AstroTurf for all kinds of animals
Animals of all types are drawn to our AstroTurf® products. The manipulatable substrate provides a texture that mimics grass and is easy to grasp.
Products
Our products come in 2 standard offerings
Product Features
- AstroTurf® texture helps protect bird’s feet from pressure-induced lesions.
- Aeration keeps birds cool, dry and comfortable.
- AstroTurf is made of durable, easy to clean material that resists insects, rot and mildew.
- Available in rolls that are easily cut to size.
A bumblefoot solution
Bumblefoot on birds of prey is mostly caused by inappropriate perching or by perching for too long. Adding AstroTurf® Birds of Prey matting to your program will provide an ideal perching solution that is comfortable and healthy for your birds. Plus, it will help reduce bumblefoot.
Foraging for food
Winged creatures are not the only ones who find GrassWorx products beneficial, several primate sanctuaries and zoos have found innovative uses for the grass-like product. The images to the right are an example of how foods can be smeared into and onto AstroTurf to reward the primate for actively engaging with the turf.
Better solutions for animals
Chickens and dogs have flocked to our uniquely designed “grass like” products, but it does not end there. The texture and manipulability of our innovations are also pleasing to animals like large birds of prey and primates.
Wrapped around posts, tubes and boards large birds not only get a better grip with the AstroTurf technology, but they are easy to clean and maintain, making the keeper of these majestic birds happy too.
Primates seek ways to engage their multiple senses, primate keepers put food deep in the “grass blades” of our product for their primates to seek out and work to get their reward.
More ways the appearance and texture of natural grass can be mimicked to provide real solutions for real challenges in all sorts of creatures.
Innovating for the wellbeing of animals
How does a doormat turn into a perch for predatory birds? And then, how do primates know to pick within the grass-like blades of that same design to find the food they demand?
Similar to several other innovation stories from GrassWorx, sometimes someone on the outside saw a solution from an existing product. The beauty of our design is that it has so many applications, and those continue to grow.
Today birds around the globe are drawn to perches clad in our turf and primates are stimulating their minds, and filling their bellies, thanks to the continued innovation and ability to design products that meet gaps in the market.
