Any way to make dowel perches better?

[Haydenb]

Hi; so I got a medium prevue pet products playstand for a conure and the vast majority of the perches/poles are dowel perches which I know isn't very good for their feet compared to natural wood ones. Is there a way where I could sand it to make it more uneven/tree branch like or something to put it over to make it more rough?

 

[Shezbug]

Yes. You can wrap it unevenly with sisal rope (not always suitable depends on bird or perch placement) or you could take a knife to it to remove chunks here and there so the surface is made different diameters along the length.

 

[Sparkles99]

Uneven vet wrap might help too.

 

[Ripshod]

I carefully took a Stanley knife (box cutter) to mine then wrapped them with vet wrap. My flock loves them and we've never had a case of bumblefoot.

 

[javi]

You can ziptie natural perches to dowels on a play stand