Kaedyn Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Life with a fully flighted 16 week old grey and vaulted ceilings can make for some challenging situations. Can you spot what doesn't belong on the chandelier in the first attached photo? Notice that smug, "You can't get me", look on his face"? That's why I created the High Altitude Avian Extractor, which you can see in subsequent photos. It sure beats keeping a ladder in the living room! Anyone have something similar they use?
birdhouse Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 I live in an old summer cottage & have 6-1/2 ft ceilings. There's no escape here But I just had to applaud you for the elegant way you've outsmarted your little problem child. Very clever!
chelseaB Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Great idea!! You showed that little smarty pants!!
katana600 Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 That is just priceless. Here I have been wishing and wishing for Gilbert's feathers to regrow so he can fly some day. This post made me look up to see just how high he can go to get on upper window sills and the ceiling fan. Java used to go up there and I would just shoo her off with a broomstick. How much better to actually ask them to step up and come down on their own? LOL. I love your solution.
danmcq Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 LOL! Ditto Rays comment. Thanks for sharing the photos and idea for others.
chezron Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Ha Ha - Now that's funny (and clever!). We also have high ceilings and it is funny how strategic Brutus gets before bedtime. He is always within stroking distance during the day, but as the sun goes down he flies up high. Of course, I have to take out a ladder to get him down. He just HATES going to bed!
Eshana Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 How much would you charge for this?! I'm five foot and getting birds down from high places involves me having to be lifted by someone else...haha
Kaedyn Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 Eshana: It's actually really easy to make your own. It's just a few peices of PVC pipe from the hardware store, a 90 degree PVC elbow, two PVC end caps, and a roll of vet wrap for grip. The perch pipe is cut at about 9.5 inches and the long pipe is about 3 feet. Then each piece is just pressed together like Legos. After that, you wrap the perch pipe with a few loops of vet wrap and you're done. The hardest part is cutting the PVC to length. You can probably get your local hardware store to do that for you and save the cost of the cutters.
Cupid Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Smart contraption to have in case of an emergency, and since its PVC, you can plug in a much longer stick just in case the flighted fid gets into a tree... Food for thought.
aslterp59 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Great solution! Thanks for sharing the great photos and the instructions for making one!
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