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Homemade toys

Postby Cockatielsongs » Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:29 am

Sometimes I make my :greycockatiel: destructable toys made out of cardboard, paper etc. Will my :greycockatiel: have any problems if he ingests any of the cardboard or paper?
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Re: Homemade toys

Postby marie83 » Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:43 am

Shouldn't do as long as you don't use anything thats been in contact with glue. I'm a bit wary of inks and tend to just use the tiny boxes dry fruit comes in as the manufacturers expect small children to chew on the boxes.
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Re: Homemade toys

Postby liz » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:16 am

They destroy not swallow. Mine love to work on a styrophome plate. Why is it such fun to make a mess?
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Re: Homemade toys

Postby Cockatielsongs » Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:36 am

Okay thanks :) :greycockatiel:
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Re: Homemade toys

Postby GreenWing » Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:54 pm

liz wrote:Why is it such fun to make a mess?


Truer words were ne'er spoken!

Homemade toys are cool. One idea is to take former toys, take them apart, and make a new one altogether. And, of course, newspaper is adored by Tiki...
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