Post by cliff on Apr 11, 2012 18:12:38 GMT -5
The first set of perches that I made for my R-T used 1" diameter, PVC pipe. I had a circular, galvanized plate attached to the wall, came out with a male/slip PVC adaptor to a 45 degree fitting, to a 12" straight piece, to another 45 degree fitting, to a vertical piece (of varying lengths, depending upon the perch location) to a female/slip PVC adaptor into which the T-perch with a male/silp adaptor was screwed.
Tara loved the 3 perches as they had a wee bit of bounce to them. She'd bounce up and down a couple of times, jump into the air and pirouette down to a lower T-perch - great exercise and fun for her evidently. The only problem was that she kept breaking the perches where the PVC adaptor screwed into the round galvanized plate.
Today I replaced the PVC lower part with 1" galvanized pipe and a 90 degree galvanized ell. The upright and T-perch are still 1" PVC pipe. So far the new T-perches are holding up to her. They don't have the "bounce" to them, and Tara hasn't broken one, yet. Her record time with the all-PVC construction was about 4 hours. Now to see how long the new design lasts.
Has anyone else had a "bouncing hawk"?
Cliff.
Tara loved the 3 perches as they had a wee bit of bounce to them. She'd bounce up and down a couple of times, jump into the air and pirouette down to a lower T-perch - great exercise and fun for her evidently. The only problem was that she kept breaking the perches where the PVC adaptor screwed into the round galvanized plate.
Today I replaced the PVC lower part with 1" galvanized pipe and a 90 degree galvanized ell. The upright and T-perch are still 1" PVC pipe. So far the new T-perches are holding up to her. They don't have the "bounce" to them, and Tara hasn't broken one, yet. Her record time with the all-PVC construction was about 4 hours. Now to see how long the new design lasts.
Has anyone else had a "bouncing hawk"?
Cliff.
