Hanging toys from bird room ceiling

[Azalea]

What is a safe hardware/fixture for hanging items from the bird room ceiling? And on the walls. We want to start hanging some rope perches and add a few branches to walls.

[Loz]

Just my tuppence-worth: Make sure you use a suitable wall-plug for the material the ceiling is made from (presumably plasterboard) and that the plug is not capable of being pulled out by the weight of the toy and the birbs. Also make sure you regularly inspect the fitting to ensure there's been no slippage.

Same applies for wall fixtures.

It is so much fun to watch the birbs take advantage of your handiwork

Edit: I would make sure that the birbs cannot easily reach the ceiling with their beaks by extending the length between the perchable surfaces and the point the feature attaches to the ceiling. Coco taught me that!

[Hezz]

Better still is to find the bearers and wall studs so you are drilling into timber on the other side of the plasterboard. Local hardware should be able to help you with what’s best to use once they know what materials you would be working with.

If your ceilings are high, make sure anything hanging from them is at a height for easy safe bird retrieval. You don’t want to be finding a chair etc if there is an issue of any kind.

[Loz]

Using the timber behind the plasterboard is highly recommended if the toy is particularly heavy or in the case of larger parrots using it.