If you are a pet bird owner here is some information that may be good for your bird. Most bird cages will come with a couple of plastic or wooden perches. These will work for your bird, but they are not the best type of bird perch. A better perch is one that has varying diameters along its length. Also good is a perch that is rough like sandpaper. This can help to trim a bird’s nails, and the different size diameters will exercise the muscles of the bird’s feet.
Some good replacement perches, called Comfy Perches, are made of stiff colored rope and come in various sizes. These can be put in the cage in loops, and at different angles, and will give birds exercise as they climb up and down the ropes.
A fairly new perch that looks like wood is a Jungle Talk edible perch. These come in various shapes and are rough… and edible too. These can help with beak and nail maintenance as well as giving them some exercise.
Prevue makes some roughened calcium perches that work very well for birds. They also have one that is called Wacky Wood, which is long and varies in thickness.
Try some of these different perches for your bird.
Edible Perch Branch
Comfy Perch Byrdy Cable (small)
Comfy Perch Byrdy Cable (medium)
Comfy Perch Byrdy Cable (large)
Beach Walk Calcium Perch
Wacky Wood Perch
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