Ok, so this is the second one I’ve purchased and I finally have to break up with this cage cover. I bought it because Prevue bird cages have a great reputation, and they’ve earned that with their quality and reasonable price point. But by purchasing their covers, I was in for a rude awakening. I will try to keep it simple, by listing its pros and cons. But the best thing I can say about it is that it meets the definition of a cage cover, whereby it is intended for cages, and as defined by Webster’s, it is « a thing which lies on, over, or around something . ». PROS: -it covers the cage - your parrots will not suffocate (depending on how angry you may be at them at any given time, this may be a « con » for some (I am JOKING AND AGAINST ABUSE OF ANY ANIMALS, even bad, bad birds…). - It would be perfect to use as a prop in a theater production or school play CONS: - It’s thin. VERY thin. While I know that a cage cover needs to be sheer enough to ensure that air can flow through, it shouldn’t be so sheer it’s mistaken for a screen door- I can look through it and see not only the full spectrum of light, I can identify things that annoy my parrot while looking through it. While I always err on the side of caution when it comes to my Grey, it’s translucency makes it useless as anything but an annoyance and/or toy from Javert (I explain in my next con) - Javert doesn’t calm down OR go to sleep while it’s covered, because it blocks virtually nothing. And it hangs very close to the cage. I cannot tell you how many times I thought he was sleeping and instead saw a tiny bunch of this sheer « cover » be pulled into his cage. He gets agitated and bored and maybe he’s even openly hostile towards it, but he chews it up, and it being so flimsy, it gets destroyed quickly with very little time and effort required by him. (So it’s not even a GOOD toy); - I am so bad at sewing my mother banned me from getting near any sewing machine when I was young, I admit it, it’s not an exaggeration. But the combination of REALLY cheap material plus a sewing job I even I could have done better creates a situation that I’ll just describe as holes from chewing, plus lots and LOTS of fraying strands. (Picture a diabolical Christmas tree they sheds its weight in needles every day). Your vacuum will not know what hit it. So what you’ll have is a screaming parrot (with said « cover » on his cage), that’s traumatizing your whole home by creating more mess and work than if he had no cover at all. And I haven’t even mentioned that it will shortly after purchase look like you didn’t buy it but instead found the ragged sail from a yesteryear shipwreck. So unless you’re into the weathered wood and like the nautical theme, this cover will look terrible very fast. So no I don’t think it’s worth it. However, if you’re ok with random loose threads, and are ok with your parrot consuming it, if you have a place to keep the cage that is dark, but still need SOMETHING- as I said, it meets the definition. But this cover clearly is phoning it in, and that call is « coming from inside the house!!! ». (FYI I don’t know if any of you have dealt with a parrot who likes to eat things like cage covers, but I ultimately attacked dowels on each side to keep the fabric from touching the cage. The problem is that they hurt when you walk into them. But that’s another matter. I can’t in good faith recommend this cover. There are plenty of breathable covers out there that shield birds from at least some light… Quite frankly, in all honesty I think this was called a « cage cover » only ironically. And it’s not priced to be disposable, so the fact that you’ll be disposing of them pretty quickly also makes it a poor value. Don’t bother with it. Please note that the three categories for reviewing this are misleading as well, and don’t address the actual things necessary to make a cage cover good. Sheerness, easy to clean, and lightweight aren’t qualities I would ever look for in a cage cover. So don’t let the number of stars in the reviews mislead you- read the body of the reviews that address what is really important for a cage cover. Good luck! Good luck to you!
