Some home made bird toy ideas??

[Natenla]

I though perhaps we could tell each other of some good bird toy inventions made at home. As we all know parrots get bored easily!!!! And some of the toys out there are expensive!!


I have come up with an idea of filling a paper towel roll with goodies, birds fav of course! Could be peanuts, sultanas, seeds, cereal(mine LOVES nutri grain) ect, and tape some paper on the ends so the food stays in. They have a ball trying to get into it!!! and are rewarded for their efforts!!!17777777777777777 hehehs orry that would Kieko jumping on the keyboard!! Cheeky!!

[Peter]

ha ha ha ha

great idea!

[LittleBudgie2005]

My birds love playing with the cob of the corn when they have finished eating it...

[spideysmum]

I went and brought some lovebirds from someone...and omg his avairy was also...he uses golf balls and bits and pieces to make all different shaped hanging things...uses the sides off play pens as perches and also had 5 golf clubs strung up as perches..coconuts as nest...clay pots for nest..
it was untidy looking like a recycled rubbish tip but at same time was so different it was great...

[bubbles]

that sounds awesome, i make all my own toys... have to when you have a psycho destructive tiel, no use opaying for a toy that will only last an hour

[Natenla]

Give us some ideas Bubbles?!
I string up bits of gum bark. leaves, Bits of twigs/sticks, nuts and flowers anything destuctable and not poisonous! and he goes nuts over them!!
Also Fruit kebabs are great!! Just get a skewer with the sharp end removed! and thread on some of their fav fruits, grapes, apple pear watermelon, ect, good healthy treat to!

[bubbles]

i dye beads and paddlepop sticks with food dye and thread them onto pipping cord and fray one end and tie on a bell and the birds absolutely love it they pull off the paddlepop sticks and ring the bell. ill post some pics when i find my camera

[Sparkles]

I went to WA salvage and bought a couple meters of the white plastic chain link stuff and hung it from one end of the cage to the other and hung things off it all the way along. I used shoelaces to tie everything up and hung things like the plain dog rawhide treats, toilet rolls, sections of thick branches, corn on the cob, etc. I would rotate them often and change out the different types. You could pretty much hang everything from it.

[featherinupaviarie]

Here are some things you can use to make toys with:

straws
sisal rope
jute
'pony' beads (the kind of beads used for kids hair)
paper plates
adding machine paper
foam beads
liberty bells
wooden spoons
cellophane

I hope that helps and always always know how your pet plays and remember that NO toy is 100% safe. These parts have been okay'd by my avian vet.

Kim

[Sparkles]

Cool - there is some great ideas here! I will have to try them out - I was running out of ideas - and no one wants bored eckies - hehe!!

[gelz]

Hey Kim when you say foam beads- do you mean styrofoam (sp? - i'm hopeless hahaha) Cos I was told that there is a product (similar to a chemical put in them) and they are lethal to birds.
We have bought and started to make our own toys with vegetable tanned leather, beads, and these new things that we found called scoobies( will post some pics later) . Other then that we use basic things like laces or calcium bells, those egg shaped container things that you put the food in) and we are forever trying new things now (our ringies have reached their destructive phase- I thought we got lucky as when we first had them as bubs they just played with the toys now the rip them to shreds hahaha. I was shocked to see that they had chewed away at this startwe had made in one w/e. (when i came home my bf tried to tell me it had always been round- haha)

[featherinupaviarie]

I'll take a photo of the foam beads for you later so you can see what I mean.

Kim

[featherinupaviarie]

The foam beads I mentioned earlier:

[bubbles]

those are the fowm beads i use too