Being usually friendly and easy to tame, the little budgies are among the world's most popular pets. There are so many toys available in the market and also so many styles of perches that it becomes a tough job to choose one.
Budgies love variety, and it is so much fun to give them some simple handmade perches and swings. These can be easily made from some wood and ice cream sticks. They also love bright colours, so with a dash of paint all of it comes alive!
Here are some simple DIY perch designs -
1. A simple swing with beads
It's a simple swing made with a wooden dowel, some colourful wooden beads and wire for support.
Leaving half of the wire uncovered by the beads lets the budgie play with them easily. It can keep the feathery friend occupied for quite sometime :)
2. Ladder
This ladder is made using the same things as the swing - small pieces of wooden dowel and wooden beads. In place of wire I have used jute rope for ease of tying and for flexibility.
You need to make holes on the sides of the dowels and insert the beads at equal distance. The budgies like to climb up and down the ladder as well as love to sleep on it due to its moderate incline.
3. Soft Wood Ladder (Big)
We can use this ladder both inside the cage and outside. These are pre-cut planks and smooth wooden dowels which can be easily bought online. Mark and make holes on the sides and insert the dowels. The soft wood doesn't hurt them and the budgies like to chew on it. We can also hang food on it to make it more appealing.
4. Simple stand alone perch
This one is a simple single stand perch with a seed bowl.
5. Play Gym/outside Perch
A plain hut styled perch with 3 levels. They love to hop on and off the different levels.
It can be used as a play gym and a safe place for them outside their cage.
6. Ice-cream stick Hut (1)
It is a small hut with a seed bowl. First the square/rectangular frame of the hut gives the budgies a lot of support to sit. The inclined roof with spaced colourful ice cream stick not only gives them a grip on the slope but they also love nibbling on it to exercise their beaks. And moreover two or three of them can sit on it and in it together!
7. Ice-Cream Stick Hut (2)
This one is another layout that can be tried. It has a longer base and a feeding bowl at the end.
8. Single Perch from Coconut Shell
Made for seating a single bird. Seeds can be put in and alternatively it can also be stuffed with some coconut husk or straw.
I used some jute rope to cover the outer part and the perch itself.
So, with a mix and match of some exquisite and inexpensive handmade perches, swings and toys, your budgie too would be chirping around in happiness.
Find the materials on Amazon:-
Wooden Dowels Grooved
Wooden Dowels smooth
Wooden Planks
Jute Ropes
