JennS Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 We are about to replace furniture in the room where our birds spend time with us. Not because of them, but it is old and falling apart. With three birds in our house, and two that have enjoyed trying to chew the leather off the current furniture, I was hoping for a little discuss on fixes or types of furniture that have worked well for some of you. I have even considered metal garden furniture with replaceable cushions. 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoow Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I've never really bought special furniture to account for Alfie. He lives in the living room/dining room so I have sofas, TV, dining table, chairs etc. I throw an old blanket over the sofa when he's out because there are two shelves above it that he hangs out of and drops things off. So the blanket protects the sofa from any shredding cardboard/toys or a stray poop. He likes to try and chew on the cat tree because it has some wicker baskets on it (bad choice, in hindsight) so I pop a few cushions over the bits he's most likely to land on to try and deter him. When he decies to hang upsides off the side of a cushion to chew the cat tree, I ask him to step up on a perch and remove him (presenting my arm at that stage is likely to earn me a chomp... and he is more reliable with stepping up on a perch than me (even though I'm attached to the perch... go figure...!) He has started top land on the TV lately, which I don't encourage, so I get him to step up straight away and remove him somewhere safer. The TV will eventually be wall mounted anyway as I'm planning to redecorate and reorganise the space sometime soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennS Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Thanks! I didn't think about it as special furniture, I guess. We don't know what we want yet, but thought getting opinions from people with birds might be helpful. I am always sitting on a blanket now that Vannah is with us. She chews on anything in reach and is by far the worst about it out of the 2. She's put holes in blankets and sweatshirts and loves to try and get to the rivets in my jeans! I guess I figured those of you with more experience with large birds might know something I'm not thinking of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 We do a large heavy throw on the leather chairs too. GreycieMae is constantly chewing on it but it is what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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