Acrylic Feed Box
The bird eats inside the box, so the husk stays inside the box.
The bird eats inside the box, so the husks it flicks land inside the box. This reduces mess at the source rather than catching it after it has already left the cage.
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- Clear on all four sides, so you can see the seed and the bird
- Perch rod across the opening to land on
- Small 11 x 13 x 13 cm, medium 16 x 16 x 16 cm
- 3 mm acrylic, two wire hooks on top
- Lifts off the bars for cleaning
Size: Small
Why you'll love it
Made for happy, healthy pets
Scatter is contained rather than reduced
A hood or a guard cuts the mess down. A box the bird stands inside stops most of it, because everything flicked sideways hits a wall. It is the difference between sweeping weekly and sweeping daily.
Sizing is about the bird turning round
Small suits budgies, lovebirds and cockatiels. Medium suits conures and caiques. If a bird cannot turn inside it without folding its tail, it will feed from the doorway and you lose the point of the box.
Clear plastic shows what is really left
Seed hulls sit on top and look like food. Through a clear side you can see the actual depth, which is the single most common way a caged bird ends up short.
Good fit if
- Rooms where seed mess is a constant argument
- Carpeted floors, where husks work into the pile
- Cutting mess at source rather than catching it
- Birds confident enough to enter an enclosed space
Look elsewhere if
- Your bird is nervous of enclosed spaces
- You have several birds and only one box
- You need something quick to refill through the bars
Containing the flick
A seed-eating bird cracks a shell, takes the kernel and flicks the husk aside, hundreds of times a day. From an open dish those husks leave the cage between the bars and travel a surprising distance, which is why the area round a cage needs daily attention.
An enclosed box changes the geometry. The bird's head is inside a housing when it flicks, so the husk hits the wall of the box and drops. What escapes is a fraction of what an open dish releases, and unlike a cage skirt it prevents the mess rather than intercepting it.
Introducing it
Birds are naturally cautious about entering enclosed spaces, and a box that appears overnight with all the food in it is a box a nervous bird may not enter. That is a genuine welfare risk rather than an inconvenience, since a bird can go without food for far less time than a mammal.
Introduce it gradually. Fit it with the existing dish still in place and food in both, so the bird can choose. Once you see it feeding inside the box regularly, reduce what is in the open dish over several days. Never remove the familiar option until you have watched the bird use the new one.
Multiple birds
An enclosed feeder is easy for a dominant bird to guard, because it is a single defensible entrance rather than an open dish anyone can approach. In a cage with more than one bird that can leave a subordinate genuinely short of food, and it is difficult to spot.
The answer is two feeding stations at opposite ends of the cage rather than one. That removes the value of guarding, since a bird cannot hold both, and it is worth doing even with birds that appear to get along, since feeding conflict is often subtle enough to go unnoticed.
In the box
Everything you need
- 1 acrylic feed box with two hooks and a perch rod
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The details
Specifications
- Small
- 11 x 13 x 13 cm, 423 g
- Medium
- 16 x 16 x 16 cm, 680 g
- Material
- 3 mm clear acrylic
- Fitting
- Two wire hooks over the cage bars
- Care
- Rinse in warm water, no solvents
Size guide
| Size | Dimensions | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 11 × 13 × 13 cm | Budgies, finches and canaries |
| Medium | 16 × 16 × 16 cm | Cockatiels and small parrots |
The bird must be able to enter, turn and eat without its tail pressing against the opening. If in doubt take the larger size, since a box that feels tight is one a cautious bird will refuse to use.
Cleaning acrylic
Empty it weekly rather than topping it up, since the husks and dust that collect inside are exactly what you were trying to contain. Wash with warm water and a soft cloth, and dry it before refilling, because damp seed clumps against the walls and blocks the opening.
Acrylic scratches easily and a scratched panel goes cloudy, which defeats the point of being able to see in. Never use an abrasive cloth or a scouring pad, and avoid alcohol-based cleaners, which craze the surface. Warm water and a microfibre cloth is genuinely all it needs.
Good questions
Before you buy
The supplier makes a 21 cm cube. Shipped, it is charged on 1.85 kg of volume against under a kilo of actual weight, and the landed cost stops making sense. We carry the two sizes that post sensibly.
Most do within a day or two, especially if it is the only feeder. If yours hesitates, leave the old dish alongside for a week and then take it away.
Yes, and beaks will mark it. It stays functional; it does not stay showroom-clear. Wash it in warm water only, because solvent cleaners craze acrylic.
Most will, given time. Fit it alongside the existing dish with food in both, and only reduce the open dish once you have watched the bird feed inside the box on several occasions.
Not all, but far more than a cage skirt does, because it prevents the husks leaving rather than catching them afterwards. Using both together is the most effective combination.
Warm water and a soft microfibre cloth. Avoid abrasive pads and alcohol-based cleaners, both of which scratch or craze acrylic and leave it permanently cloudy.
Last reviewed August 30, 2026