When I got Rokk, I was given with him a huge Super Pet cage (one of those tall ones with the blue bottom and shelves) and since the bar spacing was too wide for Coconut (I originally thought of switching cages to give the girls the biggest one), I kept him in this big cage by himself. But he was only using the top half, and he mostly just layed around while he was in there. He didn't like to climb, he didn't use the hammocks, and I heard him on the wheel maybe once or twice in the past week and a half.
Today when I cleaned it, I decided to just take off the top half, and keep him in the half-sized cage. I thought it might be better for him with his neutering coming up, and it wouldn't really matter anyway since he only lived in half of it to begin with.
He loves it! For the first time, I have seen him climbing the sides of the cage to get to shelves he could just step up onto. He lounges in his hammock, and even sat in his corner hammock (an old bandana) for a while. He ran on the wheel for a good 10 minutes two different times today. He's actually playing with the toys in his cage, the hanging bird toys and a couple different balls, one jingly and one crinkly. He just seems happier, even outside of the cage. He gave me kisses for the first time since our first meeting.
I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the housing section, but I'm mostly wondering about his behavior rather than the cage itself. Why would he be so much happier with less space? Does he feel more secure? It's very contradictory to everything I've heard, so I'm just curious about this!
Today when I cleaned it, I decided to just take off the top half, and keep him in the half-sized cage. I thought it might be better for him with his neutering coming up, and it wouldn't really matter anyway since he only lived in half of it to begin with.
He loves it! For the first time, I have seen him climbing the sides of the cage to get to shelves he could just step up onto. He lounges in his hammock, and even sat in his corner hammock (an old bandana) for a while. He ran on the wheel for a good 10 minutes two different times today. He's actually playing with the toys in his cage, the hanging bird toys and a couple different balls, one jingly and one crinkly. He just seems happier, even outside of the cage. He gave me kisses for the first time since our first meeting.
I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the housing section, but I'm mostly wondering about his behavior rather than the cage itself. Why would he be so much happier with less space? Does he feel more secure? It's very contradictory to everything I've heard, so I'm just curious about this!