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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / May 2005COMFY PERCH ALMOST KILLED MY BIRD!
Hi everyone My wife bought a COMFY PERCH a month or two ago. Lately my cockatiel's health was deteriorating; he would vomit, gag, was listless and puffed-up. I took him to a vet Thursday, who said he had a foreign object in his crop. (Whatever a crop is- this is your newsgroup, so I'm presuming you guys know). The vet surgically removed a load of chewed up, red-white-and-green COMFY PERCH from his crop on Friday. I've got the damn stuff in a little bag he gave me. Anyway, the bird's great, the scare's over, I'm a couple of hundred dollars poorer. The COMFY PERCH is in the garbage. There's no doubt in my mind pet birds are going to die because of COMFY PERCHES. Forewarned is forearmed. Thanks for the warning...glad your bird is ok. I saw those in a catalog and wondered if the plastic was chewable by even small birds. Didn't order because a couple of ours will chew things to bits if they can get to them. > Hi everyone > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > foreign object in his crop. (Whatever a crop is- this is your newsgroup, > so I'm presuming you guys know). The vet surgically removed a load of > chewed up, red-white-and-green COMFY PERCH from his crop on Friday. I've > got the damn stuff in a little bag he gave me. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > There's no doubt in my mind pet birds are going to die because of COMFY > PERCHES. Forewarned is forearmed. What is the composition of these perches please? > Hi everyone > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > There's no doubt in my mind pet birds are going to die because of COMFY > PERCHES. Forewarned is forearmed. "Pizza Girl" <nospam@4.me> wrote in... > What is the composition of these perches please? ...and what are they made of? -- Stephen Oakes > "Pizza Girl" <nospam@4.me> wrote in... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > Stephen Oakes Petdiscounters.com describes it as "Cotton rope perches that can be bent to create curves, loops, and other interesting shapes." Shopping.com also describes it as "This cotton rope-covered wire perch can be bent to create loops, curves and other interesting perch shapes for your bird." RD Geeez. I got one of these things and my 'tiel thought it was a snake. He would pin himself against the farthest part of his cage in fear if the thing was even in the room. After gentle exposure for a couple of moinths I gave up and gave it to my son's dog. Funny thing is how would a 'tiel that has never seen a snale or what it could do know to be afraid of this? I have never seen him like that before. > > "Pizza Girl" <nospam@4.me> wrote in... > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > RD >Geeez. I got one of these things and my 'tiel thought it was a snake. He >would pin himself against the farthest part of his cage in fear if the thing [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Funny thing is how would a 'tiel that has never seen a snale or what it >could do know to be afraid of this? I have never seen him like that before. Mine doesn't appear to be frightened by a seven foot boa constrictor. He lands on a railing right above the snake's enclosure. I've also seen a perch marketed as a comfort perch or comfy perch that has a plastic cover. it looks like that soft plastic that you can dip tool handles in. That is the type i thought the discussion was about. As for the cotton rope ones, I use them only outside the cage, when they're out and being supervised, never as a permanent inside the cage feature. We have a "boing" perch that's a springy coil of rope. they love it, but I think they could theoretically eat the cotton if they were bored, or get a toenail caught in it. Inside the cage I feel better about traditional wood perches. I guess it is up to each to observe their bird's habits and react accordingly. Thanx for the caution anyway. This is good to know stuff. > I've also seen a perch marketed as a comfort perch or comfy perch that > has a plastic cover. it looks like that soft plastic that you can dip [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > were bored, or get a toenail caught in it. Inside the cage I feel > better about traditional wood perches. > Hi everyone > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > There's no doubt in my mind pet birds are going to die because of COMFY > PERCHES. Forewarned is forearmed. Glad your tiel is ok, I have used comfy perches for more than a year now, I have 4 hanging triangle ones, they love them, and 2 big spiral ones that have been straightened to about six feet long each, just for long perches to get from point a to point b for the tiels that are fledging, since I have had these not a one bird does any serious picking to them, I also have many toys and hemp string, beads, cuttlebone, and bells and whatever else I can make for them to keep them occupied, because that is the key, they must have toys to stimulate thier minds, it also deters feather plucking, we also always rotate toys every other week so it seems to them its always something new, im all for comfy perches so as long as you have other chew things for them. TRC |
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