Yep, raw sweet potatoes, carrots, and greens (right now from out of our garden)

You’re welcome! Once you learn how, the natural perches are really easy to make!

I agree! They’re adorable even when they’re naughty : ).

A kabob is definitely on the list of things to buy.

Do you feed them raw sweet potatoes? I’ve only given mine cooked.

Thanks for the info! We have lots of Eucalyptus trees out here, but I worry that maybe they’ve been sprayed once upon a time. But I’m definitely going to be doing all natural branches.

Thanks for the info!

Allen really likes his natural-wood perches, so I rarely use dowels any more. One thing I do to take the place of dowels, I cut a twig off a tree the right length & diameter, cut notches in either end and put it in the cage. It’s just important if you do this to wash the branches or bake them in the oven at 250 F for about an hour (this kills any germs or bugs).

You can also make your own screw-on natural-branch perches. This explains how:

http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_perches.shtml

Another important thing is to make sure the wood you’re using is safe. Here’s a list of safe woods for birds, accompanied by a list of unsafe woods:

http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml

🙂

The budgies have 2 rope perches and 5 natural branch perches. I ‘m going to try to find some long branch perches to take place of the two dowel perches.

I’m hoping it’s a phase (maybe related to being in breeding condition?). Cooper never chewed on the perches until she saw Sunny doing it, so who knows. Budgies be crazy.

Maybe the chewing is just a phase and they’ll get over it.