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PVC Bird Gym
Topic Started: Feb 25 2008, 03:37 PM (973 Views)
Bird_Lover	Feb 25 2008, 03:37 PM Post #1
Silver Member Posts: 536 Group: Member Member #293 Joined: November 29, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Hannah Location: Minnesota My Conure/s are: Orrin--Peach Front Conure, Rylee--Sun Conure	I decided to make another play stand so that (hopefully) it wouldn't get chewed up as fast. After weeks of the parts sitting in my basement my dad and I got around to finishing it. I used some vinyl coated shelving material for the base. I wanted my bird stand to be as secure as possible so we used a pvc shower drain as a base. We drilled screws with washers thru the grate: So I would be able to hang toys on the perches, we drilled holes in them and screwed stainless steel eyes thru them. I really wanted my bird stand to have a comfy perch on it so after brain storming for awhile we finally found a way to attach it. We drilled a hole in each cap: Then we screwed it onto the pvc pipe loosely so it could still turn so I could remove the comfy perch: I found some bird safe branches outside and cleaned them up and put them in the stand for varied perching surfaces. I twisted them in some threaded adaptors. After roughening up the pvc perches, I added the toys. Here are Lady and Daphne enjoying their new stand! I saved the remaing 2 1/2 feet of 1.5 inch pvc pipe, so I can add it on later and use my stand as a floor stand since I didn't glue it together. My birds and I are very happy at how it turned out.:)



hal9000	Feb 25 2008, 05:08 PM Post #2
Super Moderator Posts: 1,414 Group: Staff Member #166 Joined: July 6, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Haley Location: Right Behind You... My Conure/s are: Petrie the Pirate (FS), Phoenix (JC), Marvin (GC) My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter myspace.com/elf_monkey_queen	Great playgym! It looks like your birds really like it!



conure58	Feb 25 2008, 05:08 PM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 4,750 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	Good job!! Looks like Daphne and Lady took to the stand quickly. Sorry to see the snow outside though. It was 92 here today (set a record). Almost too warm, too fast.



Bird_Lover	Feb 25 2008, 08:00 PM Post #4
Silver Member Posts: 536 Group: Member Member #293 Joined: November 29, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Hannah Location: Minnesota My Conure/s are: Orrin--Peach Front Conure, Rylee--Sun Conure	Quote: Sorry to see the snow outside though. It was 92 here today (set a record). Almost too warm, too fast. Really? It was a balming 34 degrees here today...pretty warm compaired to what we've had other days (one day was -11 degrees not counting the wind chil!).



scully3915	Feb 25 2008, 09:37 PM Post #5
Senior Member Posts: 389 Group: Member Member #111 Joined: April 6, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner	now that is impressive! , are your birds managing to cling to it, or have you sanded the perches or something? thats a great gym, i love it i have some plastic piping too, which i was going to do something simular, your pictures have really helped me with ideas, cheers



JuliesJungle	Mar 22 2008, 10:13 AM Post #6
Advanced Member Posts: 45 Group: Member Member #199 Joined: August 9, 2007	Was trying to get some ideas but I cannot see the pics



conure58	Mar 22 2008, 10:56 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 4,750 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	JuliesJungle Mar 22 2008, 01:13 PM Was trying to get some ideas but I cannot see the pics Unfortunately, Bird_Lover lost the pics that were on the site they were using (server crash or something??), so a bunch of their pics no longer show.



Cathy	Mar 22 2008, 02:14 PM Post #8
Senior Member Posts: 361 Group: Member Member #254 Joined: October 11, 2007 Gender: Female I'm a conure: Owner Location: Norway	Ohh no i cant get the pics up.. only red cross And i'm sure its a great playgym. I'll check tomorrow.. maybe i can get them up then.



Bird_Lover	Mar 22 2008, 05:07 PM Post #9
Silver Member Posts: 536 Group: Member Member #293 Joined: November 29, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Hannah Location: Minnesota My Conure/s are: Orrin--Peach Front Conure, Rylee--Sun Conure	I got all of the pictures fixed! Yeah! I roughened the pvc perches with a dremel tool, but you could use sandpaper. On another forum someone recommended vetwrap, which is commonly used for bandaging horses, dogs, cats, etc. It would provide a non slip grip on the perches and it is self adhesive. My only concern is that it could be toxic if ingested. The perches are a bit slippery, so I'll need to do something to them.



conure58	Mar 22 2008, 08:12 PM Post #10
Administrator Posts: 4,750 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	Bird_Lover Mar 22 2008, 08:07 PM I got all of the pictures fixed! Yeah! GREAT!!!



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