Dinosrawr
New member
- Aug 15, 2013
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- Parrots
- Avery, a GCC born on March 5th, 2013 & Shiko, a blue IRN born on February 25th, 2014
Hey guys!
So today my boyfriend and I got a little bit side tracked when we went to go buy Avery some more food. We were walking through the pet store, enjoying the toy selection, when we stumbled upon a vast amount of cat trees that were 60-70% off. We got overly excited, because I started chatting up how I'd seen some members use cat posts and cat trees as "perches" or play areas for their bigger birds... and I'm kind of hoping I can do the same, except it will only be for a conure (and - hopefully! - a soon to be Indian Ringneck). It was a steal of a deal considering how marked down it was... I got it for $175 and it was regular $499! I may be crazy for my bird, but I can't imagine being that crazy for my cat! If I had one, that is.
This is the cat tree with Avery on it:
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As you can see, she's quite small in comparison, haha! But the plan is to make it bird-friendly by adding plenty of shreddable toys, foraging toys, ladders and rope to climb up and down, as well as natural wood bird perches (hurray for freak snow storms that blow down branches!) to crawl around on and attach more toys to, as well as putting some food bowls up (maybe not water bowls? I can remove the carpet, but it's soft and probably nice to crawl on, and the water would make the carpet gross).
First things first - do you think the rope material used for dulling the cat nails will be safe for Avery? If not, that's fine, I can remove it and replace it with a recommended rope. It's rather bristly (if you have cats and a scratching post you'll understand it's texture), and I did notice Avery chewing on it and not bothered by it.
Secondly - is this a ridiculous and crazy idea? So crazy that... it might just work? Time will tell, I suppose! And all of your advice
So today my boyfriend and I got a little bit side tracked when we went to go buy Avery some more food. We were walking through the pet store, enjoying the toy selection, when we stumbled upon a vast amount of cat trees that were 60-70% off. We got overly excited, because I started chatting up how I'd seen some members use cat posts and cat trees as "perches" or play areas for their bigger birds... and I'm kind of hoping I can do the same, except it will only be for a conure (and - hopefully! - a soon to be Indian Ringneck). It was a steal of a deal considering how marked down it was... I got it for $175 and it was regular $499! I may be crazy for my bird, but I can't imagine being that crazy for my cat! If I had one, that is.
This is the cat tree with Avery on it:
View attachment 10507
As you can see, she's quite small in comparison, haha! But the plan is to make it bird-friendly by adding plenty of shreddable toys, foraging toys, ladders and rope to climb up and down, as well as natural wood bird perches (hurray for freak snow storms that blow down branches!) to crawl around on and attach more toys to, as well as putting some food bowls up (maybe not water bowls? I can remove the carpet, but it's soft and probably nice to crawl on, and the water would make the carpet gross).
First things first - do you think the rope material used for dulling the cat nails will be safe for Avery? If not, that's fine, I can remove it and replace it with a recommended rope. It's rather bristly (if you have cats and a scratching post you'll understand it's texture), and I did notice Avery chewing on it and not bothered by it.
Secondly - is this a ridiculous and crazy idea? So crazy that... it might just work? Time will tell, I suppose! And all of your advice
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