glue to build a budgie gym

[Erinalane]

I am making a fantastic, enornous jungle gym for my budgies using natural branches etc. WHat I want to know is what kind of glue should I use to glue the branches together. Obviously, I will buy a non-toxic, but is there a p[articular brand that might be best?:confused:

[Dave]

I've never built a gym, so I'm not sure what brands are recommended, but I'm assuming any non-toxic glue should be good. Just don't use super glue. Also, if you local bird store sells glue, you should buy that so you know it's bird-safe. :)

[Erinalane]

Thanks for the info. So far we have managed with hair rubberbands. Those seem to work too for now!!!!:)

[Dave]

Thanks for the info. So far we have managed with hair rubberbands. Those seem to work too for now!!!!:)
Whatever works. :) I hope your budgies enjoy their new gym! :D

[Bea]

Most shop brought gyms come with childrens craft glue to assemble the gym so i'd say that'd be fairly safe.:) just be sure that no glue is exposed so that the budgies can't chew at it.

[Rie]

I have built a fantastic bird gym for Gus (my litle fella) and i went out and collected a whole heap of bottlebrush and cut the lengths i needed using secateurs, then i pre drilled everything i needed to join and screwed everything together. He loves it it has several levels a swing and many hanging toys. i also drilled a few holes here and there so i can take the odd cutting of eucalyptus or bottlebrush leaves and nuts for him to chew. It is all mounted to a plywood base with a pine border around the edge to stop all of those rolling toys falling off. all natural and native no glue.

[Amy]

PVA glue is animal safe so I would reccomend that.

[miss_missy]

i want to see A picture of your huge gyms, i am wanting to build a gym, but not to sure how to go about it.What do i do to the tree branch's to starlize them?

[Erinalane]

Well, what I ended up doing was taking a huge planter and sticking the thickest branches at the bottom. These are manzanita (SP?) branches that I actually collected close to the Sierra mountains while on vacation. Otherwise they cost about 7-8 bucks a branch! Then I bought 2 different sizes of rope and strung it from branch to branch. They REALLY enjoy the ropes a lot act like acrobats on them. it's really cool. Then I added all the toys, glued a ketchup plastic cup to the rope with a glue gun that holds seed, and put brocolli, veggies etc on th eends of the branches. It really looks liike a tree with no leaves and lots of rope. I will try to post a good pic of the gym. They like their gym much better than their cage. It looks a little crazy, but don't tell them that! :)

[Erinalane]

Oh and I just used a standard glue gun with non toxic glue and rubberbands can really hold together branches just fine.

[Budgiekin]

That is the most innovative play gym I have ever seen! I like how you used both wood perches and rope perches. Even better is the fact that you've got toys hanging on it too! Great job with the play gym! :D

[Amy]

I used tacks to hold mine together.

Here is a pic of mine:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e264/lop-eared_bunny/FRONTIMPR3.jpg

[luthien16]

my boyfriend made a gym for wendy and she absolutely loves it. is on diffrent levels and swings. he used pva glue and is all ok. just make shure that is not on the surface so he can chew on it.

[Mistyoriline]

I am using hotglue hope that's not bad....I will consult with my vet first.

[Amy]

Good Idea.