Type of wood for avairy

Hey everyone.. well I am about to start designing my homemade birdcage for my 4 budgies...
I was planning on making the frame from wood that I will buy from home depotl.. and use the safe metal grate type of mesh for the sides.. and have a floureseent light on the top with a sky type of lens on the top of the cage to dim the light a bit...
I know that I am not suppost to use any sort of treated wood.. but do you guys have any suggestions on what type of wood to use? I imagine that they will be chewing the little bit which will be exposed to them.. so I dont want them getting any harmful slivers or bad type of wood.. any suggestions woudl be appriciated.. as well as if anyone has made any themselves id love to see some pics and or some specs thanks a lot!
Its gonna be probably 2 feet wide, 5 feet long and 4 feet tall or so.. what do you gyus think??

 

Hi aslong as the wood is unreated then its safe i have posted a link with a picture of a home made indoor aviary which you can be made to any size.

The picture is at the bottom of the page.

Mike

http://www.birdshelpline.bravehost.com/Cages.html

 

Link to safe bird wood

Here is a link to a website has has a list of safe woods for birds.

http://www.birdtoyoutlet.com/bird-safet ... -birds.htm

 

I have taken this list of safe plants and woods and toxic plants and woods from http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/featur ... plants.mgi
It is the same for all breeds of bird.

SAFE WOODS

Apple
Ash
Beech
Citrus (any)
Dogwood
Elm
Eucalyptus
Guava
Kiln dried Pine
Madrona
Magnolia
Manzanita
Maple
Nut (except chestnut & oak) Oak (clean and disinfect thoroughly)
Papaya
Pear
Pine
Poplar
Prune
Ribbonwood
Sassafras
Thurlow
Vine Maple
Willows:
Goat
Pussy
Weeping



SAFE PLANTS

Acacia
African Violets
Aloe
Areca / Butterfly Cane
Asparagus Fern
Australian Umbrella Tree
Baby's Tears
Bamboo
Bird Nest Fern
Begonia
Bottle Palm
Boston Fern
Bougainvillea
Bromeliads
Chickweed
Christmas Cactus
Cissus / Kangaroo Vines
Coffee Tree
Coleus
Corn Plant
Crabapple
Creeping Charlie
Dandelion
Dogwood
Donkey Tail / Burro's Tail
Dracaena Varieties
Dragon Tree
Easter Cactus
Gold Dust Dracaena
Elephant Foot Tree

Ferns:
Asparagus (Not A True Fern)
Bird Nest Fern
Boston Fern
Brake
Ribbon
Dish
Button
Motherfern
Maidenhair
Sword
Squirrel's Foot
Deer's Foot
Fiji
Polypody
Ball
Staghorn
Elk's Horn

Gardenia
Gold Dust
Grape Ivy
Hen and Chickens
Hibiscus
Honeysuckle
Impatiens
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe Magnolia
Mango (friut)
Marigold
Monkey Plant
Mother-In-Laws Tongue
Nasturtium
Natal Plum
Nerve Plant
Norfolk Island Pine
Orchids

Palms:
Areca Bamboo
Bottle
Fern Date
European Fan
Fan
Fishtail
Howeia
Kentia
Lady
Parlour
Phoenix / Date Palm
Pony Tail Palm (Not A True Palm)
Pygmy Date
Rhapis
Roebelin
Sago (Not a true palm)
Sentry Palm

Pansies (Purple, white & yellow bi-color blooms are safe)
Passion Flower Vine
Peperomia
Petunia
Pittosporum
Pony Tail Palm (Not A Palm)
Prayer Plant
Purple Passion / Purple Nettle
Pyracantha (Ripe Berries Only)
Red-Margined Dracaena
Rose
Rubber Plant
Sago Palm (Not a True Palm)
Schefflera (Umbrella)
Sensitive Plant
Snake Plant
Spider Plant / Airplane Plant
Sweedish Ivy
Thanksgiving Cactus
Thistle
Toyon Tree / California
Wandering Jew
Wax Plant
White Clover
Velvet Plant / Purple Passion
Yucca
Zebra Plant
Zinnia



DANGEROUS POSIONOUS PLANTS

Alacia
Amaryllis
American Yew
Apricot
Aralia
Arrowhead Vine
Arum Lily
Autumn Crocus / Meadow Saffron
Australian Flametree
Avocado
Azalea
Balsam Pear
Baneberry

