by 50 percent. Wire homes should also be located from any air drafts as they are extremely lightweight. It is also necessary to clean any type of hamster cage regularly. Also the cage should not be put under direct sunlight as it can raise the temperature inside the cage dangerously and also the cage should be well ventilated.

The Rotasak model Pink Palace is the best place to keep small hamster, particularly if you are breeding female variety. The bright pink color of the cage looks quite fascinating particularly when your baby hamster enjoying playing inside it. This cage measures 53 cm X 48 cm X 58 cm and provides an ideal environment for breeding hamster, mice and gerbils. The attractive feature of this hamster cage is looping pink tube, main compartment, hinged lid, exercise wheel, attic bedroom, water bottle and a feeding bowl. This Rotasak hamster cage is perfect if you want to keep your hamster in princess style.

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