🏠Housing a Sun conure: a 90 × 60 × 90 cm cage, fully fitted
Sun conure : A cage at least 80 to 100 cm wide with sturdy bars, around 150 to 300 euros. This species is covered by international protection measures: insist on a ringed, captive-bred bird with its transfer paperwork.
In short: Around 30 cm, 20 to 25 year lifespan, very high noise level for its size. A small, flamboyant parrot, cuddly and playful, deeply attached to its family but with a voice out of all proportion to its size. Its shrill scream is among the loudest of companion parrots: a decisive factor before any apartment adoption.
90 × 60 × 90 cm: the serious minimum
For a Sun conure, the cage measures at least 90 × 60 × 90 cm, wider than tall: birds fly horizontally, not in lifts. Bars horizontal for climbing, spaced 1.2 to 1.9 cm — any wider and the head slips through and jams.
Perches and layout
Fitting out a Sun conure cage starts with the perches: raw natural wood, mixed diameters between 1.5 and 2.5 cm, mounted at both ends to keep the flight axis clear and never directly above 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
The Sun conure’s ideal address: back to a wall for safety, at eye height, at the heart of the living room but never the kitchen — an overheated non-stick coating releases fumes lethal to birds. Natural light without direct sun, 10 to 12 hours of calm darkness at night, and remember the Sun conure is among the loudest of parrots: piercing daily calls, incompatible with flat living: placement also manages your neighbourly relations.
Frequently asked questions
What cage size for a Sun conure?
90 × 60 × 90 cm minimum, wider than tall, bars spaced 1.2 to 1.9 cm — plus daily free flight, the cage being only base camp.
Where should a Sun conure’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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