PH Prevue Hendryx Corner Shelf Laddered Platform for Bird Cages, 3300

My three parakeets sleep on this perch. They are in love with it.
Turned around and bought the 2nd one.

I bought this for my elderly cockatiel, as he was liking to sort of lay down when he slept. This attached easily to the corner of the cage. I tucked a bit of t-shirt onto it for a mattress and he loved it. Now that he has passed on, even my younger bird likes to go up on it to sleep (minus the t-shirt bedding). I think birds of all ages seem to enjoy the extra security of having a broad base of perches under them while they are sleeping. Being birds, they do chew on it a bit, and it has held up very well for 5 years and is still in great shape. Would definitely buy again.

I really like this product. We had one previous and the bird chewed it up so needed to replace it. It works really well

• PRO’s: Price, Size, Overall Quality, Quick Shipping, General item Versatility as it can be used for a variety of small animals and not just as a bird perch
• CON’s: Dowels poorly secured so need to resecure in place with a wood glue and ensure glue is not where animal can chew it, Only 1 Screw/Bolt Set per Side
• OVERALL: A few small fixes and this is a GREAT buy for the item’s price ($5-6 USD) and SIZE (a Generous 7+ Inches)!

THE ISSUE – WHY?, Purchased:
I purchased this wooden corner perch for my mum’s cockatiel that for some reason has a bad habit of falling off her perch at night. Trust me, it has a million and one perches inside a cage large enough that she can fly from one side to the other (giving me a heart attack when ever shr dors it!), so I wanted a perch of some sort that gave her enough area to safely perch and not fall if she looses her footing or balance. I reviewed every type of perch item on Amazon I could find from metal wire squares, to pieces of wood 4+” wide, to grinder bars that claimed to be 3-4” wide, to woven nests, etc., until finally settling upon this wooden corner perch. I selectef this item, because the size listed was 7” (seven inches), and it was made up of not a single solid block of wood, but multiple perch type wooden dowels, so the bird coukd easily grab the wood with her feet, and yet the wooden dowels were not spaced very far apart, so she could also rest her chest/body upon the wooden perch dowels without there being a risk of her falling through them. In other words, there should be no way she van fall off or between any part of this corner perch if she stand on any part of it other than the very edge. Yipee!

PRODUCT/QUALITY:
I have to say, that although I read tge description and knew the product was listed at 7” wide, I was still pleasantly surprised at its size. Many of the other options had negative reviews complaining about the actual/final product size upon delivery. This item listed at 7” wide and it is a generous 7”+ wide! It could easily hold a guinea pig (imho)

== A FEW SMALL ISSUES:::
1) LOOSE, POORLY SECURED DOWELS:
The wooden dowels that make up the pervh are attached with a little bit of glue. What I found was that the wooden dowels that make up the corner perch, have slanted end tips, that should fit into indentions on each side, and then look like they should be glued in olace; however, the dowels really are not long enough to fit/sit inside the indentions on eqch side, so basically, they are just glued in place, which is fine, except the glue used isn’t very strong, so any amount of pressure (or weight) will cause the dowel to break free from its place. I gound this out, because I was trying to pull the tape & piece of brand adertising paper off from the perch and apparently my pulling on the paper’s tape was enough gor the first wooden dowel to break free from the glue holding it in place, and when I examined the dowel, side slots, and remaing perch dowels, etc., it was clearly visible that they were all glued in place and none really fit properly into the side indention slot/grooves like they were designed to fit (being too short and the tips pointed). This was an easy fix thanks to some wood glue (we used it in the slots to fill the slots and give the wooden dowels something to bond with and also hold them in place. I RECOMMEND that any person purchasing this item take the time to inspect, and then reglue any loosely or poorly attached dowels, and then allow the perch time enough for any glue to dry, prior to installation, to ensure that whatever animal that intent to use this perch, will be sure to have a safe perch on which to sit, and so it does not have a wooden dowel break free simply due to its weight, much less standard wear and tear over time.

2) SCREWS & BOLTS, Oh My!
Within the package, there are (2 Screws, 2 Thumb Turn Bolts, 4 Metal Discs), while the item has 4 Holes (2 holes on each side), and according to the information for assembly, You should put 2 discs on the outside insert the screw and then add the thumb turn bolts to then hold it all in place. While that sounds logical and simple, it seems to me that there should be two more sets of screa, discs and thumb turn bolts, which would obviously make for a more secure perch. As it stands now, you only have one set of screws/bolts per side, leaving a wasted acrew/bolt hole on each side. So, points off for wasting those two existing screw holes on each side, and ab opportunity to make this perch more secure.

IN GENERAL:
Overall, the item is of good quality, with just a few small failures to plan in its engineering; however, they aren’t anything that can’t easily be overcome and corrected. Once you ensure the dowels are properly secured in place, I think this perch is an EXCELLENT addition to a bird or animal cage. (And I plan to add an additional screw & thumb turn bolt on each side, since the drilled holes already exist)

SHIPPING/DELIVERY:
Super Quick Deliver!, Ordered on a Sat/Sun and had it on a Monday and with Free Shipping, Thanks! Only complaint is that there was no documentation what so ever within the package, which was a simple Amaxon cardboard built flap over box, which had no packing material; however, the item was delivered in good condition, and sealed in its original plastic packaging, that contained a small paper with assembly instructions on the reverse side of the item’s brand product sales image.

This corner perch in not suitable for cockatiels, it is constructed from soft wood, maybe pine. My two birds have chewed the side pieces until there is hardly anything left and almost half way through the front dowel and much of the rear one. I caught one of them as he bit into the wood and pulled a long split of the wood, it tore off so easilly, about 1/2″-2″ long. He was enjoying himself so much it took him long seconds to realise I was calling him.
I reckon any bird with a beak meant for shelling seed will chew wood if it’s soft enough like pine. I worry that they will get a splinter in the gut.

I love the look of this shelf. My birds really look good on it, but it’s another thing to shred for my sun conure. The shelf in my ringneck and dusky’s cages are still intact. So I bought another one for my sun’s cage. He loves it and now that he destroyed his, he’s sad. Haha! I’d rather him focus on this shelf, than chew up wood in my house!!