Rope Perches...?

[aquagem]

If anyone is using rope perches in their mews for a RT please give recomendations on type of rope and where best to purchase. I am currently building my mews and plan on installing a few. I have seen mention of hawser rope but am un familiar with it. Any help and comments are welcome.

[meagan]

I use sisal rope, though you have to be careful and make sure its not treated with anything that can harm your bird. I have just recently begun using the plastic "daisy" mat type covering as well on some of my perches and it works great...its easy to wash down. I use some rope on two of my perches, though you will have to change the rope every now and then seeing as it will decay...

[Migisi]

Jun 22, 2009 19:51:02 GMT -5 aquagem said:

If anyone is using rope perches in their mews for a RT please give recomendations on type of rope and where best to purchase. I am currently building my mews and plan on installing a few. I have seen mention of hawser rope but am un familiar with it. Any help and comments are welcome.

Are you talking about covering your perches with rope - or the swinging perches made of rope commonly used in parrot aviaries (some people have installed these in mews)?

If the first, I recommend untreated sisal rope.

If the latter, Hawser rope is used for towing ships, and is usually treated with anti-rot chemical/petroleum agents. I wouldn't use it for that reason.

[aquagem]

I was planning on installing some 2 to 3 inch diameter rope as perches as well as astro covered solid perches. I saw it done in a pic on the Modern Apprentice web sit under equipment / perches.

[Migisi]

Jun 23, 2009 15:45:03 GMT -5 aquagem said:

I was planning on installing some 2 to 3 inch diameter rope as perches as well as astro covered solid perches. I saw it done in a pic on the Modern Apprentice web sit under equipment / perches.

Again, I'd have to be positive that the hawser rope wasn't chemically-treated before I'd ever consider using it around a BOP. I suggest that you ask your sponsor about installing any rope perches before you go to the expense and effort.

[coopers]

That daisy mat your talking about ' NOW' is that the name of the product 'OR' is that what you falconer call it because I've seen it at Walmart it comes in two colors gray and green it looks like grass but its plastic

[Migisi]

Yes, that's the long-leaf plastic grass door mat. Comes in brown, black, and blue too. We call it a 'daisy mat' because it has a plastic daisy flower attached in one corner of the mat. Other makers don't attach the flower, but it's the same stuff.

[meagan]

Coopers, yes its the same stuff. I got mine from Walmart as well and I bought about four of them. They dont see them during the winter for some odd reason so I stocked up just in case. I like them for the fact that they are easy to wash down and re-use...no need to worry about it rotting or anything like that. I call it a Daisy mat, just like Migisi said, because it is easy to refer too...though the ones from Walmart that you and I are talking about do not have the little daisys in the corner....

[coopers]

hey that daisy mat is more for flat surface like a block perch and not a bow perch or will it work with on a bow perch "OH" THANKS FOR THE "INFO" meagan & migisi

[Migisi]

Jun 25, 2009 11:48:56 GMT -5 coopers said:

...or will it work with on a bow perch ...

I would not recommend daisy mat be used on a bow or ring perch.

[sublimelyoblivious]

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Are you talking about covering your perches with rope - or the swinging perches made of rope commonly used in parrot aviaries (some people have installed these in mews)?
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My Husband asked me the same thing last night. And I asked him if that was for parrots!!
So I was wondering the same thing.
I have sisal rope for wrapping a perch...but I also have some seriously old very large shipping type rope...It has to be 3 inches thick....(it is antique...would that make it more or less likely to be treated?) is that too large to use some as a perch ?(if it is not the ONLY perch in the area)....I plan to have a red tail...when I trap...
at present I don't plan to free loft YET...because my facilities are chain link. But when I do, I would like a variety of perches, for it to chose from.... I can take a picture of the rope....is there a way to have it tested?
Just wondered....

[Kai]

Sisal rope should be fine for a rope perch. It is what the Tulsa and Oklahoma city Zoo's use for their bird exibits. As far as your rope being old. Chemicals generaly wear off after a few years. Personaly, I'd make sure the rope doesn't have any sharp splinters, and would air it out for at least a few days before putting it in an enclosure. You can have it tested, but you'd have to pay a lab to test it, and that isn't cheap (probably around $400-500).