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That's a pretty cool find. I'm trying to imagine myself in a pet store. Me: Excuse me ma'am do you have a heated parrot perch Store Clerk: Sure, what kind of parrot do you have? Me: I have an uhh? I have an Ozawa parrot Ma'am. Store Clerk: Wow, that sounds like an interesting breed I have never heard of that. Me: Yes, it's a rare breed only found in Japan.
Quote from: Captainawesome on November 07, 2012, 08:47:26 PM That's a pretty cool find. I'm trying to imagine myself in a pet store. Me: Excuse me ma'am do you have a heated parrot perch Store Clerk: Sure, what kind of parrot do you have? Me: I have an uhh? I have an Ozawa parrot Ma'am. Store Clerk: Wow, that sounds like an interesting breed I have never heard of that. Me: Yes, it's a rare breed only found in Japan.I'm pretty sure that won't work for me, I live in Hawaii I can just imagine the look on the sales clerk's face when I have to explain that I keep my parrot in the refrigerator!SB
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I like this idea in theory but have a few questions.How long does the perch take to heat up and what kind of time are we talking about to heat up the toy to a realistic level?Would you have to lube up the perch a bit to get the toy to slide on? I'm thinking yes although some spit would probably be enough.
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I had to LOL at the pet store search for the rare Ozawa Parrot! Thanks for that!Demondabbler: Thanks for finding this! Very creative. I had been thinking of buying a heating pad, but this product warms the inside. Perfect. I do have some concerns about whether the end of the device also heats up - it is over 10" long! Still, I believe this is the best solution yet to the body warmth simulation problem.
Thanks for the info. I think I may get one of these even though I'm not fussy about warming up my sleeves. For the price and ease of use though this seems like it's worth it.
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Got one (the small, from Amazon.com, gotta love Prime shipping...). It works, but it's not perfect. Let me dwell on the negatives and provide some suggestions.If you walk away and leave it, it gets too hot. My Meiki ZXY had seen better days, and had multiple tears around the orifice, but she was still usable, and still lots of fun. I stuck her on the new Thermo-Perch, as it slowly heated up. A couple of minutes in, I had to leave to deal with something urgent -- I didn't unplug the Thermo-Perch because I thought I'd be back momentarily, but stuff got complicated and I forgot about my Meiki on the Thermo-Perch until I was able to return about 2 hours later.Removing the Thermo-Perch, I stick my finger into the Meiki and my initial impression is that it's too hot, that I certainly don't want to be sticking my sensitive organ in there. Additionally it appeared to have gotten hot enough to mold the inside of the Meiki to the shape of the Thermo-Perch. As the Meiki cooled off, I did use it, and my impression was confirmed, as the interior texture of the Meiki appeared to have been flattened, and was much smoother than it had been previously. Let's just say it was less stimulating than it had been in the past. Suddenly my ZXY is no longer the ZXY I had grown to love. So I'm going to need to buy a new one.Moral of the story:Don't leave your Meiki on the Thermo-perch unattended for any significant period of time.Since this was my first use of the TP, I don't know what the optimal warming time is, but if we know what an appropriate warming time is, then I would recommend setting an alarm on your phone, so that you'll know when to remove the TP from your Meiki before it gets too hot and harm is done.The right way to do this would be to rig a thermocouple sensor with a thermostat switch, that would turn the Thermo-Perch off and on appropriately, keeping the Meiki within a certain temperature range, say, between 97 and 100 degrees F. I'm sure one of you geeks out there can show the rest of us how to do this.