I've recently watched a few bird care videos because people learn their whole lifes and I want to give my birds the best life they could have.
In a lot of those videos one of the first advices is "buy a large cage because birds need to fly around to have a happy life" which is not true..
Obviously you'll be taking your bird out of the cage and this is their time to exercise and a cage won't replace that.
A better advice is "choose a cage that will suit your and your bird's needs".
Your bird spends all day outside the cage? Choose a small cage, one that will be easy to clean and allow your bird to spread their wings. A small cage is easy to cover with a blanket so you won't struggle every night with it. It's also easy to move so if your bird isn't tamed you won't have to struggle with putting them in a carrier when you'll have to take them somewhere.
Your bird is spending a lot of time in their cage? Choose a big one so they could fly a little and move around. A bigger cage is also getting dirty slower.
Also, in those videos noone talked about the shape of the cage. Birds have different personalities. In general birds with longer tails prefer to fly while with short tails climb but it depends on a individual. If you notice that your bird prefers to climb get a tall cage so they'd have a lot of room to do that. If your birds love to fly get a wide cage.
Saying " get a large cage" isn't helpfull for a newbie because both tall and wide cages are big but don't fullfill the same needs so someone could end up with a tall cage and a "flying" bird.
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