Playgyms

[Stacey32]

Yep, my coban and/or vetwrap gets pretty dirty quickly.
i just keep wrapping more clean layers around it each day- until it gets about 5 layers thick. then I cut it off and start over.

[Tiki]

Nancy, we play cricket which is a bit similar to baseball (apologies to sports fans), maybe they wrap the bats-would have to check. I like the birght colours Savvy posted so will see what we have. Or I can just lash tree branches alongside the perches. I only have cockatiels so they wouldn't get the stuff as dirty as a large bird, I guess.

[Vankarhi]

I made this from an $8.00 washing basket, a $18.00 rope perch, newspaper at the bottom and toys (which I already had). Skye uses it mainly while we are away at volleyball comps that way she can be with us and watch what is happening, without too much drama.

[SavvyMoon]

Originally Posted by Vankarhi

I made this from an $8.00 washing basket, a $18.00 rope perch, newspaper at the bottom and toys (which I already had). Skye uses it mainly while we are away at volleyball comps that way she can be with us and watch what is happening, without too much drama.

what a neat little travel play-basket! Great idea, even to take from room to room! Thanks! One question; the screw-in ends of the twisted rope perch... how are they fastened to the basket? Did you just cut a hole? Or is there some sort of magic trick to it? ;-)

Savvy*

[Tiki]

Originally Posted by Tiki

Since it seems several members have made playgyms for their birds, I'll start this off and others can post their pics as well. Mine is a PVC frame which the teils are not liking so I'll have to buy some more rope and tie natural branches on the horizontal perches. I thought the rope would be enough for a good grip but they seem wary of it. I attached heaps of toys to it. The frame, joiners and rope cost about $50 Aussie and the toys another $120 so about the equivalent of $140 USD all up. Some toys were already on hand.

Adding 2nd pic after old images were erased. This is my little sweetheart-Manu checking out his new toys/

[Candice]

I just love that small basket gym you made. When I first joined I saw the pictures and just really loved it. Can you tell me more about how you made it? I think I would really like my husband to make Gillian one of those.

[Vankarhi]

The play pen was an idea i read somewhere, other people used cane baskets, but I could not find a decent sized one here, so I decided that a plasic washing basket would suffice and is probably easier to clean. The basket has opening on each end of it where you would carry it when doing the washing, it also has holes around the sides of it for decoration and airing for the clothes I suppose. The rope perches have plastic screw ends on them. You unscrew each end and put it through an opening or a hole, depending on where you want the perch to be, then screw the ends back on to keep the perch in place. It actually works as a handle to transport the playpen from place to place and to car for me too. Hope I have explained it properly. If you look carefully at the photo you can see an opening or hole near the top edge on the front of the playpen, there are one of those on each end of the basket and that is what the rope perch is sort of screwed into. Go to a pet shop and have a good look at the rope perches and see how the plastic ends have an unscrew cap thingy. (like my descriptive language - lol). With Skyes travel cage it is actually a cat/dog plastic travel box which I nailed a wooden perch into. My hubby drilled a couple of holes on the top big enough for a small rope perch to be attached so Skye had somewhere to sit on top of her travel box, it also acts like a handle to carry the box from place to place.

[Majj]

WoW !!! What GREAT Playgyms Cliff and Tiki ...Makes my tree`s in a pot look kinda lousy ..lol...

[Cheeky beaks]

Originally Posted by cgrite

here's a couple pics of mine I took a while back....i have more stuff all over it now and it is in my birdroom..... ;-)

Thankyou' I can't believe this gym its perfect. I have two Goffins and I have been wanting to make another play gym for them as they ate the last one.
I'm going to get started today. This site is just perfect. Joan

[pbyeerts]

I built several manzanita playgyms for Nimo, and even sold a few. He enjoys them a lot!