By: Penn-Plax
Penn Plax Calcium Bird Perch is the best bird perch on the market! Our 8 inch perch is made from natural ingredients and features a tapered design that reduces stress on your bird's leg and foot muscles. Not only is it comfortable for your bird, but the calcium perch naturally trims their nails and beak. Get the highest quality bird perch for the best value with Penn Plax!
susanmccsusanmcc: I'm replacing a perch that trims nails. I'm thinking that one was concrete. This one says it's calcium. The other was blue and its blue coloring didn't come off. This one is pink, and I guess it's food coloring because it comes off fairly easily. My fingers are pink. And so ... what does that mean for a white cockatoo? Maybe it will be okay, but I'd rather it didn't have coloring that comes off so easily.
United States on Jul 20, 2023
Kena troupe: The smallest size is very big and extremely heavy ! It definitely bends the bars in my cage but my cockatiel likes it
United States on Apr 11, 2023
Dawn HafermannDawn Hafermann: I’ve had it in my birds cage for a few weeks. She hasn’t shown interest in it yet. It is strong! I wish the washer was larger so it would fit better on my cage!!
United States on Mar 07, 2023
LutetiaLutetia: The fact that there’s a budgie on the packaging makes this hysterical. I think a budgie has as much body width as this perch has.
Well, breeding season is here. My lil fluffers prefer calcium perches over cuttlebone. I’m sure they’ll eventually chew this up. I’m so glad I didn’t get a colored perch though. I was all set to wash the dye off if I did though.
United States on Jan 25, 2023
SueSue: These perches are huge! And very heavy. No doubt a great perch for large parrots. I’m sure my cockatiels will enjoy them more as a shelf them a perch. And that’s fine. But they have their many down falls as well!
Down fall is the crazy amount of pink powder and residue that comes off them. I should have read the reviews.... I’d never have bought them.
Just rinsing will NOT HELP!
I spent over an hour scrubbing with a harsh brush to get as much paint off as I could. Now I have a second perch to clean! Yeah me!
SEE LIGHTER COLOURED PERCHED. Scrubbed clean.
SEE JUST OUT OF THE PACKAGE PERCH.... powder falls off as soon as you open it. And continues to cover anything it touches!
ALSO .... the perches are definitely too large and heavy for the washer they sent!
This perch droops under its own wait!
I added a larger washer to my 1 st perch and will get much bigger washers to keep it from falling off snd killing my birds!
I would have returned them but thought a quick rinse would fix the issue! Too late ! So I’ll do the work and fix the issues myself.... but I won’t buy more .
Canada on Apr 29, 2021
VanessaVanessa: First of all I was impressed by how huge this thing is. The washers could be a little bigger though to make it sturdier.
At first my birds were very afraid of it. But apparently not anymore as they have clearly been using it. I came home to find pink stains EVERYWHERE in the cage (on perches, toys, happy hut), and all over my birds.
Their feet, beaks, and bellies have a pink hue to them now and one of them has pink streaks on her head lol.
So just be aware that the colour does get everywhere..other than that it's a good product and my birds seem to enjoy it.
Canada on Jan 22, 2021
Brigitte: Bough this for maintenance of my cockatiel beak and nails plus calcium is good for their health. He liked it straight away. I put a toy next to it to encourage using it. It has an oval shape, so you can decide on smaller or bigger perching area. I use the wider side, almost like a platform for my tiel. It's pretty heavy tough, sturdy but less stable unless you have thick bars on your cage. You can also use it as a vertical nibbling/climbing bar, I'll switch it every 2 weeks to keep it interesting for my cockatiel.
The only problem is the coloring, it stains the bird feather, hence why I did not give 5 stars. Would have prefered it colorless.
Canada on Jan 12, 2021
Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer: I decided to buy a variety of these for my cockatiel. The mini and small are perfect, the 12 inch gives him a place where he can rest his feet (it's oblong in shape so depending on the way I hang it, it's either a wide flat surface or another perch). At the widest, his feet get to rest, but his toes and nails do curl over the edge so I think it works out well.
**** Update **** the colour washes off, not a fan of the dye. Also, the xlarge is too big for a cockatiel - he uses it a lot but whether I have the perch on its slender side or on its widest side, poop gets all over it. Small is perfect though.
Canada on Nov 07, 2020
Stoney: > MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH “CEMENT” PERCHES – Both of my birds (an Amazon and a Senegal) refused to perch on other brands of “cement” perches that I’ve bought in the past, which were composed of hard granules. But, they would file their beaks on the perches.
> SURPRISE – Both of my birds voluntarily perch on their Penn Plax Calcium Perches. Feeling the surface, I understand why – it is smooth and “soft” – and obviously comfortable to bare birdy feet. Maybe even pleasantly cool on hot summer days.
> In addition to being smooth, grooves in the surface provide secure grips, even for relatively small birds (such as my Senegal).
> The large size is 12" long (plus about 1" for the stud). It is oval in cross section, about 1½" by 2". Hypothetically, that is way too large for either of my birds. (Note that perches the optimal diameters for my birds would be too short for them to turn around). But both birds like the big perches, and they do have wooden perches in various smaller sizes they can choose, if they get tired of the large perches.
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> I can’t imagine an uglier bird perch (the 12" is violet)–but at the price I...
United States on Jul 13, 2017
| Penn Plax Calcium-Enriched Bird Perch for Healthy Feet and Beaks | Niteangel Wooden Platform Perch for Parrots - Perfect Cage Accessory for Your Feathered Friend | Provide Your Pet Bird with a Comfortable and Safe Perch with Bottlebrush Wood Bird Cage | |
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| Total Reviews | 137 reviews | 531 reviews | 253 reviews |
| Item model number | BA096 | f-1792 | |
| Target Species | Cockatiels, Cockatoos, African Greys, Conures | Parrot | |
| Material | Metal | Wood | |
| Brand | Penn-Plax | Niteangel | |
| Color | Off-White | ||
| Product Care Instructions | Hand Wash Only | Hand Wash Only | |
| ASIN | B0002DJ150 | B01C5E0HCY | |
| Product Dimensions | 8 x 1 x 1 inches; 9.14 Ounces | 6.61 x 2.72 x 0.91 inches; 4.8 Ounces | |
| Manufacturer | Penn Plax, INC. | No | |
| Date First Available | August 19, 2004 | February 23, 2016 |
Australia on Aug 01, 2023