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| Prater |
Hello All:
I wrote you a while back asking for advice on carsickness. Thankfully, we got that problem solved, thanks to the suggestions from this group.
Now, we have another problem. We bought Glacie this really nice "tree" made supposedly of indestructible wood. Some type of African hardwood. She's lived peacefully on her tree for about six months and now in the last two weeks, she's decided this tree makes a great toothpick factory.
My question is this: is there a safe product we can paint on the tree to keep her from chewing it apart? Something that maybe tastes bad but won't hurt her? Fortunately, she's only chewing one perch and so far has left the rest of it alone. She has toys to play with on her tree and until now has been satisfied with the toys. I know birds love to chew wood. I'm constantly replacing the perches in her cage and buying wooden toys for chewing.
I'm wondering if this is something of an age related thing. She was a year old in June, so could she be hitting puberty and maybe this is some kind of a hormonal thing? Or more than likely, it's just a birdie doing what birdies like to do.
So, if any of you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Thanks for your time.
Toni
PS: She has been to the vet and got a clean bill of health.
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| Katra |
> Prater wrote:
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> Hello All:
>
> I wrote you a while back asking for advice on carsickness.
> Thankfully, we got that problem solved, thanks to the suggestions from
> this group.
>
> Now, we have another problem. We bought Glacie this really nice
> "tree" made supposedly of indestructible wood. Some type of African
> hardwood. She's lived peacefully on her tree for about six months and
> now in the last two weeks, she's decided this tree makes a great
> toothpick factory.
>
> My question is this: is there a safe product we can paint on the tree
> to keep her from chewing it apart? Something that maybe tastes bad
> but won't hurt her? Fortunately, she's only chewing one perch and so
> far has left the rest of it alone. She has toys to play with on her
> tree and until now has been satisfied with the toys. I know birds
> love to chew wood. I'm constantly replacing the perches in her cage
> and buying wooden toys for chewing.
>
> I'm wondering if this is something of an age related thing. She was a
> year old in June, so could she be hitting puberty and maybe this is
> some kind of a hormonal thing? Or more than likely, it's just a
> birdie doing what birdies like to do.
I'd chalk it up to experience, let her finish destroying it, then next
time buy Manzanita...... ;-)
To date, that's the only thing Freya has never chewed! (Goffin's
Cockatoo, approx. 7 years old)
I am constantly having to come up with "new" toys to keep Freya's
interest. It's about time to do a nut bottle again since it's been
awhile. She loved them at first, then ignored them so I quit making them
for about a year.
At least I've learned to make my own toys for her for the most part, and
many infant toys (for babies that chew) seem to work quite well for her
since they are brightly colored, non-toxic, reasonably tough, at least
for awhile, and they are SO much cheaper than plastic parrot toys!
K.
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> So, if any of you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear what you have
> to say.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Toni
>
> PS: She has been to the vet and got a clean bill of health.
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| Prater |
Thanks for the info.
Where do you get Manzanita? From a bird store?
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| oldmolly |
"Prater" <lprater2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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Hello All:
I wrote you a while back asking for advice on carsickness. Thankfully, we
got that problem solved, thanks to the suggestions from this group.
Now, we have another problem. We bought Glacie this really nice "tree" made
supposedly of indestructible wood. Some type of African hardwood. She's
lived peacefully on her tree for about six months and now in the last two
weeks, she's decided this tree makes a great toothpick factory.
My question is this: is there a safe product we can paint on the tree to
keep her from chewing it apart? Something that maybe tastes bad but won't
hurt her? Fortunately, she's only chewing one perch and so far has left the
rest of it alone. She has toys to play with on her tree and until now has
been satisfied with the toys. I know birds love to chew wood. I'm
constantly replacing the perches in her cage and buying wooden toys for
chewing.
I'm wondering if this is something of an age related thing. She was a year
old in June, so could she be hitting puberty and maybe this is some kind of
a hormonal thing? Or more than likely, it's just a birdie doing what
birdies like to do.
So, if any of you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear what you have to
say.
What are you providing her with the chew and destroy?
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| Katra |
Prater wrote:
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> Thanks for the info.
