May 16, 2013 · Kellie, The main reason dowel rod perches are not good is that if a bird has only one size diameter perch for a long time, their feet are always grasping in the same position, and that can lead to arthritis and pressure sores. Their feet need different size perches so the feet get varied exercise, gripping different diameters.

Jun 12, 2019 · My babies sleep on those nail trimmer perches, occasionally on the natural wood perch I put in there, they have one dowel perch that is cut to run the length of the cage and generally use it as a "main road" to get to other places in the cage, or to move from one toy to the next, all I had to do to encourage them not to roost on the dowel very often was to position the other perches higher in ...

Dec 28, 2023 · (random edit: because " the perches they currently have aren't as long as dowels, and therefore is like keeping them in a small cage" !!!!!) I am being dead serious, I do not understand people. Anyway, she says that if I can "find evidence" that comes from not just one "CRAZY PERSON", I can keep the cage the way I have it now.

May 16, 2020 · Hi all! I'm not fond of what i've read online and in books about perches you can find in pet stores sold to the general public; grit and sand perches, plastic perches, perches that are perfectly lined, perches that are toxic, perches that are too thin. Being a …

Oct 17, 2023 · There's nothing wrong with dowel perches, as long as it's the right size for the bird's feet, however you want at least 3 perches in the cage. There are various applewood & manzanita wood perches at places like Chewy online, or Bonka Bird Toys. Bonka has various rope ones as well.

Dec 28, 2014 · About perches in general... may I add? Getting those nail-trimming perches can eliminate nail-trimming, which was always so stressful for me and the Rb. It took a few years, but I eventually established a pattern/rotation that keeps him trimmed. I keep a dowel as the main "highway" down the middle of the cage, but the special perches are all over.

Dec 11, 2009 · hi guy;s i have only had my bird since sun so lot;s of thing's to find out ;i read somewere that they need lot;s of toy;s so that got me.. thinking how many perche;s should they have in gaged at present.. mine has got 3 large 1;s and …

Apr 7, 2022 · i have only one natural wood perch, and two skinny dowel perches (which i thought weren’t) and two very big long dowel perches, my birds barely use the skinny ones and the natural wood, BUT they are obsessed with the thick dowels, im thinking of wrapping them together with medical tape to make...

Jul 12, 2012 · Perches in his cage range from about 1.5"-2.5" thick and none are just straight dowel type perches. Since I got him his new swinging perch, he really seems to want to be on it ALL the time. It has about a 3/4" diameter stainless perch and then the frame is even thinner (which he climbs all over).

Apr 20, 2021 · So I've accumulated a nice collection of large and small dowel perches just from buying cages (lincolns first cage came with one, his 'new' cage came with like 2 or 3 and apollos cage came with 3) and I don't use them in the cages but I …