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The Aqua Clean BirdCage Companion is a hydraulic waste and airborne contaminant containment system disposed beneath a birdcage, occupying a bird. The birdcage, having a grid floor retains and separates the bird from the system, while allowing the waste and airborne contaminants from the caged bird t

The Aqua Clean BirdCage Companion is a hydraulic waste and airborne contaminant containment system disposed beneath a birdcage, occupying a bird. The birdcage, having a grid floor retains and separates the bird from the system, while allowing the waste and airborne contaminants from the caged bird to gravitate to the system's constant medium being a hydraulic body of water contained in a tray beneath the birdcage. Our constant medium traps, contains and moves waste and airborne contaminants within it's water to a plurality of filters. The waste filled water passes through the filters. The filters remove the waste materials. The now filtered water is returned by electric pump and discharged into the tray's constant medium creating the hydraulic body, which traps and contains new waste for removal. The filters continually renew the water in this closed hydraulic waste and airborne contaminant containment system.

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1. A birdcage, comprising: a containment system for handling waste and airborne contaminants, comprising: a tray having a bottom, three upstanding sides and an open edge, said tray dimensioned to have a larger perimeter than said birdcage, said tray containing a shallow body of water constantly

1. A birdcage, comprising: a containment system for handling waste and airborne contaminants, comprising: a tray having a bottom, three upstanding sides and an open edge, said tray dimensioned to have a larger perimeter than said birdcage, said tray containing a shallow body of water constantly being recycled by said containment system; tubing disposed within said tray adjacent to a side directly opposite said open edge, for laterally discharging water into said tray so that a volume of water within said tray is maintained at a constant level and removal of water containing waste or contaminants via said open edge of said tray is induced; and a base assembly for supporting said tray directly beneath a grid floor of said birdcage, wherein said grid floor retains and separates a bird from said containment system while allowing waste and airborne contaminants to descend to said tray, said base assembly comprising: a cabinet; a hopper within which said tray rests, housed within said cabinet, said hopper having four sloping surfaces leading downward to an opening positioned at a bottom edge of said sloping surfaces, wherein water forced from said open edge of said tray descends into said hopper and is funneled to said opening of said hopper; and a filter unit positioned below said hopper within said cabinet to receive water from said opening of said hopper, said filter unit comprising: a semi-divided tank housing a reservoir, pump, and a plurality of filters; wherein water descending through said opening of said hopper is received by said filter unit, said filters in said filter unit remove waste and contaminants to generate filtered water, said pump returns filtered water to said tubing for discharge into said tray; whereby, a constant volume of filtered water is distributed within said tray by said tubing and water containing waste and contaminants is recycled through said filter unit, via said hopper, filtered, and returned to said tray via said tubing by said pump in a continuous process. 2. The birdcage of claim 1, wherein said plurality of filters comprises: a mesh basket, wherein water containing waste and contaminants is passed through said mesh basket and large elements of waste matter are filtered from the water; a foam mat, wherein water proceeding from said mesh basket is passed through said foam mat and smaller elements of waste matter are filtered from the water; a plurality of fiberglass blocks adapted to support bacterial life, wherein water proceeding from said foam mat is passed through said blocks and is subject to biological degradation, a carbon filter adapted to remove odors, wherein water is drawn through said carbon filter by said pump. 3. The birdcage of claim 1, further comprising: a deflector cap comprising a detachable collar resting on and covering said upstanding sides of said tray, said collar comprising an angled surface to deflect debris inward towards said tray.