Beans:
Castor
Horse
Fava
Broad
Glory
Scarlet Runner
Mescal
Navy
Pregatory

Birch
Bird of Paradise
Bishop's Weed
Bittersweet Nightshade
Black Laurel
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart / Dutchman's Breeches
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Bluegreen Algae
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Broomcorn Grass
Buckthorn

Bulb Flowers:
Amaryllis Daffodil
Narcissus
Hyacinth
Iris

Burdock
Buttercup
Cacao
Camel Bush
Castor Bean
Caladium
Calla Lily
Cana Lily
Candelabra Tree
Cardinal Flower
Chalice Vine / Trumpet Vine
Cherry Tree
China Berry Tree
Christmas Candle
Clematis / Virginia Bower
Clivia
Cocklebur
Coffee (Senna)
Coffee Bean / Rattlebush / Rattlebox & Coffeeweed
Coral Plant
Coriander
Corncockle
Coyotillo
Cowslip / Marsh Marigold
Crape Myrtle
Crown of Thorns
Croton
Cutleaf Philodendron
Daffodil
Daphne
Datura Stramoniun / Angel's Trumpet
Deadly Amanita
Death Camus
Delphinium
Devil's Ivy
Dieffenbachia / Dumb Cane
Eggplant (Only friut is safe)
Elderberry
Elephant Ear / Taro
English Ivy
Ergot
Eucalyptus
Euonymus / Spindle Tree
Euphorbia Cactus
False Hellebore
Flame Tree
Felt Plant / Maternity / Air & Panda Plants

Figs: (if much is eaten these plants can make a bird ill)
Creeping
Edible
Fiddleleaf Fig
Laurel Leaf
Rubber Plant
Weeping

Firethorn / Pyracantha
Flamingo Flower
Fly Agaric Mushroom / Deadly Amanita
Four O'Clock
Foxglove
Glory Bean
Glottidium
Golden Chain / Laburnum

Grasses:
Johnson
Sorghum
Sudan
Broom Corn

Ground Cherry

Heaths:
Kalmia
Leucotho
Peires
Rhododenron
Mountain Laurel
Black Laurel
Andromeda
Azalea

Heliotrope
Hemlock (Poison in plant & water)
Henbane
Holly
Honey Locust Horse Chestnut / Buckeye
Horsetail
Hoya
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Indian Licorice Bean
Indian Turnip
Iris / Blue Flag
Ivy (English & Others)
Jack-in-th-pulpit
Japanese Yew
Jasmine / Jessamine
Java Bean
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimsonweed / Thornapple
Johnson Grass
Juniper
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lantana / Red Sage
Larkspur
Lily of the Valley (Poison in plant & Water)
Lily, Arum
Lima Bean
Lobelia
Locoweed / Milk Vetch
Locusts: Black & Honey
Lords & ladies / Cuckoopint
Lupine / Bluebonnet
Malanga
Mandrake
Mango Tree
Marijuana / Hemp
Mayapple / Mandrake
Mescal Beans
Mexican Breadfruit
Medican Poppy
Milkweed / Cotton Bush
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Monkshood / Aconite
Moonseed
Morning Glory
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms, Amanita
Myrtle
Narcissus
Nectarine
Nettles

Nightshades:
Deadly
Black
Garden
Woody
Bittersweet
Eggplant
Jerusalem Cherry

Nutmeg
Oak
Oleander
Oxalis
Parsley
Peace Lily
peach
Pencil Tree
Periwinkle

Philodendrons:
Split Leaf
Swiss Cheese
Heart-leaf

Pigweed
Pikeweed
Pine needles & berries
Plum
Poinciana
Poinsettia
Poison Ivy
Poison Hemlock

Poison Oak:
Western
Eastern

Pokeweed / Inkberry
Potato Roots & Eyes
Pothos
Privet
Prune
Pyracantha
Rain Tree
Ranunculus / Buttercup
Rape
Rattlebox / Crotalaria
Red Maple
Red Sage / Lantana
Rhubarb (The Leaves)
Rhododendrons
Rosary Pea Seed / Indian Licorice
Sandbox Tree
Scarlet Runner Beans
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrop
Snow on the Mountian / Ghostweed
Snowflake
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Sudan Grass

Spurges:
Pencil Tree
Snow-on-mountain
Candelabra
Crown of Thorns

Star of Bethlehem
Sweet Pea
Swill Cheese Plant / Monstera
Tansy Ragwort
Tobacoo
Umbrella Plant/Tree
Vetch: Hairy & Common
Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock
Wattle
Weeping Fig
Western Yew
White Cedar / China Berry
Wisteria
Yam Bean
Yews
Yellow Jasmine

Hope this helps

Mike