So I got some new java wood perches in the mail but now it's got me worried, what if my bird gets a talon caught in a slit in the wood and hurts himself? I started thinking about this because I read of an instance where that did happen, not with java wood though. I have made a PVC pipe chain but the slits I had to cut to make the loops slip through do stretch a bit when you press down on it, so a talon or toe could get pinched. I am trying to think of how to weld them together so it doesn't do that. Or what if a toe gets caught between the two rings? What if he manages to lift his bowl and get his toe caught in the ring that holds it in place? I've tried making the zipties that I have to hold stuff down in the cage as flush and tight as I can, but what if? Is anything really bird safe? Or am I just paranoid?