Budgie Perches
Perches play a very important role in your birds overall health.
Pet
bird perches should be of different sizes and irregular. This aids in
the exercising of the feet ensuring that muscle condition and
coordination does not deteriorate due to lack of foot movement along
the perches.
As a general rule your bird's feet should go 3/4 of the way around the
perch but in nature the birds perch on tree limbs of varying sizes. It
is recommended that you use two or more different diameter perches.
Remember however, that allowing your bird to play on top of
his cage or walk on the floor will also exercise his feet
Tough eucalyptus wood makes the best perch your bird could ever have!
Budgies
love to chew on eucalyptus branches. They provide your bird with a
source of stimulation. The chewing activity keeps the bird
occupied for hours on end and the eucalyptus oil inside the bark is a
natural health tonic. Eucalyptus branches also provide trace elements
and minerals that are beneficial to your bird’s health. In the wild,
budgies are very active in the morning and evening, but
spend most of their day resting in the eucalyptus trees and chewing the
branches. Natural (unrefined) eucalyptus oil from the bark is also a
germicide that stops diseases of the feet in all Australian birds
Manzanita is often recommended for budgie perches but whilst
some of the manzanitas are tough and stand up to more chewing than soft
woods, they are not natural for Australian birds and none of them are
as hard as eucalyptus. Manzanitas are native to western
North America.
Our perches are made of naturally occurring eucalyptus wood of the
species used by budgies in the wild. They have the bark still on them.
All are baked for long enough to kill parasites but not for long enough
to deplete the natural oils in the wood or the bark.
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All perches come with FastLok easy mounting hardware at one end. This allows them to fit on any wall of the bird cage – they don’t all have to
face the same way.
Fastlok mounting allows the perch to be rotated thereby giving
your bird a variety of surfaces to perch on. It’s the closest you can
get to conditions in the wild