Dear Linda

Both cages are about identical, the color shades do vary a bit, the color chips are close but your monitor may not show them exact. This is standard on all cages shown on a computor screen. The white is whiter on the HQ cage that I know for sure.

There is no gold. One calls their tan, Brass the other calls it Sandstone I believe. They are both basically a warm tan that looks nice in most homes.

The main difference is the door. One cage has 2 doors and one has one long door.

With canaries or other small flying birds (finches) vs larger birds like cockatiels and conures is the 2 doors will make you reaching in and out of them easier to not lose a bird through the large opening.

The only other difference is on the AE cage there are two small metal gravity locks (tags that hang down over the door and the bottom grille. This is useful when there are larger birds that may somehow push out (move forward) the heavy grille at the bottom or if you have small children that might undo the locks, the metal tag that hangs down at the top of the long single door must be moved aside to open the door. (if you get that cage, and the gravity lock is annoying, you can remove it).

Both weight the same, The HQ cage comes out of Florida and usually ships the same day if the order is placed in the morning. the AE cage ships out of NJ and will ship within 1-3 business days.

That is it. I hope this has helped.

HQ13221

AE13221