African Grey Congo

Housing:

Make allowances for wing stretching.
If the cage is to small a larger bird would have to sit centralized this obviously not suitable.
Climbing playing and being able to amusing him/herself should also be taken into account when confined to a cage for any period of time.
An undersize cage can often be the cause of feather damage due to the bird's feathers rubbing against the bars of the cage.
Not recommended: round tall narrow type cages to owners, as birds kept in such cages tend to show higher rates of psychic disturbances.
A suitable cage would have a flat top and at least 3ft wide by 3 ft high by 2 ft in depth with a pull out tray for easy litter changing and on castors for easy manoeuvrability allowing you to clean around the outside of cage when required also four feeding dishes one for seed one for fresh food another for water the last one could be used for specific parrot treats or dry pellets. At least two sides of the cage need to have horizontal bars almost all parrots like to climb around and its much easier for the bird if the bars are horizontal rather than vertical enabling a better grip.
The bars of the cage need to be at least1/8 inch (2.5-3) thick, and spaced 1 to 1 1/4 inches (25-30 mm) apart African greys for instance can bend or break thinner bars if the spacing of the bars are to close together it will interfere with the birds view from the cage.



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