Cage Setup & Enrichment Playbook

Nearly every cage sold as a budgie cage is too small, and nearly every one ships with the wrong perches. This is how to choose, furnish and place a cage a budgie actually wants to live in.

What's inside

• Cage specification table: size, bar spacing, shape, doors, trays and finishes
• Perch diameters, safe and unsafe woods, and a layout that protects your bird's feet
• Where the cage goes in the room, and why placement changes behaviour
• Dish placement, liners and a cleaning routine that takes a minute a day
• The four categories of toy, and the hazards to check for weekly
• Foraging setups and a seven-day enrichment rotation
• A boredom-behaviour troubleshooting table: bar chewing, screaming, cage biting

Who it's for

Owners setting up a first cage, or fixing one that isn't working.

Format

One PDF file, 8 pages, A4. Instant download after purchase; read on any device or print at home.

General educational information about budgerigar husbandry. Not veterinary advice and no substitute for examination of your bird.