perch material

[Barbary Boy]

i have used astro turf on all my breeding birds perches for years but have never been that happy with it! what do other people use? has any one had problems with it ?

[Rocky]

I always use astro turf on my perches and ledges in my avaries no problems what so ever,apart from the cleaning side

[Wurkin]

I use a tightly woven, NON looped carpet on one, foam wrapped in hockey tape on another and bare wood for the other perch. This allows Mort (Male RT) His choice of perches. He prefers the tightly woven NON looped carpet the most.

Henry

[Harrisii]

I always use astro turf on my perches and ledges in my avaries no problems what so ever,apart from the cleaning side

no problems here. i always use it. the real stuff not plastic door mat stuff.
the cleaning. i find a wire brush is great for cleaning them. it picks up all fur, feathers etc from the surface and the brushing action expells most of the dirt, dust etc which falls in between the fibres. a wee hand help hoover is good for getting most of the dust too.
a spray of vydephor or vircon is used to disinfect the perch.

carpet is occasionally used, but is harder to clean than astro'.
natural surfaces like wooden branches are hard to beat and i have a mix of astro and natural wood in my aviary.

[Hacker]

Strange really because most wild birds will perch on a hard surface.
I know Astroturf alleviates pressure points on the birds feet but you would think this would affect the bird in the wild also.
Obviously the multitude of different perch diameters more than makes up for this.
But then what about the wild bird you always see on it`s favourite perch day in day out?
Obviuosly one for our learn`ed friends.

[Harrisii]

Strange really because most wild birds will perch on a hard surface.
I know Astroturf alleviates pressure points on the birds feet but you would think this would affect the bird in the wild also.
Obviously the multitude of different perch diameters more than makes up for this.
But then what about the wild bird you always see on it`s favourite perch day in day out?
Obviuosly one for our learn`ed friends.

true true, but our captive friends have fewer options as where to perch.
best to provide differing diameter perches with a mix of coverings, dont you feel?

[Graham Stuart]

Astro turf is easy to clean and free as there is a 6 pitch 5 aside park just shut and all the turf has been left......:wink:

[Pitbull]

Strange really because most wild birds will perch on a hard surface.
I know Astroturf alleviates pressure points on the birds feet but you would think this would affect the bird in the wild also.
Obviously the multitude of different perch diameters more than makes up for this.
But then what about the wild bird you always see on it`s favourite perch day in day out?
Obviuosly one for our learn`ed friends.

possibly its to do with th variety of perches that the wild bird stands on rather than the same one day in day out in the avary or bow i dont know

[Hacker]

send me some m8, cheque in post

[Coedhirion]

lots of different thickness and shape perches, some have bits of astro mainly where the bird lands when flying round. Some perches have bark left on, tho it can lead to mites and stuff getting under. I spray for that quite often tho. Don't have a problem with the astro getting dirty as the birds have "shelves" they prefer to eat on cos they are flat. An astro door mat on the floor in a favoured corner is also good as it helps hold the food still and I just take it out and power hose it. The MHH likes an upturned milk crate as a dinner table, nice and easy to clean too.

[Mary Quite Contrary]

go to halfords and buy some cheap bike tyres and then cut them into lengths.Nail or staple to your perches with astro turf and then the bird has a choice?

Beautiful

[Gary Timbrell]

I always use astro turf on my perches and ledges in my avaries no problems what so ever,apart from the cleaning side

All my astroturf is detachable and goes in the washing machine to come out spotless. A spray of dettol and it's back on.

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

Thick NON LOOP carpet, astroturf and coconut mat all mixed in the aviary.
We bin the carpet and replace it, the astroturf get cleaned with jet washer but still is renewed once a year.