her 1st boing

[Tigerlily]

YEAHHHHH at last, Tigerlily has her 1st boing:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

 

 

but of course she's terrified of it lol:whistle: :pinch: :laugh:

 

i knew i HAD to sort something out when you guys replied to my thread about biting picture frames, boings and mirrors was the advice i was given.

 

i had problems cause i have a thin artex ceiling.

i had made several trips to B&Q (diy/hardware store) and i always got a negative answer in how to hang a boing, everyone said any hook would pull the artex down.

 

but.... on closer examination the previous tenants had strip lights that needed screws in the ceiling, a few screw plugs were still in place but there was also a hole where one used to be. it looked like i had very thick plaster board above the artex (prob two layers)

 

so, in one of the excisting plugs i held my breath and tried putting a screw up one of them and gave it a bit of a tug to see if it would withstand the weight, and i tugged and tugged and it was going nowhere:P

 

so i returned to B&Q and brought some "medium weight use, metal self-drive plugs" and some screw hooks.

 

came home, held my breath again and screwed one in place, the artex came away a bit but once it was in place and the hook up, i tugged and it seemed solid.

 

so....

 

SUCCESS AT LAST!!!!!!!

 

here's a pic, i know it's a bit small but i was worried about the weight, i now plan on investing in a larger one. and she also loves hanging from the small orange thing at the bottom of the pic so i thought small wouldn't be too problematic for her.

 

sorry about the long entry but i just had to share my excitement, even if tigerlilies not impressed at the moment :laugh: :woohoo: :laugh:

[Eckobird]

Congrats! Tigerlily is going to have so much fun on it.. once she gets used to it lol. Don't worry it just takes time.

[Tigerlily]

yeah i know, but i was hoping she'd take to it really quickly.

i'm very lucky in the sence that if i put tigerlily on my shoulder and hold the new toy with my mouth tigerlily trys to take it STRAIGHT away and we have a little tug of war to make her want it more, however not the case with the boing lol. also not the case with perches, she hates them and takes about a week to get used to them but even that is quick so i hear lol

[Tycos_mom]

She's going to have so much fun tell her its just a toy and not to be such a scardy bird I tell Tyco all the time to be brave its not going to hurt her and she takes to things really quick usually within a day she's checking it out

[Luvparrots]

Your grey with a little patience with learn to love her new toy. Thanks for sharing it!

[danmcq]

Tigerlily is going to have BIG FUN with that Atom once she gets used to it. :-)

 

Thanks for posting this.

[she]

She will love her now boing in time.Well done you at B&Q, I have no idea what to get in diy stores,let alone how to use them.