Let me go look for the information about the wide bark perch. I'd bought the first one a long time ago for our cockatiel, Coconut, who died a few years ago at age 30. His feet got kind of gnarled and crippled (arthritis, we thought) as he got older, and I thought he might like the perch. But he didn't want to know from it, was scared of it, so I put it in with the spare bird toys and supplies. I know I got it from a pet store, but can't remember where. Hinki didn't want to know from it either till recently, but I put it in the back of her cage ( it's a large cage) and she discovered it. But my daughter recently found a package of two perches on Amazon, we gave Hinki one of those, for the front of her cage near the top and she likes that too. I'll look up the information and post it so you can see it.
Hinki's previous owner ( a lady who got Alzheimer's disease and had to go to a nursing home) and family gave Hinki her name. They were originally from Iowa and said she was named after a store there- her name is actually Hinki-Dinki. We got her at a year old, and thought of changing her name, but none of us ( that'd be me, hubby, and our daughter who lives with us) could agree on a new name so she stayed Hinki. She learned to say her name so Hinki it was. She's a sweet, interactive little "puppy bird" and it's obvious she's been cherished her whole life, starting with being hand fed and tamed by a loving breeder, to the year she spent with her first owner, and then us.
Let me see about the details for that perch. I think it'd be a help for many birds whose feet have gotten arthritic or have other issues. They need birdie podiatrists!
Mary
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