🏠Housing a Amazon parrot: a 100 × 80 × 120 cm cage, fully fitted
Amazon parrot : A cage at least one metre wide in solid steel, around 400 to 800 euros, with a separate play area. Like most large parrots, amazons are subject to protection rules: buy a ringed bird with origin paperwork.
In short: 31 to 38 cm depending on the species, 40 to 60 year lifespan, high noise level. A robust, extroverted and theatrical parrot, talkative and demonstrative, whose mood can turn sharply in the breeding season. Adult males go through pronounced hormonal surges that make them unpredictable: reading their body language prevents many bites.
100 × 80 × 120 cm: the serious minimum
For a Amazon parrot, the cage measures at least 100 × 80 × 120 cm, wider than tall: birds fly horizontally, not in lifts. Bars horizontal for climbing, spaced 2 to 2.5 cm — any wider and the head slips through and jams.
Perches and layout
Install the perches (untreated wood, 2.5-4 cm in varied diameters) at the ends: the cage’s centre stays a flight corridor, and nothing overhangs the bowls. Add no-waste feeders, a newspaper floor renewed every two days and bath access — banning smooth plastic and abrasive “nail-trimming” sleeves, sworn enemies of bird feet.
Placement changes everything
Against a wall (safety at its back), at eye height, in the living room but out of the kitchen — fumes from overheated non-stick coatings are lethal to birds. Natural light without direct sun, 10 to 12 hours of calm darkness at night, and remember the Amazon parrot is genuinely loud — the neighbours will hear it: placement also manages your neighbourly relations.
Frequently asked questions
What cage size for a Amazon parrot?
100 × 80 × 120 cm minimum, wider than tall, bars spaced 2 to 2.5 cm — plus daily free flight, the cage being only base camp.
Where should a Amazon parrot’s cage go?
Against a living-room wall at eye height, away from the kitchen (toxic fumes), direct sun and draughts, with 10 to 12 hours of quiet darkness.
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