Project description
I keep an African grey, seven years old, and his present cage has turned into a box: he cannot open his wings inside it, and he climbs the bars all day long. I am looking for someone to build a roomy indoor aviary to measure, roughly 120 cm wide, 80 cm deep and 180 cm tall including the rolling stand. The side walls must be made of horizontal bars so the bird can climb up and down, with a gap of 20-22 mm between them: any wider and he will push his head through and get stuck, any narrower and he will fray his tail feathers against the wire.
Material safety is the part I will not compromise on. No galvanised mesh and no zinc-plated wire of any kind, because a grey chews metal every single day and zinc poisoning is exactly what kills parrots in home-made cages. I want either stainless steel or steel finished with powder coating over a primer that contains no lead and no zinc, cured across the whole surface, with no chips left on the welds. The perches should be natural branches of bird-safe wood such as willow, apple, hazel or rowan, in mixed diameters from 20 to 40 mm, so that his feet change grip during the day and he does not develop pressure sores. Please set them at different heights and never directly above a feeder.
At the bottom I need a slide-out stainless tray on runners plus a removable grate above it, so the bird does not walk through droppings and seed husks. Feeders and the water bowl should sit on the outside in hatches with small doors, so I can feed him without opening the main door. The door itself needs a catch a parrot cannot defeat: he opens spring clips and simple latches in under a minute, so a key-turn lock or a wing nut with a lock nut is what I have in mind. On top I would like a play stand with a low rim and a hook for toys, and castors with brakes underneath, because the aviary will stand against the living room wall away from the kitchen and out of any draught, yet once a week I need to roll it out and clean behind it.
Please quote the price, the steel and finish you would use, and the build time. I would like it delivered and assembled within two weeks.
Material safety is the part I will not compromise on. No galvanised mesh and no zinc-plated wire of any kind, because a grey chews metal every single day and zinc poisoning is exactly what kills parrots in home-made cages. I want either stainless steel or steel finished with powder coating over a primer that contains no lead and no zinc, cured across the whole surface, with no chips left on the welds. The perches should be natural branches of bird-safe wood such as willow, apple, hazel or rowan, in mixed diameters from 20 to 40 mm, so that his feet change grip during the day and he does not develop pressure sores. Please set them at different heights and never directly above a feeder.
At the bottom I need a slide-out stainless tray on runners plus a removable grate above it, so the bird does not walk through droppings and seed husks. Feeders and the water bowl should sit on the outside in hatches with small doors, so I can feed him without opening the main door. The door itself needs a catch a parrot cannot defeat: he opens spring clips and simple latches in under a minute, so a key-turn lock or a wing nut with a lock nut is what I have in mind. On top I would like a play stand with a low rim and a hook for toys, and castors with brakes underneath, because the aviary will stand against the living room wall away from the kitchen and out of any draught, yet once a week I need to roll it out and clean behind it.
Please quote the price, the steel and finish you would use, and the build time. I would like it delivered and assembled within two weeks.
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