DIY Foraging Tube

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JerseyWendy

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With some time on my hands this morning I figured I'd try and make a foraging tube for my B & G Macaw Niko.

Here are some of the things I bought: Piece of 3" PVC pipe, 2 endcaps, 2 assorted elbows, some stainless steel chain, stainless quick links.

Items needed for assembly: Pliers, stainless eye screw, drill, saw, hole saw.

Drill a small pivot hole before attaching the eye screw

I used 1 1/8th" hole saw. For smaller birds you can make smaller holes, and definitely get smaller PVC.

When I was done with the assembly, I ripped up some paper towels, wrapped Nutriberries in them and stuffed the tube with them.

Rather easy to make, inexpensive, and it was an instant hit with Niko

 

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You have done a brilliant job! Did Niko get all the treats out?

 

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really neat idea. thanks for sharing

 

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thats brilliant! i think you should send me some of that imagination of yours! hahah

 

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wenz2712 said:

You have done a brilliant job! Did Niko get all the treats out?

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Yes, TOO quickly. I had to mofify it a bit. :32:

 

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tab_xo said:

thats brilliant! i think you should send me some of that imagination of yours! hahah

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Tab, you can do this in a jiffy! EASIEST thing ever, I promise.

 

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i think if i tried to use the saw i would end up with a hole in me! hahaha

 

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LOL. That's the most fun for me - POWER TOOLS!!! Nah, Tab, it's SO easy, just go super slowly, and make sure the tools are sharp, it makes the job much easier

 

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JerseyWendy said:

make sure the tools are sharp, it makes the job much easier

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i learnt that the hard way... 15 minutes drilling a hole in a branch, then dad came out and said 'that drill bit is blunt'

 

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how did you attached the elbows to each other?

 

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tab_xo said:

i think if i tried to use the saw i would end up with a hole in me! hahaha

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I learned that the hard way. OUCH!

 

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triordan said:

how did you attached the elbows to each other?

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With a plain piece of PVC, NO glue, just woman power, lol. I cut the pieces short enough so that the regular PVC is not visible.

 

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Very nice and creative!

 

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As I had said, I had to make some modifications to the foraging tube, as I was too eager to drill too many holes in the wrong places. The tube was somewhat compromised in staying together, and Niko had more fun disassembling it than foraging.

The first pictures shows how I "reuse" some things from MySafeBirdStore. Their packing is THE sweetest - ever.

I used the wrapping paper to stuff Nutriberries into the modified foraging tube:

And it works like a charm now

 

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Nice job. Will show it to DH, maybe will do something similar.

 

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I was just searching the forums for toys . This is great !!