XXXXgizzieXXXX wrote:
>  wrote
>
>>If it's white oak, it's safe, but if it's red oak, it's
>>not safe.
>
>       I did not know that.
>
>     Having done it for WAY too many yars,  I HATE  cutting perches
> with a purple passion, and now only use those screw-on fake-branch
> things.  The extra cost is worth waht I save in tranquilizers. ("I was
> only off by a half inch!")

I'm blessed with having lots of manzanita growing on my property.  It
makes great perches.  Unfortuantely it's the only thing that grows well.

http://ottweet.com/parrot_breeder_PERCHES_SALE_MANZANITA_TREES.htm

That's not my site but gives an idea of what manzanita is like.  At
those prices I should change professions and start harvesting my back yard!



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