Let's see if our parrots have a favorite material in common. What is your parrot's favorite material to chew? Mention the species/size as well as the parts. If you have multiple parrots, vote either collectively or for one of your birds.
As for mine:
Kili, Senegal Parrot - Prefers soft wood, popsicle sticks, and easy to chew things
Truman, Cape Parrot - Prefers hard woods, plastic, metal, and things that are difficult to break
The funny thing is that Truman will often pass up entirely on soft woods, paper, cloths, and other easy things like that.
Paper or Plastic?
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Paper or Plastic?
by Michael » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:23 pm
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by cml » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:08 pm
Hum, I could only pick one, but Leroy's favorite is definatly plastic stuff, whereas Stitch prefers softer wood etc!
Stitch (WFA) and Leroy (BWP)
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by rebeccaturpeinen » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:11 pm
Both of my Rosellas go crasy for a piece of paper... cheap huh 
Just have to pick up a stack of free newspapers on my way home and I'm done.
Just have to pick up a stack of free newspapers on my way home and I'm done.-
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by cml » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:26 pm
rebeccaturpeinen wrote:Both of my Rosellas go crasy for a piece of paper... cheap huh
You've got two now
?Stitch (WFA) and Leroy (BWP)
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by GreenWing » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:22 pm
Tiki loves leather strips, plastic beads, wood to gnaw, cloth and paper to tear... she tries to get zippers and buttons; she likes to nibble flesh as well
Where's the "all of the above" option?
Where's the "all of the above" option?
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by Wiki » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:51 am
Wiki, Budgie - most often chews paper, but gets obsessed with balsa to the point of having to remove the wood at bedtime.
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by friend2parrots » Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:05 am
Ringo, GCC, likes cloth, yarn, and rope more than anything else. his favorite things to nibble right now are towels. (hopefully that will make towel training easier)
Toby, Bourke, also likes cloth (that's why I cast my vote as "cloth" ) but he also likes to nibble on paper and the corners of books.
Toby, Bourke, also likes cloth (that's why I cast my vote as "cloth" ) but he also likes to nibble on paper and the corners of books.
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Toby - Bourke Parakeet
Toby - Bourke Parakeet
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by rebeccaturpeinen » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:20 pm
cml wrote:rebeccaturpeinen wrote:Both of my Rosellas go crasy for a piece of paper... cheap huh
You've got two now
Yep
I bought a cute Adelaide Rosella girl to keep Joe company, her name is Apple She's a sweetheart-
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by marie83 » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:37 pm
My two don't really chew.
Ollie will chew on the odd bit of paper or tissue occassionally, even rarer he will chew very soft woods.
Harlie isn't bothered at all but will occasionally bite her perch, I wouldn't class it as chewing though, it is literally a random bite.
Ollie will chew on the odd bit of paper or tissue occassionally, even rarer he will chew very soft woods.
Harlie isn't bothered at all but will occasionally bite her perch, I wouldn't class it as chewing though, it is literally a random bite.
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Re: Paper or Plastic?
by Utoomom » Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:55 am
...are ya kidding! I have a U2....if I could of I would of checked everything on the list.... 
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