DIY Rope Perch?

[babypiggy]

hi everyone

jsut curious as to if anyone has attempted to make a rope perch or boing

i jsut bought ajax a boing and it was soooooooooooooooooooooo EXPENSIVE

[Lisa B]

I have re roped my boings when they needed it. Does he have problems hanging on with no nails?

[KDK241]

Here is a site that tells how to make a boing. It doesn't look too hard but I haven't made one yet. On African Wings

Instead of rope perches I took an old pair of khakis that were 100% cotton and cut part of the leg off, then I folded it inside out and sewed it as wide as I wanted it so it made a tube. I took an old, clean t-shirt, cut it in half and rolled it up and used that to stuff the tube. I didn't even sew the ends, I cut a slit in them and used that to tie it to the cage. The best thing is that the whole thing can be washed without getting ruined and the fabric doesn't snag toes. My birds LOVE them and as soon as I put it in their cage the didn't even use their rope perch anymore at all and it took less than 10 minutes to make.

[babypiggy]

lols
yes he has issues with grip
but his beak helps him A LOT

LOL

he does climb the bars on his cage quite well tho

he's a lil monkey

[Courtzrocks]

Hmm...maybe i should go to the op shop and buy some old clothes

[BiiRDiiELuV805]

Hi, i have made all my rope perches/orbits and dyed them in food coloring, heres an orbit i made.

[pbinva]

Do you have any detailed instructions for your beautiful orbits? They are so colorful and great looking!!!

[BiiRDiiELuV805]

Thanks, im really bad an explaining how to stuff, but ill do my best, ill create a post after im done making a cockatiel/sun conure size, this is small for parrotlets and similar size birds =]

[r2rusmc]

Originally Posted by babypiggy

hi everyone

jsut curious as to if anyone has attempted to make a rope perch or boing

i jsut bought ajax a boing and it was soooooooooooooooooooooo EXPENSIVE

I'm planning on making some hanging perches using my leftover 1.25" manila rope. Got the design in my head and the needed supplies. Just need the time to make them now.

With everything else the birds have, I've not reallly put any thought into making a boing. I'm sure I will eventually.

[KDK241]

Originally Posted by Courtzrocks

Hmm...maybe i should go to the op shop and buy some old clothes

I made mine on a whim after I got Sophie. She came with a rope perch that was icky and after I washed it it was very raggedy but it was her favorite perch. I gave it back to her but I wanted something that was long enough to go from her cage to Zeke's cage so they could visit each other and I figured, why not? They both loved it so much they used to sit on the perch instead of their cages so I put one in both their cages. They used it more than any other perch. The best thing about it is that I could make it as big or as small as I wanted to and use the old clothes I didn't need anymore. Plus, you don't even have to be great a sewing (thankfully)! My keets have one, all my tiels have one and I made one for my aunt's tiel and my cousin's tiel. They both said that it's their birds favorite perch as well.