Made Charlie a small climbing net!

[charlieboy]

It's easier to make than I thought, just takes a lot of patience Made it with coconut rope, used about 3/4 of my bundle which cost me only 5 dollars, if I remember well! So yay! Savings!

Charlie seems to like munching on it, slowly moving towards getting him to climb on it vertically... Gotta get that exercise! <3

 

[charlieboy]

P.S. This one was a test, I will probably make him a bigger one if he likes it

 

[Weelasmaree]

That looks great. Might make one for my two now!
Did you tie it to the cage or peg it?

 

[charlieboy]

That looks great. Might make one for my two now!
Did you tie it to the cage or peg it?

Thanks! A lot of people say it's difficult including the parrot toy maker from whom I got the rope from (he buys his nets) but it was easy for me so I guess it depends if you're familiar with knots in general or not (don't know a lot of knots by heart but with an image or video I can learn fast, and there is plenty on the web). And I just hung some of the loops around the cage locks and used cloth pins xD Charlie was a bit too heavy for the pins though, will have to find another way I could probably use some leftover rope or leather strips to tie it to the cage or anywhere else

 

[rockoko]

What a great job!

 

[charlieboy]

What a great job!

Thank you!!

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

Charlie looks adorable on his net! Great job!

 

[iamwhoiam]

You did an excellent job making that.

 

[Caique_n_Crafts]

Did u use video if so link plz?

 

[charlieboy]

Charlie looks adorable on his net! Great job!

You did an excellent job making that.

Thank you guys! He looks adorable on his net indeed hehe, especially when he munches at it!

 

[Zara]

That´s a great climbing net, you did very well indeed. Charlie sure seems to be enjoying it!

 

[charlieboy]

Did u use video if so link plz?

I just used this picture:



Basically you make a loop with one piece of rope, then pass the other piece of rope inside the loop, and loop it back in the loop again. It will look weird at first but it will be secure once you tighten it

For the "frame" you can use one long piece of rope and make 4 "loop" knots on it for the corners, and then I just simple knotted the net to the frame (double knot it if its not secure enough). Probably should have used the same fancy knot to tie the net to the frame too but it would've been more complicated and my bird is light so it was sturdy enough like this Basically the frame isnt mandatory, its just if you want loops at the corners of your net or if your net is not big enough as is. You can just make your net and cut off the extra rope or use it to tie your net around stuff.

Here is a video I found for you:

Hope it helps! If not I could make my own video, feel free to ask

 

[charlieboy]

That´s a great climbing net, you did very well indeed. Charlie sure seems to be enjoying it!

Thank you! I wonder if he will like it vertical too... I'll keep you updated

 

[charlieboy]

He's now climbing diagonally! With the help of millet, of course...