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Hi LNCAG, Thank you for your input: a ground perch! Who knows, we may have to go to this in the future. I have been thinking about how to fashion something that allows her foot to slope forward. She might not have a choice in the future. I do have to write that she appears more comfortable on the pain med now. Maybe, if we are lucky, and the sudden drop in her ability to perch and walk was a result of a bad fall [that we didn't see] we can more or less go on as we have been. Now, Corey doesn't seem so uncomfortable with the daily activities of life. Thanks for posting!

Instead of 'on top of' where it could roll: I'm thinking, what if this rope perch could be suspended just 2-4 inches or so above cage bottom? Still not the height a parrot wants, but a fall would simply be more of a 'step off' thingie. Best of both worlds: low but a real perch. My rolled up towel did sit on carrier bottom, but yours could be safely suspended at a very low height. I know, I'm thinking and worrying over this too much. But poor little Corey.

Mine always slept on one foot so perhaps your grey is getting a good night's sleep (and stays balanced) at least at night on a higher perch. In mine's travel carrier (kitty carrier) I would roll up a small towel for a ground perch -- I taped the two sides of that towel perch on its ends (not the middle where parrot 'perches') to the bottom sides of the carrier with duct tape, making absolutely sure there was no tape lifting where a parrot foot might get caught. This won't solve the issue of her wanting to perch up higher, but at least, on the bottom of her cage, she would have something for her feet to 'grab' onto. Maybe something like this taped to a large flat square of cardboard that could be removed/exchanged for cleaning, towel-perch re-taping, etc.. Just my way of making a ground perch -- I never even thought of using a rope perch. But I did tape mine so was stationary -- if my make-shift towel perch had any movement at all, I think my grey would have been nervous. Yannoe parrots, one scare and they'd avoid it forever. All my parrots had this rolled up towel ground perch in their travel carriers when we moved 300 miles. Good for vet visits too. Dunno know it would work for you or not. Sorry.

Please keep us posted. She looks like such a sweetheart. Her eyes dance!