Looking at all the fun perches, I am wondering what wood would be safe for making perches. I have regular Maple trees as well as Manitoba Maples in my yard. The Manitoba Maples seem brittle and would make quickly destoyed toys, but the real Maple has a bit harder wood. As well the Manitoba's seem to have a more rough bark and seems to have more of a "lichen" type thing on parts of it. I wonder if these trees would be ok, if I peeled the bark of the branches.

I have a pair of Lovebirds and they are chewers to the extreme, and of couse perches are a very fun toy. My Alexandrine has hardwood perches that came with his cage, but he has gone right through them, which was a surprise to me since the Blue and Gold's never gotten through a perch yet. So in order to preserve the "good" perches I want to give as many destructable natural ones I can. I would also like to make toys out of the branches...

Please let me know if you think these trees would be safe :-)

It would be really nice to see more pictures of Peaches. I am really interested to see how she is doing.

i would just like to say thank you for what you are doing for the many birds who come into your care.it looks to me like you are doing an excellent job.i would like to sign up as a sponsor to help out the birds.i hope you can continue to help them for many years to come.God bless you and your great soul all of you.keep up the great work.