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Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Nir » Fri May 17, 2013 10:14 pm

i have a bunch at home. i gave mango some and he likes to rip them apart. wondering if thats a safe toy part?
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby rebcart » Sat May 18, 2013 9:58 pm

I personally wouldn't risk it. Styrofoam builds up static electricity really easily and gets 'stuck' to things - I've heard it can get stuck in a bird's throat and make them choke.
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby janetafloat » Sun May 19, 2013 1:18 am

Yeah, I wouldn't risk it with Alfie
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Nir » Sun May 19, 2013 2:43 am

ya not gonna use it. sadly i had made some toys but all in the garbage now. good thing i found out.
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Eric&Rebecca » Sun May 19, 2013 3:58 pm

Try foodgrade paper. I have rolls or sprays of it on my toys like this one... George and Edmund are starring on this website if you scan down to the cockatiels on the table top perch.

http://www.naturalbirdco.co.uk/ourshop/ ... rches.html
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Strawfrawg » Mon May 20, 2013 1:48 pm

My vet says a good rule of thumb is "any man-made plaything you wouldn't give to a baby human, don't give to a bird." I'd say that rules styrofoam out. Glad you ditched it. Good idea, Rebecca, about the food grade paper!
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Eric&Rebecca » Mon May 20, 2013 5:20 pm

You can put them in parchment type rolls like a loo roll they can unravel or twist it round and round so it sticks out like leaves. If you get can get big enough it can be used to cage linings but amazing toys things.

Just be careful anyone using it for females in case they start making a nest from it :-/
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby Strawfrawg » Tue May 21, 2013 7:09 am

I'll try some. Marvin has been getting into paper lately. And leather. My poor ottoman. :(
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby janetafloat » Tue May 21, 2013 2:04 pm

Don't tell me....my leather diary was on the receiving end of The Wrath of Alfie today when I shooed him away from the training treat bowl :roll: (he's just recently figured out that it's much less work to just go straight to the treats without the need to perform for them...and gets to the bowl before I do at least once every training session...who's the smart one here we wonder... ;) )
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Re: Styrofoam okay to add on DIY bird toy?

Postby janetafloat » Tue May 21, 2013 2:09 pm

Oh, and he really enjoys leather for purely recreational reasons too....not just as pay back for a mum who's interfering with his gastronomic desires! :D
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