Coqui's Birthday Present Is Done - Hanging Play Gym!

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I finally finished Coqui's birthday present. It's a hanging play gym. She has gone on it already and seems to like it! I got the idea from a pet store I went to in Canada. They are available online at Amazon, but they were over $100 bucks for the size I made and they retail for $150 in the pet shops! That is what inspired me to try making it. Mine is much fancier, too!

Here are a couple of pics below. To see a bunch more pictures, get directions and what the online one looked like go to my blog post at: The Sweet Life Of A Parrot: Coqui's Birthday Present - Hanging Play Gym!

 

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Holy mother of all hanging toys! :11:

That behemoth is FANTASTIC, Blanca!!!!! Oh my gosh, I've got such hanging envy right this moment.

Outstanding job, and I can see Coqui (AND Savannah) having loads of fun on that awesome jungle gym! WOW!!!

 

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Beautiful job! Lucky Coqui!

 

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That's great Blanca! I love the idea!! It came out so nice looking too

I've never seen those. The retail one is so plain for that price

 

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WOW! Thats awesome! You did a great job on that, and I'm sure it suits your birds *so* much better than a store bought one.

Looks like Coqui is loving it already

 

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JerseyWendy said:

Holy mother of all hanging toys! :11:

That behemoth is FANTASTIC, Blanca!!!!! Oh my gosh, I've got such hanging envy right this moment.

Outstanding job, and I can see Coqui (AND Savannah) having loads of fun on that awesome jungle gym! WOW!!!

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Thanks Wendy! I love your reaction. Hee Hee! I will say that this thing took some time to put together. I am so glad it is done. But seeing Coqui on it and seeing how nice it looks in their store bird room, I am really glad I made it!

thekarens said:

Beautiful job! Lucky Coqui!

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Thank you!

RavensGryf said:

That's great Blanca! I love the idea!! It came out so nice looking too

I've never seen those. The retail one is so plain for that price

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Yeah, isn't that retail price unbelievable! The smaller cube I think was 12x12 was $60 bucks up in Canada! I hope to make the smaller cube for Quincy to try out! But I think I'll give myself a break for a couple of weeks. That was some work that went into this thing! LOL!

 

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That's perfect! I love it! Great job!!!

 

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Absolutely stunning!

 

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Kiwibird said:

WOW! Thats awesome! You did a great job on that, and I'm sure it suits your birds *so* much better than a store bought one.

Looks like Coqui is loving it already

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Thanks Kiwibird! Quincy thinks its evil at the moment. Lol! [emoji48]

kq_fan said:

That's perfect! I love it! Great job!!!

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Thanks Kqfan! [emoji1] Hopefully I can get all my fids on it. [emoji6]

Mango121913 said:

Absolutely stunning!

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Thanks Mango! I am pleased how it came out!

 

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Wow Blanca. That is an awesome hanging toy. I am sure Coqui will love it. She seems to be enjoying it already.

 

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Bundiibird said:

Wow Blanca. That is an awesome hanging toy. I am sure Coqui will love it. She seems to be enjoying it already.

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Thanks! I hope to make a smaller cube one for Quincy.

 

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Happy Birthday, Coqui!! That is one fantastic birdie birthday gift, Blanca! All your hard work will be thoroughly enjoyed, I'm sure! Hope you don't mind if I borrow your wonderful ideas. I don't know how you'll top that for the next birthday bird, an amusement park, maybe?

 

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Lol! Allee! An amusement park, hmmmm....maybe just maybe!

Please feel free to use the idea. Did you click on my blog post? I have instructions (hopefully easy to understand [emoji14]) on there.

 

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Now there's a play gym you can get on together! Talk about birdnastics

 

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Birdnastics! I love it! Hee Hee!

 

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Wow, that was a gift worth waiting for! Coqui looks like she is loving it, and rightly so
Can't wait to see Quincy's when you finish it.
Heading to your blog now so I can show your instructions to Hubby

 

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Glad you like it! You can make it any size you want. Be sure to share if hubby makes it!