How To Make Parrot Toys
September 13, 2009 by fts
Filed under Keeping Pet Birds
This post is about how to make parrot toys for beginners. Making parrot toys is both a fun exercise as well as being able to save you money from buying commercial parrot toys. A parrot can go through parrot toys like a hot knife through butter. If you need to keep on buying the toys as replacement, you are going to spend quite a large sum of money. So, instead of doing that, here are some tips of how to make parrot toys for beginners.
Before making a parrot toy, you must first know the characteristic of your parrot. Size is one consideration. Big birds tend to have stronger beaks so you need to make parrot toys that are stronger and more resistant. Also, do consider the size of your parrot cage. Don’t make a parrot toy that is too big to fit into your cage.
Below are four materials suitable to make parrot toys
Rope is quite critical for making parrot toys. They are useful material to hang stuff and you will probably need a few of these to help you make some good parrot toys. When buying the materials for making parrot toys, you can choose from several different types of rope, of which solid braided rope and twisted rope are the most popular. One important point to highlight is that you should choose a 100% cotton rope as it is safe for parrots when they incidentally digest it. Any alternatives are not considered bird safe. Also, make sure that all the frayed ends of your parrot toys are trimmed to avoid your parrots from being caught by the fringes.
Wood is another material that will be popular with your pet. When buying wooden materials to make your parrot toys, ensure that you buy bird safe products. This is because your parrots may ingest some the wood that it is chewing on. The important point is never to buy painted or lacquered wood parts (certain paints/lacquers contain zinc and other harmful chemicals/additives) as the chemicals can be deadly to your birds.
Paper is a relatively easy and abundant material to work with. In fact, using paper to make parrot toys is the most easy way for beginners. First , you will need paper towel rolls. They are the easiest to work with. Then, punch a hole into the slides so that they can be string together with a rope. The great thing about this parrot toy is that you can have the option of putting lots of interesting materials between the paper towels to create variety for your parrot toys.
Finally, you can also use leather as another candidate for making parrot toys. Leather is not as common as the other materials so you might need to shop around and find a place that has the right type of leather. There are various widths and thickness of vegetable tanned leather strips. Be sure to purchase what is most suitable for your bird and the size of the hole that is drilled. The important thing is to ensure the leather has not been treated with any chemicals or dyes to prevent poisoning if you parrot accidentally swollen it.
These are all I have for you. Now, it is your turn to go and have fun making parrot toys.
Ideas For DIY African Grey Parrot Toys
August 17, 2009 by fts
Filed under Bird Supplies
This article gives ideas on cheap African Grey parrot toys. We know that commercial african grey parrot toys are can be quite taxing on your wallet as parrot owners. These parrot toys, on average, are priced about $20-$40 dollars, which are quite pricey. Moreover, need to be replaced on a periodic basis. Rather than paying for these money, here are some ideas on using everyday materials to create affordable african grey parrot toys.
Some generic information on african grey parrots
African Grey Parrots are a species of parrot native to West and Central Africa. These parrots come from 2 main varieties. One of which is the Congo Afircan Grey Parrot which has a great ability to imitate speech and are more popular among parrot lover. The Timneh African Grey is similar in appearance, but has a horn-colored beak, maroon tail, and is slightly smaller.
One of the cheapest way to create African Grey parrot toys is to use cardboard boxes. What you can do is to create a house using the cardboard so that it becomes a nice shelter for the parrot. Your parrot can then hop around the cardboard and be able to chew on them as well. It is an excellent African Grey parrot toys.
Explore baby toys and see if they can be reused as parrot toys. One good example is the brightly colored plastic oval baby links. These are easy to use, one simply twists the plastic link near the side where the opening is and then slides the opening over the bar of the cage or onto the toy. These links are not safe parrot toys for small sized birds but for African Greys, they can be an affordable parrot toys.
Another great place to look for ideas for African Grey parrot toys is your local discount store! Look around and see if there are any cheap items that can be used as afican grey parrot toys. One suggestion is to buy Cornhusk whiskbrooms, which cost two dollars or less. These whiskbrooms come attached with a metal ring on its handle that can be used to hang in the parrots’ cage. The materials in the brooms are a wonderful destruction chew parrot toy for African Grey Parrot, especially Greys that are feather pickers.
Use your imagination and create african grey parrot toys from normal day items such as newspapers or brightly coloured paper. These paper stock can make good chewing parrot toys. You can create rings with it around the cage or you can design strips that slides in between the cage parrots. What kind of african grey parrot toys can be created is based entirely on your creativity.
I hope these ideas can inspire you to look for more affordable African Grey parrot toys.
A Beginner’s Guide To Safe Material Selection For Parrot Toys
August 8, 2009 by fts
Filed under Uncategorized
It is not easy to select parrot toys.There is quite a variety of toys available ranging from bullet proof plastic to shreddable pi

