My Budgies are being Bad

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

Tiny strategically placed spring loaded catapults that launch the nefarious winged beavers into the air whenever they are tripped may be the way to go.

 

[clark_conure]

I was going to suggest ribbon of some kind but that shoots down my idea.

What about long narrow cardboard boxes open at one end.
Slide the over the blades when the birbs are out and slide off to use the fan.

This would work. but need to keep ladder in living room. as she says she use's it daily. There is going to be a solution I'll figure it out when I dream tonight. Then I'll figure it out later...after I wake up and forget it.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

This would work. but need to keep ladder in living room. as she says she use's it daily. There is going to be a solution I'll figure it out when I dream tonight. Then I'll figure it out later...after I wake up and forget it.

It may involve propeller hats and mozzarella cheese.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I would do the box thing if I didn't need to drag in a 12 foot tall ladder every time.
This is going to be a difficult problem to solve and still use the fan.
I'm giving them lots of extra untreated wood to chew on. It may keep them busy enough to distract them from those enticing fan blades. Rocky tends to get hyperfocused on chewing something good so maybe it will work.

 

[clark_conure]

Tiny strategically placed spring loaded catapults that launch the nefarious winged beavers into the air whenever they are tripped may be the way to go.

LOL this is exactly the post I'd do like even a year ago, but I need Donna budgies advice so I'm actually trying. You might be my successor of the funniest one on here, but up your game a bit amature. Springs? look at: https://www.parrotforums.com/threads/tell-an-outrageous-lie-about-the-poster-above-you.63601/page-35 do a few posts then you can play. This is were the funny ones play!

 

[nkrbkr]

sorry nkrbkr just a weird name on here. I don't mean anything by it. I'm sure its just initials.

lol. Definitely not a spam account. “Nkrbkr” is something like a phonetic spelling of my last name.

I was thinking that the balloons would keep the birds off of the fan, even if they’re not on the fan blades themselves, as birds typically won’t approach something that’s new/scary. That said, if Rocky isn’t scared or cautious of anything, then I’m not sure what would work.

 

[rheashard2]

When we moved in house, nearly every room has ceiling fans. This is South Central Texas. So the fans get used often. I read and planned to place streamers from ceiling. Hanging them high enough to avoid blades but low enough to be a deterrent. Streamers were to be slightly different height and extend past end of blades. Different colors, materials, textures and make some that crinkle noise movement. Birdie wing beats equal movement and discourage your birds. You can chose colors to blend in if prefered. But fortunately Nameless prefers climbing, walking and short low altitude flight from A to B. I'm not a fan of noise makers. Anyone whose had their parrot mimic a smoke detector can easily understand that.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I wish the fan blades weren't so high or I could just put something on them, anything, like pieces of fabric (the t shirt suggestion would be perfect) to discourage them at least, but at 10 feet high only the birds can reach them without a ladder.

I guess it was inevitable that by letting my budgies have the run of the house they would begin to destroy it.

I want to thank all of you for your creative suggestions. Many of them were really good ideas IF my fan wasn't so high and IF my budgies had a normal fear of new things. Some of them do, but not Rocky and Beau. They were both hand raised to be 100% comfortable with new people, places and things.

I have to leave the house this morning and won't be back until this afternoon. I fear I will find a pile of budgie beak sized wood chips on the floor under my fan when I return but if I leave them in their cages while we're gone they will be very upset. I've put some nice pieces of scrap wood and a cardboard egg carton on top of the cages. Here's hoping!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I think I have a solution. Amaxon sells fabric ceiling fan blade covers! I ordered a set.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Guess what! I've solved the problem with my budgies chewing on the ceiling fan blades! It's pure genius, and thanks to my sister for the idea!
I bought a couple pairs of brown opaque tights in the largest size they made on Amazon ($5 a pair)cut the legs off and slid the legs over the fan blades. In the picture you can see I have one blade not covered yet (need one more pair).
I can still use the fan and feel confident that the budgies will have no interest in chewing on the stretchy fabric.

 

[Jcas]

Great idea!

 

[rheashard2]

Good idea. Let us know how it works. Nameliss refuses to go into a room with a ceiling fan moving. She's just weird or is understanding about my draft sensitivity. It's forecast to be 90° here tomorrow. I grew up with dictator parents and grandparents. No matter what the outside temperature is: heat doesn't come on until Monday after Halloween. Fans and especially a/c doesn't come on until first day of spring. On one visit I left San Antonio in shorts, sun and 94°. I arrived in Omaha to 50° and misery. The wind was trying to encourage me back to Texas. My dad refused to turn on the heat. My dog and I were freezing. I said good bye and turned to leave. Told him, I was checking in to a motel for the night. The heat was gonna be on as high as I could get it. Then I was going back to the land of sweat and triple digit heat indexes. My dad grudgingly got out a space heater. I was allowed to use it in the bathroom with an old time anteroom. I had to listen to him talking about my cold wimpiness the entire visit. It was hysterical driving home. Every hundred miles or so I was peeing off a layer of clothes. I was back in shorts before Austin! I do kinda feel guilty when I violate that command. But what the heck. I moved to Texas to sweat and complain about temperatures below 70°!! I do it very well too!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

What a lovely idea! So simple, it hurts, LOL!!!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I know! I feel pretty silly for not having thought of it sooner. Rocky and Beau have been munching on the fan blades for almost 6 months and didn't see this obvious solution until my sister (who's never had a bird) suggested using old pantyhose. This led to thoughts of using leggings or opaque tights. I got the tights for less than $5 a pair on Amazon- thats $15 to do all five fan blades! I can slip them off and wash them when they get dusty and I'm pretty confident that Rocky will have zero interest in chewing on the hose covered blades. The wood is so light and soft it almost feels like balsa wood. I'm not sure she would even land on them now.