Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!intercon!news From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: INDOOR: Making perchs Message-ID: <26FE7039.1ABC@intercon.com> Date: 24 Sep 90 20:44:41 GMT References: Sender: usenet@intercon.com (USENET The Magnificent) Reply-To: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Herndon, VA Lines: 23 In article , whitling@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Donna Whitlinger) writes: > I recently acquired a manzanita branch which was cut from a tree in California. > I'd like to make a perch for my cockatiel out of it. What do I need to do to > it before allowing him to sit/walk/chew/play on it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Donna Whitlinger > whitling@andromeda.rutgers.edu > ...!rutgers!andromeda!whitling > Umm, clean it, and then cut it to the size you need. I usually leave about 3/4 inch more than the measurement between the cage sides, I then cut a slot in each end so that a cage bar fits in it. That way the perch won't rotate while the bird is sitting on it. Kurt Baumann -- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh.