Bird Cage Divider

Tara Gosselin Interior Design Expert

Tara is a San Antonio-based award-winning landscape architect, writer and educator, passionate about eco-friendly solutions and growing her own food. She knows all it takes to help you create a sustainable backyard retreat that combines blissful charm with a modern take on landscaping.

Updated 26/03/2021

If you love our winged friends, but don't want them interacting for mating or aggression reasons, and only have room for one bird cage, then you are in luck. We give you a series of bird cage dividers. In this collection, you can find the right divider to match your bird cage, no matter what the design. Keep those loveable songbirds safe and happy. Install a divider.

Buying Guide

You may love your pet birds, but they don't always love each other. To keep the ornery ones from attacking and fighting their cage mates, use a bird cage divider. In addition to aiding safety, it’s a space saver because you don't have to buy separate cages. If you’re buying your first pet now, thinking that you might want more, consider buying one of these units.

How big should a bird cage be?

When purchasing a bird cage divider, remember that birds need ample room. Avians that are unnaturally confined might exhibit problems in behavior such as biting, screaming and plucking their feathers. Make sure that the unit you purchase does the following:

Gives the birds space to fully extend their wings and move crest and long tails without hitting the bars
Adheres to the guidelines for bar safety
Offers a layout that also permits the placement of perches, toys, and bowls

Pet experts suggest the approximate sizes for individual sections of a bird cage divider based on the size of the bird. These authorities also have recommendations for the bars, which prevent birds from escaping. If they are not spaced properly, however, they can trap and harm the pets. Larger birds also need horizontal bars instead of vertical ones so they can climb.

What are the minimum bird cage dimensions?

The minimum cage size for small birds like parakeets is 18 inches wide x 18 inches long x 24 inches high. Space bars should be 1/2 inch apart. Budgerigars (parakeets) require cage sections that are at least 18 inches wide x 18 inches long x 24 inches high with bars 1/2 inch apart. African gray parrots need an enclosure that’s at least 24 inches wide x 36 inches long x 48 inches high with bar spacing of 3/4 inch to 1 inch. Give cockatiels a cage that's at a minimum l20 inches wide x 20 inches long x 24 inches high with bar spacing between 1/2 inch and 5/8 inch.

What types of bird cage dividers are there?

Most bird cage dividers are traditional box-like structures made of metal. Depending on the style, can hold two, four or eight birds. One off-white structure looks like a house rather than the typical birdcage divider. It's two stories with a double-domed structure with arched doors on top and a room with curtains on the bottom level.

If you want to fill a particular living space with nature's beauty, get a light-colored aviary. Furnish it with ladders and the hanging accessories your birds enjoy. This pet showcase is sure to lift your spirits when you're down. Place it in the enclosed porch, living room, den or anyplace you want to enjoy it and awe your guests.

While you're shopping for a bird cage divider, you might want to get something for the wild birds in your yard too. Look for companion houses of wood in the shape of a moose and a bear or a cylindrical white structure topped by a garnet-colored roof.