Homemade stuff

WharfRat · Jul 3, 2012

Just some things we've made ourselves this past year.

This one was taken apart & turned into smaller ones when we ended up adding 2 more cages to the bird area

henpecked · Jul 3, 2012

i like the drift wood stand, good job. My wife and I are always on the lookout for stuff to use for playstands and perches.

wenz2712 · Jul 3, 2012

You have made some lovely things

cdog · Jul 3, 2012

Those toys you made are beautiful, they look like something you would find in a store. I also love that large play stand you made, it looks perfect for macaws.
Great job!

ConureCrazy · Jul 3, 2012

Wow, these are great! I usually do homemade things too.

WharfRat · Jul 3, 2012

Funny thing about the big treestand I made........we only had the Hahn's & 1 GW at the time & the GW was just a baby, then shortly there after got the 1st Zon....Well, the Hahn's pretty much thought that it was HERS!!!!! There was so much squabbling over it I took it apart (also cause we needed the room).

This doesn't happen anymore

cdog · Jul 3, 2012

Aw your gw is so cute, his beak is too big for his face, poor guy.

WharfRat · Jul 3, 2012

not anymore LOL

ConureCrazy · Jul 3, 2012

Call me crazy, but you hahns looks like a very wise man...or lady. I don't know, but s/he looks like if s/he was a human, s/he'd be a proffesor, or a scientist, or Dumbledore. Ya, I may be wacko, but that hahns reminds me of a proffesor of some sort... I think it's the eyes... Does this make sence? For example, my GCCs remind me of little 4 year olds, and my senegal reminds me of a very slow lizard. I think I've gone mad...

cdog · Jul 3, 2012

Oh good, now his buddies won't make fun of him.lol

I always thought macaws look very wise, if I got one I would name it Dumbledore!

WharfRat · Jul 3, 2012

LOL!! Lani (Hahn's female) has y'all fooled, she's probably the meanest of our flock!! Up until just recently she was ALL my wife's bird, she would nip me so dang hard!!! Last few months though, she really prefers to be with me than the wife, which is only fair since I've always been a Zon worshiper and they barely tolerate me & they are putty with my wife.

cdog · Jul 3, 2012

Haha, that's what my conures do! They do their cute face and make you take them out of their cage then they go phsyco!

ConureCrazy · Jul 3, 2012

Cdog, I think I would name a macaw Dumbledore too.

dishgal1 · Jul 3, 2012

Wow, we Texans know how to make things. I am turning a room into a play room for my birds.........I want to make a large tree like yours. We cut down a sycamore (on the safe wood list) only problem it is lying in a bed of poison ivy. Can birds get poison ivy? Wonder how I can clean it so we can work with it. Maybe I need to start a new thread.

WharfRat · Jul 3, 2012

I'd let it dry in the sun for a while, you're in Tx so 2-3 weeks should do it with this heat.

Then I'd get a pump-up sprayer & use vinegar & water & soak the wood down good (preferably in the shade so it doesn't evaporate too fast) & let it sit a couple more days. If you have a power washer, I'd use it for the washing after being in the sun.

I'm pretty lucky, a friend lives on the coast & they collect driftwood all the time so I get a pretty good supply of it.

cdog · Jul 3, 2012

I read that poison ivy was actualy good for birds to eat, only humans contract the actual sickness part of it.

dishgal1 · Jul 3, 2012

WharfRat said:
I'd let it dry in the sun for a while, you're in Tx so 2-3 weeks should do it with this heat.
Then I'd get a pump-up sprayer & use vinegar & water & soak the wood down good (preferably in the shade so it doesn't evaporate too fast) & let it sit a couple more days. If you have a power washer, I'd use it for the washing after being in the sun.

I'm pretty lucky, a friend lives on the coast & they collect driftwood all the time so I get a pretty good supply of it.

Where are you in Texas? We are near Weatherford.

WharfRat · Jul 4, 2012

Between a "Rock and a Weird Place" LOL

North of Austin iffin ya ain't heard that expression before

Total_Dejavu · Jul 28, 2012

I love your stuff WharfRat. I'm just north of Dallas. Real close to Lake Lewisville

I'm a pretty crafty person, but for the life of me haven't decided on things to make. The most I've done is some hemp work...

Pookamama · Jul 28, 2012

Ohh, great job on the perches and stands.

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