How to Make Homemade Ladders for Your Parakeet

Parakeets, also called Budgies, are popular pets because they are playful, friendly and easy to keep. These birds are very intelligent and like to stay busy, so they require a wide assortment of toys and perches in their cages. If you want to keep your parakeet happy and healthy, provide it with a variety of perches, ropes and ladders to keep it entertained. In order to supply your bird with these things, you do not have to pay a great deal of money at the pet store; you can build homemade ladders yourself.

Things You'll Need

  • 1/2-inch dowel rods
  • 1/8-inch dowel rods
  • Electric hand drill
  • 1/8-inch drill bit
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Instructions

    • 1

      Measure the height of your cage to determine how tall to make your homemade ladder. Generally, parakeet cages should be a minimum of 12 inches high and your ladder should be several inches shorter than the height of the cage. You may also choose to make several ladders at different heights.

    • 2

      Cut 1/8-inch dowels into 2-inch pieces. Determine how many lengths of 1/8-inch dowel you will need by considering that each rung will be 2 inches long and that they will be spaced at 3/4-inch intervals.

    • 3

      Use an electric hand drill with a 1/8-inch drill bit to drill holes in each of the 1/2-inch dowel rods. The holes should be approximately 1/4-inch deep and spaced at 3/4-inch intervals.

    • 4

      Insert the 2-inch pieces into the 1/8-inch holes on half of the 1/2-inch dowels. Line up the holes on the remaining dowels with the other end of the 1/8-inch dowels and press them together.

    • 5

      Arrange your completed ladders in your parakeet cage however you like. You may choose to set them on the floor of the cage, leaning them up against the walls, or you might attach them to the walls with wire.