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.