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> Where do you get Manzanita? From a bird store?
Petsmart or any good pet store. :-)
You can also probably find some on line, and on ebay for sure!
K.
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"There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are
all owned by cats" -- Asimov
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| Louis Boyd |
Prater wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Where do you get Manzanita? From a bird store?
>
Parrots will eventually chew up manzanita too but it takes a lot longer
than with most woods, especially pine. As to where to get it, about 5
of my 60 acres of land are covered with it. This is southern Arizona
about 15 miles east of Nogales. It's native from Texas to California
and mostly considered worthless. It's quite hard and can polish nicely
sometimes used for things like pistol grips. It's hard to find a a
straight piece so there's no logging industry for it. The reason it's
expensive in bird stores, even where it's native like Tucson, is that
its such a pain to ship. When I need a new perch it's
a 15 minute job to select a nice piece and 1 minute with the chainsaw to
get it. Manzanita is a "bush" with many trunks growing out of central
location then branching into smaller limbs. It sometimes grows with
interesting curves. The trunks rarely exceed about 4" dia. The whole
mature bushes are 8-10' high and 10-15' in diameter containing (I would
guess) 500 to 1000 pounds of wood.
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Lou Boyd
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| Cruisetech |
Why not just replace the "chewed branch"???, drill a whole in the tree where
you want a perch branch, drill a whole in the end of a branch you want for a
perch, and then connect the two with a dowel. When birdie has pulverized
that perch branch, just get another branch and stick it in the previous
perch hole in the tree.
"Prater" <lprater2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:kbRyb.371425$0v4.19405193@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
Hello All:
I wrote you a while back asking for advice on carsickness. Thankfully, we
got that problem solved, thanks to the suggestions from this group.
Now, we have another problem. We bought Glacie this really nice "tree" made
supposedly of indestructible wood. Some type of African hardwood. She's
lived peacefully on her tree for about six months and now in the last two
weeks, she's decided this tree makes a great toothpick factory.
My question is this: is there a safe product we can paint on the tree to
keep her from chewing it apart? Something that maybe tastes bad but won't
hurt her? Fortunately, she's only chewing one perch and so far has left the
rest of it alone. She has toys to play with on her tree and until now has
been satisfied with the toys. I know birds love to chew wood. I'm
constantly replacing the perches in her cage and buying wooden toys for
chewing.
I'm wondering if this is something of an age related thing. She was a year
old in June, so could she be hitting puberty and maybe this is some kind of
a hormonal thing? Or more than likely, it's just a birdie doing what
birdies like to do.
So, if any of you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear what you have to
say.
Thanks for your time.
Toni
PS: She has been to the vet and got a clean bill of health.
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| Floyd Gentry |
If you really want a perch that is hard get some Black Walnut from
Louisiana. The only time you can drill it is when it is still green. It's
much harder than manzanita. I raised bird for years. I'm from California
and finally ended up with just Macaws. Another good perch is PCV pipe.
Sannd it a little so theey don't slip around it and it will ho;ld for a long
time. Floyd Gentry
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> Prater wrote:
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Where do you get Manzanita? From a bird store?
> >
> Parrots will eventually chew up manzanita too but it takes a lot longer
> than with most woods, especially pine. As to where to get it, about 5
> of my 60 acres of land are covered with it. This is southern Arizona
> about 15 miles east of Nogales. It's native from Texas to California
> and mostly considered worthless. It's quite hard and can polish nicely
> sometimes used for things like pistol grips. It's hard to find a a
> straight piece so there's no logging industry for it. The reason it's
> expensive in bird stores, even where it's native like Tucson, is that
> its such a pain to ship. When I need a new perch it's
> a 15 minute job to select a nice piece and 1 minute with the chainsaw to
> get it. Manzanita is a "bush" with many trunks growing out of central
> location then branching into smaller limbs. It sometimes grows with
> interesting curves. The trunks rarely exceed about 4" dia. The whole
> mature bushes are 8-10' high and 10-15' in diameter containing (I would
> guess) 500 to 1000 pounds of wood.
>
> --
> Lou Boyd
>
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