14495. "Wayne's" Bottlebrush Parrot Play Gym, Medium for Amazons, Greys, Etc.

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14495.  Offered here is one of my Medium Bottlebrush Parrot Play Gyms.
For many of you, you will recognize my gyms, what they are, what they offer your Parrot, and how they can and will change your bird's life.
Here's what my gyms offer.
Overall height is about 48".
The trays measure approximately 18" X 23".
I use an aluminum border that makes the trays virtually indestructible.
I use high gloss formica with a Granite pattern.  Being high gloss makes it easy clean, and they look great.
Having the tray in the middle acts like a fenced in yard.
Your bird can't easily climb down.
The Gym Branches are made of Bottlebrush.
Bottlebrush has soft, luscious bark that's never slippery or too hard.
I personally harvest and clean every stick of Bottlebrush I use.
It isn't commercially available and is getting harder and harder to find.  However, Bottlebrush is the secret sauce that allows my gyms to do what they were designed to do.
The Branch assembly itself has a ton of usable perches, basically like a 2-story house with a spiral staircase.
You'll love watching your bird climbing, hanging and basically being the parrot, you wanted when you bought him or her.
In the wild, there aren't ANY chew toys hanging in the trees.
Chew toys were invented for parrots because most wood used for parrots is TOO HARD to chew on.
The Bottlebrush Branch Assembly is basically one big chew toy.
Chewing is important, but Gnawing is critical for your bird.
Gnawing is how your bird keeps their beaks properly shaped and conditioned.
Most wood used for gyms, Manzanita, Dragon Wood, buttonwood, etc., is used BECAUSE it hard, but that means your bird CAN"T chew or gnaw it....
So, if your parrot LOVES his Bottlebrush Gym, and it becomes a Favorite place, they will stay there because they want to.
My gyms include 2 cups.
Each one also has a Spinner.
It's a slice of Bottlebrush that spins, is perfect for chewing and gnawing, and will fascinate your bird.
Shipping.
I remove the top tray and shrink wrap that tray with the base.  That fits perfectly in the box, and the pedestal is placed next to the gym.  Upon receipt, remove the shrink wrap, attach the pedestal to the base using a 9/16" wrench, then place the top tray on the pedestal and attach with the large washer and Locknut.  Takes less then 5 minutes and then the fun starts.
For those of you who aren't familiar with my gyms,
please take a few minutes to read about what I offer.  You and your parrot will be happy you did.
When I was 15 years old, I became obsessed with parrots.
In the 1980s, I ended up with 18 rescues.  Most were given to me and suffered a wide variety of Behavorial and emotional issues.   I soon realized these birds had become cage aggresive birds.
In the wild, your parrot would sleep in their roost.
It might be a different spot every night, or maybe the same spot, but one thing is sure, they wouldn't spend the day there, to do so would be life threatening.  So, they wake in the morning, unite the flock, and go to work doing parrot stuff all day.  At sundown, they would return to the vicinity of the roost and at sundown, go to roost.
Want to try an experiment?
Tonight, before sunrise, look for birds hanging out on powerlines, etc.  They'll be happily interacting with each other, then, they'll suddenly fly around crazily, and disappear in their roosts.
There is however, one time that birds spend the day where they roost, and that's when nesting.
And for birds, they realize how dangerous this is and will defend their nests.
So, when a bird spends most of their time in or on their cage, they begin to think of their cage as a nest.
And being a nest, become more and more defensive of it.
Here's a perfect example.
In the 1980s, I walked into a pet store and there, in the bottom cage was a Yellow Nape'd Amazon.  In a minute or two, I realized this was a nice bird, and enquired from the store owner.  It was a customer's bird, who didn't want it anymore.  I was told the bird was really mean and nasty, and if I wanted him, I could have him for 0.00, cage included.  I bought him, and the next morning, opened his cage and placed a wooden chair next to the door.  He came out, climbed on the chair, and I then moved the chair across the room.  In a matter of hours, I literally walked over to him and picked him up.  It was that fast.  He wasn't near his nest, didn't need to defend his nest, and became one of my favorite companion parrots.  I took him everywhere.
This was done with all of my Rescued birds.
I used to buy wooden chairs whenever I saw them, and if you walked into my house, you would see cages against one wall, and my birds hanging out on wooden chairs.
Understanding that Cage Aggression was the most common issue my parrots suffered from, I began buying Play Gyms.
I soon realized however, that these gyms had the same flaw my chairs had, if the bird could climb down, they would.
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew wiped out South Florida and I found myself in the position to begin to develop what I needed in a Parrot Play Gym.
The gym offered here is the result of my 30+ year obsession.  I'm proud to say that these gyms do exactly what I designed them to do.
The Gym becomes the tree your bird hangs out in during the day.
The Cage can now be where they roost.  I realize many of you will scoff at this idea, but as I always say, we don't know what we don't know.
So, you decide to try one of my gyms, now what?
How you proceed when you get your new Waynes' Bottlebrush gym depends on your bird.
African Greys can be very Leary of new things, especially if they're cage aggressive.
So, take it slow.
Same with some Cockatoos.
However, consider this, Bottlebrush was originally imported to South Florida from Australia.  Somewhere in your Cockatoos ancestral past, they likely loved Bottlebrush.
Most other parrots, Macaws, Amazons, Eclectus, etc. will quickly accept their new gym and readily explore it.
Place their new Gym next to the cage with the door open and allow your bird to explore at their own pace.
As you see them spending more and more time on their gym, and you realize how much they love and enjoy it, slowly move it away from the cage, maybe in front of a window or sliding door.
Leave their cage door open so if for some reason, they fly or flutter down, they can return to their cage.
Now, here's the critical Play Gym training step.
If you find them on the floor, they get spooked perhaps, pick them up, put them back on their gym and tell them to "stay there".   Walk away.
After 5 minutes or so, return to the gym with praise and affection.
Perhaps a treat etc.  A little bit of bird psychology here.  If they like their gym, the branches aren't slippery, and it becomes their FAVORITE PLACE, they will stay there because they like it there.
Over time, as they spend more and more time on their gym,
you'll develop confidence that they LOVE their gym and allow them to spend more and more time there.
There's a reason I've built almost 15,000 of my Bottlebrush Gyms.
They've been my life's work because I love parrots and want to help them have better, more natural lives.
As I said earlier, you don't know what you don't know.
Many of have a vision of an exotic tree in your living room that your exotic bird hangs out in.  You'll spend hundreds, even thousands to buy such a tree.  However, in short order, you'll realize your vision and your bird's reality are completely different.
If you buy a gym that's made using a rock-hard wood, Manzanita, Dragon Wood, etc. with a tray on the floor, the way most gyms are done, first, your bird will climb down and destroy the border, making the tray basically useless.
Now, your bird can walk all over your house getting into trouble, or be sentenced to jail, sorry, cage time most of the time.  We're back to the whole cage aggression syndrome I spoke about.
Take a look at picture # 9.  I sign, number, and date every gym I build.
This one is dated 14494 and dated 11/7/22.  That's right, I've built 14,494 of these gyms over the last 30 years.  Do a G search for Wayne and Bottlebrush gyms and you'll find hundreds of articles about me and my stuff.  On U tube, you'll see videos I did years ago about my gyms.
I build every one of these myself.
They aren't cheap, but as I always say, "Good things aren't cheap, and cheap things are rarely good.
Thanks for taking the time to read about my gyms.
I hope to decide to try one.  They can and will literally change your bird's life, and yours as well.