Grommets... What size??

[stingley]

What size grommets should be used on anklets for a RT?

[Weasel]

I prefer the 3/8 size

[Rage]

i use 2 grommets on my anklets. a size 1 on bottom (3/8) and a size 00 on top. this takes the twisting out of the anklet and gives you more to work with for bells and transmitters. it also makes your anklet taller giving your bird more protection from bates and quarry.

[stingley]

Thanks guys, Rage if you have any pics of that I would really like to see it.

[colohen]

Rage
Two gormmets may work well for you but it also increases the chances of a talon getting cought on them .
I have been in falconry long enough to have had a talon cought on a single gormmet . How she done that I have no idea but I ended up haveing to cut the anklet off and replaceing it .
I have been in falconry for 12 years , so be for you say any thing, there was nothing wrong with the fit and the anklet was new .
So why increase the risk with two gormmets ?

Stingley
Like Weasel , I prefer the 3/8 .


K]n

[stingley]

Thanks colohen!

[Minca]

colohen said:

Rage
Two gormmets may work well for you but it also increases the chances of a talon getting cought on them .

K]n

I've seen an edu. Baldie get it's halux through the grommet before. It was a single grommet, I believe, but the anklets had stretched to hang as far away from the leg as a removeable anklet with two grommets might be. They had to cut it off to get the talon out, and replaced both anklets. I can just imagine the kind of damage the toe/foot could sustain if the bird were left with it's talon in the grommet for too long.

[titaniumtalons]

I like the smaller 5/16" size, works great if you use nylon jesses.