So we found this old bird cage outside when we were helping my mom unpack her stuff from moving and it's in rather good condition from what I saw and I think it just had a bit of rust on the top and corners. There was a separate cage that was bigger but it was COVERED in rust so I wanna go with the white cage instead. I know it's been out there for a few years since no one's been down there in a while but it's actually looking rather well. There are vines and stuff like that in it but that can easily be fixed. I know this cage was used for our sugar gliders a few years ago and they died so yeah. The other one had some in it as well.
I've been needing a cage for the buds to have more room so they would stop fighting so much or so I can separate the ones who are fighting and I didn't even know those two cages were still there. Both are rusted but the one I'm interested in is smaller and has less rust than the larger one. My questions are: is there something I can use to get rust off of the cage? Would the cage be too old to use especially after being outside all this time? I am definitely planning to clean it because there's no way I'm putting my babies in a nasty cage that has who knows what in it. I'll probably scrub it with soap and rinse it well to get all the dirt and gunk off of it.
This would be at least until I get a cage but if its condition is actually pretty good, would it hurt to use it? My main concern is the rust and how I could get rid of that. I feel like I've heard of a way to remove rust but I don't know any bird-safe ways to do it.
Also on the topic of the cage we're looking at, are the house shaped cages large enough for four budgies and are they good cages? I like the way they look but I don't know how big they are or anything. The cage we found has small bar spacing so that's at least a good thing. But it wouldn't make a difference since Bud once managed to get out of their cage with ALL OF THE DOORS shut. I have YET to find out how.
I'm also wondering of a way to connect two cages so that the birds will be able to go in and out whichever cage they want. I've been thinking of that for a while now just so they could have more room and if they wanted some room to themselves, they'd have a whole other room to go to. I imagine like two cages either connected at the sides or something but I don't know how I could connect them to each other unless the parts can be put together but I don't really know. So any ideas for that would be nice.