The climbing net - FINALLY!

[TikiLola]

Thank you!

 

[Jocund^eternal]

Wow it looks great! And interweaving the rope instead of knotting them was a good idea too.

I would like to buy some manila rope from Knot and Rope Supply to finally make my own bird net and was wondering what diameter would be the best. I want it to be slightly thin so she’ll have a better grip while doing some acrobatic moves, but not too thin so she can actually perch on it. In your opinion, would the ½ rope be good, or should I get something thinner? Maybe the 3/8?

 

[TextsFromParrots]

That's a great net! It looks like your fids are enjoying it!!

 

[newatthistx]

I would like to buy some manila rope from Knot and Rope Supply to finally make my own bird net and was wondering what diameter would be the best. I want it to be slightly thin so she’ll have a better grip while doing some acrobatic moves, but not too thin so she can actually perch on it. In your opinion, would the ½ rope be good, or should I get something thinner? Maybe the 3/8?

IMO..... I would definately go with the 1/2" size.....I wouldn't want to risk it being to skinny or small

 

[Jocund^eternal]

IMO..... I would definately go with the 1/2" size.....I wouldn't want to risk it being to skinny or small

Thank you for the input .

 

[Doggies]

That is sensational. I'll be moving soon with my tiel and am on the look out for ideas

 

[65sunnyday]

WOW! Great job!

 

[newatthistx]

Zydabird.....

any chance you can show some pictures of how you made the attachments at the four corners and how you hung it from the ceiling ?

 

[AmberMuffinz]

I've been meaning to make one of these for a long time now. My aunt said we are going to be buying rope soon, so I'll put in my request Your net looks amazing! And super duper cheap too. If it does move around too much (I know you said it didn't, but I thought I would mention it) you can put zip ties where the connect like an x so that it can't move. I definitely want to make one of these. I hope I can do the same thing with cotton, though I'm afraid it'll unravel if I try it this way. Oh well, we shall see when I get around to it!

 

[Kathie]

Awesome!!! I love it!

 

[Jan]

That turned out nice! Yep, rope sure does take up more length if doing any sort of a knot or twist in it.

 

[Feather]

Zydabird.....

any chance you can show some pictures of how you made the attachments at the four corners and how you hung it from the ceiling ?

I didn't do anything special on the corners, really. For the whole net, I cut the rope into 12 equal lengths and either looped back or tied a simple knot every other time. The corners are the same. All I did extra was tie the ends of the excess rope so that it wouldn't have any chance of slipping back through.
As for how it's hung, I just used stainless steel cup hooks (http://www.bluesbirdtoys.com/Cup-Hooks-in-Stainless-Steel_p_213.html). I'm not very happy with this and want to put some sort of ceiling protectors between the rope and the hooks so the birds can't lick or chew on the ceiling. I've been considering getting plastic bucket lids and attaching them to the ceiling by screwing through their centers with the hooks. Given my flock is all little birds, I think this will do the trick quite nicely.

 

[Zoie]

Awesome! I never would have thought to thread it through like that!