Would you use apple branches?

[iluvsunconure]

And please do not notice how that the branch has more bark in the first picture. The pictures above are chronologically wrong.

 

[iluvsunconure]

Bump.

 

[CosmoKramer]

Dont want to high jack your thread Raymond, but has anyone used Crapemyrtle branches before?
We are going to trim ours soon and I want to make some use of the branches. Not sure if there are going to be some big enough for perches, but deffinatly toy parts!

 

[Mythreeiggys]

There are tons of tree and plant identification sites, here is one
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/forsite/Idtree.htm

There are also forums you can post pictures and people will help, that is what I did when I needed a tree in my yard identified. You can try to figure it out yourself by the leaf shape, but I tried and had no luck at all, it was like a different language!

Thanks! I'm going to have to do some research. I've got 2 acres FULL of trees and often wonder which ones I can use.

 

[iluvsunconure]

Here ya go Zack:
http://forums.avianavenue.com/welcome-lane/45550-crape-myrtle-safe-wood.html

 

[CosmoKramer]

Here ya go Zack:
http://forums.avianavenue.com/welcome-lane/45550-crape-myrtle-safe-wood.html

Thanks! How did I miss that thread?

 

[iluvsunconure]

Haha be sure to post pics of what you make!

 

[Onyxena]

My guys LOVE natural branches! Lots of apple wood available here, but I use a few others also, can't recall all the names. But I have checked lists and id'd what could be used. I can buy a $60 macaw toy and it will hang in a cage for a month almost untouched, but put in a fresh branch with leaves and bark, they all go nuts! They will pick and peel and chew for hours. I really haven't seen them actually eating much if any, but the toy factor is undeniable. Goodluck!

 

[Anne & Gang]

I actually have an entire apple tree in my front room..we stripped the leaves, stuck it in our bathtub and let it soak over night in 1/2 cup bleach then rinsed a gazillion times...let dry..hubby built a base for it et voila..very u gly tree in the front room that Sam has played on for hours

 

[iluvsunconure]

Man Fafa loves to debark!