Cage Covering *large cage*

[ptuga72]

Oooh... a black out curtain from Ikea? I will have to look into that. We have an Ikea here so looks like I'll have to go shopping!

Isn't Ikea wonderful? I <3 it!
I'll have to look into it too! Sometimes I find that partially covering the fosters' cage helps keep Jake from screaming at them all day, but nothing we have works for their cage...

[Natacha]

IKEA can be wonderful - unfortunately I always find it way too crowded...and absolutely hate to have to go through the whole store when I want something at the end.

Anyway, I had thought of getting black out curtains as well, but given the apartment life is only temporary, I didn't want to spend a fortune on window treatment yet (we have HUGE windows..) so when we do own a house, we'll get the black out curtains and then hopefully I won't need to cover all the cages anymore (since they'll be in their own room there as well..)

[entrancedbymyGCC]

IKEA can be wonderful - unfortunately I always find it way too crowded...and absolutely hate to have to go through the whole store when I want something at the end.

The nearest one to us has many short-cuts if you dare to leave the marked path! However, when it first opened I encountered a woman who had managed to get truly lost in the store and couldn't figure out how to get out and was having a meltdown. It would have been funny if she hadn't been so freaked out.

But back OT, would a blackout curtain be overkill? I am probably spoiled as we have two birds used to dealing with partially lit nighttimes, so just a plain dark room is plenty dark for them... but especially for a 'tiel, since they are prone to night frights, might a complete light-blocker be too much for them?

[pchela]

I was thinking of the black out curtain for the actual windows which might prevent having to cover the actual cages as Natacha said. I don't actually know how much light they actually block. Is it complete darkness?

[entrancedbymyGCC]

Ah, I think I missed a page or something. Even blackout shutters (they are common in Spain and I had an apartment with them) don't quite make 100% but they do get close. With a curtain, there would be some leakage around the edges, and you might even be able to play with that to get exactly what you want.

[Mr.Darcy]

The curtains are pretty good, and your right you do get some light leakage around the edges but you can put a pillow up against them to try to block more. I have them in my bedroom because I used to work shifts.....But I was just thinking of using one as a cage cover around the cage...not for total darkness

[Titanius]

As you guys said this I asked my mom for a large enough cover and she was surprisingly willing to sacrifice one of her bed sheets for the cause so to speak. I guess you don't get what you don't ask for.

[Java]

Funny, this forum shows up in almost every google search I do.

Was looking for a table top play area for Java, because he has taken to doing a few things that drive me batty. He steals the straws out of my coffee cup and sodas, at least 20 times a day, so going through tons of straws. He also likes to chew my headphone wires and mouse wires, and the bottom of my mouse pads. So, thinking if I occupy him (tried to give him tons of things he can chew) with a play area, he will leave my stuff alone. I have seen the plain old ones with just a perch and maybe a spot for food bowls, but I need a lot of activities to keep him occupied.

Then, I need a cage cover and that is the googling that got me here. They sell Cozzzy Covers for like crazy amounts of money, but as much as I love my bird, that is a bit much. I am using a big comforter type blanket, but it does not sit right cause of the play top it has on my cage. It does not cover the whole cage and when I put it on, he goes to the bottom of the cage where he can still see me and chirps at me to take him out. I cannot sew to save my life, so really am limited in what I can make. If I can hot glue it, I might have a chance at making something.

Anybody have any ideas, websites that sell these 2 things cheaper than a zillion dollars? anybody know anybody who makes these types of play things?

[Java]

Oh, on the blackout curtains from Ikea, I thought she meant she covers her cage with these, not put them on the windows, but I could be wrong, and probably am.

[snakesentwined]

Didn't think of Ikea: we were told that ordinary fabric wouldn't be dark enough, so I bought several meters of Black-out fabric to cover our huge cage, and it cost me £60!! I took one look at trying to sew it all together and decided it was cheaper and easier to save the Black out for new curtains and just buy a Cozy-cover instead )

One question though - how do people *un*-cover their birds in the morning? All in one go, or a slow reveal over 30 mins or so...?