Tarkus wrote:There's some good info here, but some is out of date.
Although at one time many china made cages had zinc issues more recent reports show little or no difference between their powder coating or domestic. Because of anecdotal info used in many reviews and the passing on of old info thru Internet sites the facts have become blurred.
To be 100 % safe buy stainless just be sure you get what you pay for.
Avoid older powder coated cages.
As for powder coated cages I have always been able to get independent up to date metallurgical reports,from the large distributors.
It's really hard for many to find facts about manufactures of parrot cages. It is true that most cages are made in China even among our American manufactures. I have no opinion about the zinc issue reports having little difference between Chinese made or American made powder coated cages because I haven't seen or heard of a specific testing facility with such findings and results.
Even with Stainless Steel cages available I still would advise anyone to buy from an American manufacture who make the cages in the USA because they offer full lifetime warranties, while overseas manufacture don't offer much of a warranty.
The biggest problem to this issue is money. LOL