A few months back I bought the bottlebrush perch set sized for greys, zons, too, ekkies. Anyway, I gave Mr Buddy a nice diameter perch that had a little skinny twig sticking out the side. I thought he would sit on the big part and chew the skinny. But noooooooooo. He has perched himself on this skinny finger thick twig and wont move! Ive read that greys like thin places to perch. Wayne says bottlebrush assist in the stability so they dont have to grip. Im still worried about his feet though. He has every diameter option in there and picks the twig! Go figure.

hehe sounds cute, but Peanut chooses to perch on leaf twigs also when he has an entire tree.

Sweet Mr. Buddy! Our bird of the year!

Leigh they're trying to drive us nuts, you know! I spend $400 on the beautiful play gym and they sit on the edge of the bowl!

Oh I know!!! Alex does that. Thats what they do when theyre up at dawn, is think of ways to throw me over the edge!!

I've never heard that greys prefer thinner perches- interesting. That silly Buddy!

I read about it in a Bird Talk article last year. Ill have to pull the issue and give you the month.

LOL! I know just what you mean. I swear I can hear the gears turning and see little wisps of smoke coming from Quito's ears as she plots her next maniacal mischief mission! She gets that little twinkle in her eye, and you just know she's up to something. I guess Mr. Buddy must be ok with that tiny branch, you'd think if his feet were bothered, he'd move his perch. Have you tried switching things around? Just wondering if its just the perch, or the spot itself that he's drawn to?

Ill have to take a pic for you to see. The tiny perch is attached to main part, within inches from each other. And he bites me when he's on it! Moody moody boy he is!