Posted November 12, 200816 yr I have just made some budgie swings for a holding cabinet I have made. The swings are so easy to make. I used some old coathangers. You get two swings per coat hanger. Some cheap plastic beads and some offcuts of dowel. Base the size on the size of your budgies and the space they will need. BUT I got two swings per coat hanger even for show budgie sized birds. Here is the plan..... 1. First you cut the coat hanger so you have two good usable lengths. 2. Then you find the middle and bend it so you have a hanging loop up the top and in the middle. You can bend it around the handle of something to help form shape. 3. Then shape the swing. It can be an arched shape or bent with some angles. 4. Work out the size you will need for the perch section and drill a fine hole in each end. 5. At this point I thread on the coloured beads. Mine were bought in a pack from the $2 shop and make about 5-6 swings. 6. At each end of the hanger where the perch will go, bend inwards each side approc 10-15 mm. 7. Poke the ends into the perch section where you drilled the holes. Use glue or silicone in the hole if you have to. Mine were a perfect fit so it wedged in nicely. 8. its now ready to hang. You can use a split ring thats used for car keys or anything like that to help hang it up. In the top of my cage I have screwed in a loop for it to hang from. Here is some pictures. Of course you can add other things to this idea and come up with something more unique, but it works, its cheap to make ( about 50 cents per swing ) and it recycles old coat hangers. :rofl: Edited November 12, 200816 yr by KAZ
November 12, 200816 yr You hae too much times on your hands Kaz - LOL. I am lucky enough to have time to post here, let alone make swings. How long until marking ends - arrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!! (Sorry)
November 12, 200816 yr Author You hae too much times on your hands Kaz - LOL. I am lucky enough to have time to post here, let alone make swings. How long until marking ends - arrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!! (Sorry) Funny Dave ..... I thought teachers only worked from 9 till 3:30
November 12, 200816 yr i have a swing I made similar to these... I got a coathanger and bent it as you did, then instead of using dowell, I used a piece of gum to form the sitty-onny bit. Smokey is in love with it at the moment (by in love, i mean, REALLY in love), but he does enjoy swinging on it too!
November 12, 200816 yr Author i have a swing I made similar to these... I got a coathanger and bent it as you did, then instead of using dowell, I used a piece of gum to form the sitty-onny bit. Smokey is in love with it at the moment (by in love, i mean, REALLY in love), but he does enjoy swinging on it too! That's terrific I had heaps of offcuts of dowel from when I turned the perches around from running across the cage to running front to back...had to cut them all shorter to run front to back and ended up with the offcuts I used here.
November 12, 200816 yr i have a swing I made similar to these... I got a coathanger and bent it as you did, then instead of using dowell, I used a piece of gum to form the sitty-onny bit. Smokey is in love with it at the moment (by in love, i mean, REALLY in love), but he does enjoy swinging on it too! That's terrific I had heaps of offcuts of dowel from when I turned the perches around from running across the cage to running front to back...had to cut them all shorter to run front to back and ended up with the offcuts I used here. Perfect!
November 12, 200816 yr Great idea, I have lots of those dowel perches around - I will have to get creative
November 12, 200816 yr I made Merlin his I took a piece of wood from the backyard that was safe wood and not treated, string, tied it on both sides of the swing where there are small wood knots to hold it in place, it is his favorite place to be and it is natural :rofl:.
November 12, 200816 yr who would have thought that they are so easy! thanks for showing how they are done! will have to give them a go :rofl:
November 12, 200816 yr Author who would have thought that they are so easy! thanks for showing how they are done! will have to give them a go :rofl: We can make some while you are here
November 12, 200816 yr who would have thought that they are so easy! thanks for showing how they are done! will have to give them a go :rofl: We can make some while you are here WOOHOO!! *Packs her stash of pony beads in her bag*
November 21, 200816 yr Hehe... the white budgie in the background of the top photo looks alittle like that character from the old Life. Be in it animated TV campaign!.. Norm was it?
November 21, 200816 yr Author Hehe... the white budgie in the background of the top photo looks alittle like that character from the old Life. Be in it animated TV campaign!.. Norm was it? he does look crappy in the first photo, but I think he was doing a poop. In the second photo he looks terrific
November 21, 200816 yr We (Adam) made a big budgie swing for the aviary and show types and pet types both love to chew on it, play on it and swing on it. I will endeavour to get pics in the near future, as like yours, it is a very simple and cheap idea but on a bigger scale
December 8, 200816 yr Ohhhhh how cute are those.. much more purdy than shop bought ones.. Think i need to invest in some beads to make my guys some cute swings.. Mmm Imagine some really pretty jumbo sized ones for my bigger parrots They would certainly brighten the place up They look SO GOOD!!
December 12, 200816 yr Author Liv is here visiting and tomorrow we go to the budgie club Xmas breakup and budgie auction and swapmeet sale. Liv and I are making budgie swings by the truckload. Hope we sell some..............we have found some very pretty new beads to make them from :party0011: Edited December 12, 200816 yr by KAZ
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