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Birdcage
Cage designed to house birds as pets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Bird cage (disambiguation).
A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets.
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Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction.[1] Longer, good quality cages designed for pet birds are more suitable.