if birds enjoy being in cages, then why do you need to keep the door locked?

Question

bluemoonidiot I think when a bird has been in a cage for 5 years its familiar enough with its surroundings to know where it wants to be, so why keep the door locked genius?

Hey randle is that why they keep prisoners in their cells, so they dont hurt themselves? how about we lock you up so you dont get run over? Twit!

My kids eventually get to leave home and fend for themselves, I dont keep them prisoners for my amusement.

Jim B. The question was in reference to birds being confined to cages. Your answer has not addresses that in any way shape or form. Try reading next time

Answer 1

They don't whoever told you that was giving you a load of BS.

Answer 2

well depends on the bird if it's a small less intelligent bird parakeet or lovebird example they will fly away if not caged personally i think they are bad pets. I have a parrot who's 15 never been caged. It's wings are trimmed but he can fly small distances. He sits on a perch on top of the cage. I would not keep a bird that had to be caged. My birds will come into another room to find people if left alone. I would not keep a caged bird for a pet.

Answer 3

cage, for his own secure practices. If he gets startled he ought to fly around in panic- crash right into a window and smash his neck. If somebody is going in or out of the living house, he ought to startle, fly maximum suitable out the door and be lost perpetually (happens adequate to be a actual concern, even with the tamest of birds) somebody ought to leave the bathing room door open and it would fall into the toilette attempting to get a drink and drown. there are various risks like chemincals in the kitchen than even basically respiration must be deadly for birds (they are so gentle) birds are curious and opt to chew- they might nibble an electric powered cord, a poisonous houseplant, some thing that had cleanser on it, and so on. He must be in the cage whilst he's no longer supervised, all doors closed and locked, all living house windows coated, and so on. Then he may well be loose. yet as quickly as you're achieved fiddling with him, he ought to pass into his cage for his own secure practices. till you have a thoroughly secure room extraordinarily purely for the poultry, which isn't likely.

Answer 4

I leave my two Cockatiels in a closed bedroom all day with their cages open. They like going in and out of each others cages. They also like to sit in the window on a spring loaded curtain rod. I only lock the cages at night when I cover them up. I think my birds are a little bit spoiled with a whole bedroom as an aviary!

Answer 5

well ask your self the same question , would u like to be in a cage all day even if u lived there for more then 2 years and u know the surroundings , u would not like it right , so the birds don't either that's why they keep the door locked

Answer 6

My parrots love their cage, I dont ever close it. The top opens up into a big pearch and they sit there all day happily. I give them showers, let them fly around the house(they only do it when I tell them they can), they have lots of toys, etc.. My loveird for some reason likes flying onto the floor then climbs back up, but apart from that they stay on their cage, it's their home really and they enjoy being there.

Answer 7

Most Birds have a homing instinct, meaning they stay in familar areas (mostly around where they where hatched and fledged) Most birds prefer being in their cages because it provides them with security, however some (birds who are in unfamiluar cages or areas) will fly away and not return. Locking the cage not only insures the birds safety when no one is around, but also keeps untrained birds from winging it across country.

Answer 8

It is not a question of whether they enjoy it, it's a matter of controlling their environment. My birds are out of their cages all day when I am home and I'm able to monitor what they are up to. They have tree-like play stands they play on that have toys hanging on them. But when they are in their cages, they are usually unsupervised.
Like children, you do not leave them alone without having some sense of control over their environment. I prefer that they not bite into power cords, poop on my couch, or climb up and fall into the toilet and drown when I am not watching them.
If you had kids, you wouldn't let them run all over the place without knowing what they were up to. Well, it's the same thing with parrots.

Answer 9

I have two birds and I only close their cages at night so I can cover them up. And the Cockatiel will come to me and start yelling in my ear and flapping his wings wanting me to put him to bed when he is ready. He wants to be put in the cage and covered up. The Conure will start saying Nite Nite when he wants to go to bed and as well wants to be put in the cage and covered up.

Neither cage is locked at any time other then bed time or when some one comes over with kids and we don't want the kids to get bit. Both cages have an open top so the birds are pretty much on top of the cage all the time. Right now the Conure is on the back of my chair trying to get me to play and the tiel .. Humm well I have no idea of where she is. I think maybe in the kitchen somewhere. She will holler when she wants me or will come find me in a few minutes.

So they are free to roam.

You seem to have the idea that birds all want to be out in the weather and having to fend for them selfs. Maybe some are like rich people are and want to be taken care of. But I'm sure you would not like that because you have got to be free to fend for your self right. I would think it would be great to be laying in a bubble bath with a couple of nice looking women feeding me sun flower seeds and grapes. Maybe a maid to keep my house clean for me and someone to go to the store to buy the food for me. Bring me home toys for me to play on and take me for rides from time to time. Everyone acting like I am the greatest thing in the world.

Wait I'm talking about how good my birds have it.. Humm I better kick them out because they are bumming off me and taking me for my good hearted ness.

Yup they have it pretty bad..

Answer 10

They don't really enjoy being in cages...but it is their home. If they get out they could get hurt and/or killed. It's for their own protection and it also keeps them from messing up your house...of course if you're against having birds in cages, then you shouldn't keep them as pets.

Answer 11

To keep them from hurting themselves or your furniture, drapes, etc. when they decide to go for an unsupervised aerial romp. Pet birds view their cage as THEIR territory. It is their comfort area and they will attempt to defend that space by flogging or biting. When they want peace and quiet they go to their home just like we do.