How to Make Your Own Toys for Love Birds
Parrots, such as love birds, require frequent stimulation. One way to do this is through a variety of toys that the bird can bite, chew, tear, and shred. To keep your bird healthy, toys should be rotated weekly, and new toys added often. Since new toys are so often needed, they can quickly become a burden on the pocketbook. Making your own bird toys not only saves you money, but it also protects your bird from harmful chemicals.
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Things You'll Need
- Variety of bird toy parts such as baby blocks, peacock feathers, or colored wood pieces
- Toothpicks
- Nail clippers
- Drill (optional)
- Natural fiber rope such as unoiled sisal or leather lace
Instructions
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Select a variety of toy parts that are a mixture of bright colors, textures, and materials. Peacock feathers, feather boas, and loose feathers make excellent preening toys.
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Clip feathers, strings, and sticks into manageable pieces using nail clippers. Work them in between cage bars or stick them into other toys.
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Distribute different fruits and vegetables around the cage by staking them to natural-fiber rope. Make sure to remove them daily.
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Drill holes into the center of baby blocks, string them onto rope, and attach them to the inside and outside of the cage. You can also add other toys parts in between the blocks to give the love birds some variety.
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Cut the tips from both sides of toothpicks using nail clippers, and add them to the bottom of the cage. Birds love to maneuver them into cage bars or toys.
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Tips & Warnings
Good toy parts are safe and destructible.
Bird stores carry only safe toy parts, and you can be certain that the dyes in them are not harmful.
Rotate toys once a week to keep your bird interested in them.
Pine, avocado, and fruit pits are poisonous to birds.
Use only stainless steel metals; all others are deadly to birds.
Limit mirrors to one, and remove it during the spring.
References
- Photo Credit toys image by AGITA LEIMANE from Fotolia.com
