My skyway perch play

I have six parrots, so they need lots of places to hang out. I use the vertical space above the cages. Use ceiling hooks and fishing line to hang. I just redid it, may still tweak as I see how they use it. I did have it prettier to me, but less used by them. All the birds helped and checked everything out. They have their veggies so a bit if a mess, and I haven't added back all the toys yet.

Clearly, there are soiled Birds at your place!

No soiling allowed! Plunty of spoil tho.
It's for my sanity! They love to bounce around walk the bridges. I know it doesn't look pretty... But keeps them busy, and the mess contained.

Very nice setup indeed Laura. I’d do the same thing but I know for a fact that a certain lorikeet would climb straight up whatever I used to suspend things from and chew on the zinc/aluminium ceiling in the birdroom instead (typical!)

I’ve got some climbing and swinging toys suspended from a couple of floor-standing potplant-hanger thingies instead and they work pretty well too.

Laurasea said:

No soiling allowed! Plunty of spoil tho.
It's for my sanity! They love to bounce around walk the bridges. I know it doesn't look pretty... But keeps them busy, and the mess contained.

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Oh no you don't! That skyway looks great! And in addition; "But keeps them busy, and the mess contained." That's what the goal should always be, plus it looks great! Win, win in my thinking...

LaManuka said:

Very nice setup indeed Laura. I’d do the same thing but I know for a fact that a certain lorikeet would climb straight up whatever I used to suspend things from and chew on the zinc/aluminium ceiling in the birdroom instead (typical!)

I’ve got some climbing and swinging toys suspended from a couple of floor-standing potplant-hanger thingies instead and they work pretty well too.

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I have cathedral ceilings, so it's at least 4 feet of fishing line before the hook. My big fat babies can't climb it , as far as I've seen. Iol

SailBoat said:

Laurasea said:

No soiling allowed! Plunty of spoil tho.
It's for my sanity! They love to bounce around walk the bridges. I know it doesn't look pretty... But keeps them busy, and the mess contained.

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Oh no you don't! That skyway looks great! And in addition; "But keeps them busy, and the mess contained." That's what the goal should always be, plus it looks great! Win, win in my thinking...

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Thanks! Most people could hang one hoop or bungie above their cage, and use that wasted space.
I still want it to look prettier..... Gonna think on it.
But they had fun today, braving the rope latter's, ducking and climbed and jumping..

Darn it! All of this hanging perches made my male Quaker squirrelly. Really tweaked his brain into thinking he had made a masterfull Quaker nest! He started strutting, patrol, fighting with all but his mate my GCC. Charge me and attacking me.

So sadly I had to remove many, and rearranged. He has calmed back down now. Tho he has taken to weavings things in his cage bars, looks like basket weavings. And collected some if my polished stones to line the bottom of his cage. ( Prefers orange and yellow) They are pretty. I had a dish of them and called them my jewels. Sadly I've put those up to. As flying with them to his cage some would drop and it was like having marbles on the floor for me to trip over.

He is also doing some cushion diving, and inviting Ta-dah to give approval..... So I'm going to be dealing with hormones and nesting behavior...sigh

At least Neptune has a hobby, that whole basket weaving sounds like it at least occupies his mind, I wish Lilly had a creative outlet like that! Right now she is taking a HUGE bath which *hopefully* (all fingers, toes and eyes crossed!) will keep her busy preening and drying off for a while.

Dontcha just love hormones??!:30:

OMG, such well trained OWNERS; LOL jh

You should get Neptune a basket full of coffee stirrers!

Flboy said:

You should get Neptune a basket full of coffee stirrers!

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He would love that. But won't it stir up ( ha ha) even more hormones?