2006-11-20 21:03:43 · 19 answers · asked by catweazle 5 in Pets ➔ Birds
Personally, i think keeping anything in a cage is an abomination. But since that is the way it is now the best thing to do is to provide excellent care and try to keep the animal as happy and healthy as possible.
2006-11-21 18:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by adams girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's certainly sad!
I think we enjoy looking at birds because of their freedom - the freedom of another dimension of travel. So we lock them in a cage and deprive them of that. Most cages are far too small to allow much flight.
At the same time, an owner might be able to love and care for a caged bird enough that the bird is actually better off all-in-all. But how many of us would trade freedom for a caring maid?
2006-11-21 05:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by evaniax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I respect everyone's opinion but I have several parrots who are loved members of my family. They primarily reside in a cage but enjoy quality time out with the family regularly.
If you think that keeping a bird in a cage is an abomination- you must be against the keeping of pets in it's entirety... This goes for all of you who stated that you agree that it is bad to keep pet birds in cages...
For, if it is wrong to keep a pet bird-
why keep fish in aquariums?
... hamsters in cages?
... dogs on a leash or inside an apartment (they should be out running with their pack in the wilderness
Why keep a lion or a bear in a cage at the zoo???
As long as birds are given proper care and are birds that are bred to be pets and were never free in the wild- I don't think there is anything wrong with it what-so-ever! :)
2006-11-21 12:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by markalan1973 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to be on the opposite side of this arguement to everyone else. Birds in large aviaries are acceptable.
You have to understand why a bird flies. A bird doesn't fly for fun, or for the sheer pleasure of flying. It flies because it has to. It takes a lot of energy to fly.
A bird of prey, for example, can be kept quite happily on a stand. If it is looked after properly, and fed well, it has no need to fly, so will be quite content sitting on its perch all day.
As long as the bird has enough room to stretch its wings, is properly fed and looked after, then the vast majority of birds really don't mind living in an aviary.
2006-11-21 06:38:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on whether it was wild or bred...and the size of the cage....birds do like their cages and though they do come out and walk around, it's usually on top of their cage. I feel as you do, but I think fish and snakes and all the animals kept in cages may/not like the deal they got. I once saw an elephant at a zoo chained to a post. I doubt he wanted that for a life either...so it's not just birds.
2006-11-21 05:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Birds only need to fly to get to something they want or to escape from something they don't.
If a bird is tame and handleable they are great pets in or out of a cage which to them is a point of safety.
Breding birds kept in large aviaries are far safer than they would be in the wild and food is provided without them haveing to expend energy to get it.
If birds are not happy in captivity they will not breed.
They have to very comfortable before they will procreate.
Most birds kept are nonmigratory and so are very happy to be kept in a stable and safe enviroment.
2006-11-21 08:49:36 · answer #6 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tiny cages are usually for transport, they are less likely to hurt themselves.
I have kept pet birds all of my life and they are happy in their cages. Most have been captive bred for centuries and no more "wild" then your poodle.
Wild birds don't just fly around all day. They are either looking for food or trying to avoid being food themselves, or looking for a mate. If they have all of that they are happy to sit and sun themselves, captive or wild.
Given a choice my non-song birds will simply follow me around the house when they are allowed free flight. I think it is some sort of flocking instinct, but they are certainly happy to be pets.
2006-11-21 08:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Darren J is right. It depends on the situation and also the species. I'm against those tiny cages where the bird can just turn around. Mine get time out of their cages every day, except for the amazons who will kill me if they could. However, their cage is six feet tall, 5 feet deep, and six feet wide.
2006-11-21 07:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by Lynn D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not if it is hand raised and has had its wings clipped. it does need some time to be out of the cage and fly around. and clipping thier wings isn't wrong either, if you do it properly. if you don't know how, you can take the bird to a vet and get the vet to clipp the wings.
2006-11-22 00:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by Shayde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how big the cages are
and to all you people who think it is an abomination; if animals weren't kept in zoos no-one would know about them or their habitat, so they could either destroy their habitat or get attack by the animals
and if they are kept in zoos and allowed to bred,(which most zoos do) that ensures that the animals doesn't go extinct
2006-11-21 21:51:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