Caging Requirements

The cages are sold with the birds and small animals.

The appearance of your cage tells potential buyers that you properly care for your birds.

• Birds must be visible and able to stand in cages.  
• Cages for birds constructed of 2” x 2”or 4” x 4” wire will not be accepted because birds could stick their heads through the cage wire & be injured.        
• To meet USDA requirements, wire-bottom cages are acceptable if straw or cardboard covers the bottom wire.  This is a MUST as we use rollers to move the birds to the selling table. No cardboard boxes or gunny sacks!!  Cages sell with the animals and birds.          
• Each cage must have a clean feed and water container appropriate for  the size & number of birds or animals in the cage.  NO flimsy plastic, paper, or Styrofoam water & feed containers.   Hog ring or use a glue gun to secure the containers to the cage.  
• Label the cage to indicate the species & number of birds/animals in it.  Permit numbers (state and/or waterfowl) as well as the consignor’s state NPIP # should be written on the cage.
• It is the responsibility of the consignor to feed and water his stock daily.       

The cages are sold with the birds and small animals.

Rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, and other war-room critters.

• Must be sold in a solid-bottom cage with bedding.  
• Cages must also have a handle so that the cage can be moved without one having to put his fingers inside the cage to move it.   
• Do not put rabbits and other gnawing animals in plastic tubs; or they will chew their way to freedom!!    
• It is the responsibility of the consignor to feed and water his stock daily.        

Nocturnal animals and marsupials, such as hedgehogs and sugar gliders, must be provided with a hiding place.   

Small reptiles may not be sold in plastic deli cups/buckets.   

Incompatible animals will  not be held in the same enclosure or  placed near other animals that may become stressed due to their presence.  Such animals must be held in a manner that ensures the safety of other animals and the public.   

Day-old chicks, turkey poults, goslings, & ducklings

•  Can be consigned in hatchery-type boxes provided they are not crowded.   
• Cut out part of the top lid & cover it with screen or very fine wire so the birds can be viewed without one’s having to remove the lid.  
• No flimsy cardboard boxes will be accepted.   
• Shavings, bedding, or easy liner must be placed in the bottom of the box.    
•  Label the box with the number of chicks & the variety.    

Things to remember about caging, aviary birds, and warm-room critters such as hedge hogs:   

• Small reptiles, bugs, etc.  may not be sold in plastic deli cups/buckets.      
• Nocturnal animals and marsupials, such as hedgehogs and sugar gliders, must be provided with a hiding place.     
• Kansas Animal Health requires that each cage/aviary bird old enough to perch must have its own perch in the cage i. e. 2 birds 2 perches. There must also be feed and water in the cage.