Bird perch snack feeder

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I created this as my little conure isn't 3 months old yet and loves being hand fed nuts which he then powders and drops all over the place, which helps him wean off relying on me and also makes cleanup easier. The base is made from wood (don't mind the terrible mitres, I rushed it and ran out of half round) with a small removable piece of plastic (corflute) as a cover for easy cleaning. Printed in PLA+, which should be safe enough, all I can find says it can release some lactic acid (700 times less than breast milk) when tested with solvents like ethanol. To ensure waterproofing, I coated the insides of the bowls with beeswax anyway. The little bowls are removable; I made them 30mm outer and 30.2mm for the holder ring, they snap in and out with little effort. Clamp and holder attach with 3mm allen head bolts, I used 20mm long ones, which gives a firm grip so the bird can stand on it without it tipping. I'll also make some adapters to add things like a spike for apple slices, that's what the hole in the clamp piece was intended for... so I'll add more bits as I come up with ideas. The twig I used for the perch is 15mm diameter; the clamp should work down to 12mm, anything above 15mm and you'll need to cut a groove for the clamp bolts to go through. I added a spike for fruit... Edits: turns out it wasn't holding the fruit very well so I did a new design for a fruit holder that takes up to 3 toothpicks; I'll probably trim them down so as not to hurt my parrot. Toothpick holes are 2mm and the hole in the middle is to help remove broken toothpicks (quickly learned that was needed from a previous unpublished version). I also did a slightly deeper bowl for water, it doesn't need to hold much but the first version spilled too easily.