How to Build a Parrot Perch

Parrots need perches that resemble their natural tree branch habitat to keep them mentally and physically healthy. Parrots will exercise by climbing all over perches, especially natural wood perches. Many varied perches will stimulate a bird to climb and move around, and natural wood perches with different textures will exercise the bird̵7;s feet by give him plenty of things to grasp onto. Perches are easy to make with a bolt, wing nut and washer and a hand drill.

Things You'll Need

  • Natural wood branch or pine dowel
  • Measuring tape
  • Sink or basin
  • Bleach
  • Saw
  • Stainless steel bolt, wing nut and washer
  • Hand drill
  • Drill bit
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Instructions

    • 1

      Disinfect the wood in a sink or basin full of warm water and a cap of bleach. Allow the wood to air dry completely with no scent of bleach left behind. Rinse the branch if any bleach smell remains.

    • 2

      Measure the inside of the cage and cut the wood branch or dowel so that it can fit inside the cage. Do not cut the branch so long that it make break under the weight of the parrot, or use a thicker branch.

    • 3

      Measure the distance between cage bars and buy a stainless-steel bolt that will fit between the bars, and a wash and wing nut that are larger than the distance between bars.

    • 4

      Drill a hole in one end of the perch, with a hand drill and drill bit the same width as the bolt, that is deep enough to fit half the bolt. Use a long bolt for a large perch and a smaller bolt for a small perch.

    • 5

      Twist the bolt into the bolt and put the washer onto the bolt and flat against wood branch. Put the perch inside of the cage and stick the remaining end of the bolt through the cage bars, then tighten the wing nut so the perch cannot move.

    • 6

      Wash the perch regularly with water and bleach to remove feces and insert a different perch in the cage until the one being washed is dry. Replace perches that have been chewed and ruined.