The invention provides a metabolism cage used for adult cattle. The metabolism cage comprises a rectangular cage body having three side fences and a door fence; the bottom of the cage body is a bottomplate suspended in air, the bottom of one end, close to the door fence, of the bottom plate is provided with a convex platform, the middle position of the part, located on the convex platform close to one end of the door fence, of the bottom plate is provided with a dung leaking opening, sliding grooves are arranged in the part, located on two sides of the dung leaking opening, of the convex platform, a curtain plate is arranged in one sliding groove, the upper part of one end, close to the door fence, of the curtain plate is provided with a push plate, the push plate passes through the dungleaking opening to extend into the cage body, and the other end of the curtain plate is connected with a push rod of an electric push rod 1 through a rotating shaft; a shell of the electric push rod 1is fixed under the bottom plate; and a proximity sensor is arranged on a railing of the upper part of one side fence, the proximity sensor is connected with a signal processor, the signal processor is connected with a control panel, and the control panel is provided with a turning-on button of the electric push rod 1 and a turning-off button of the electric push rod 1. The metabolism cage provided by the invention has the beneficial effects of having a simple structure and automatic separation and collection of dung and urine, and being capable of improving accuracy of dung collection.