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Gourds make awesome, cheap toys

Postby GlassOnion » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:42 pm

They are those vine vegetables that when dry, we buy them to use as bath sponges/exfoliators.

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I bought a small pack of sliced dried gourds in the 'rodent animal toys' section for $2.99 and my birds LOVE ripping them apart! The texture is slightly rough and the fibers can be broken/shredded pretty easily. Small/medium birds who love shredding, such as budgies, lovebirds, cockatiels, parrotlets would very much enjoy this. :thumbsup:
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Re: Gourds make awesome, cheap toys

Postby mrstweet » Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:35 am

I think they are called loofa pieces for most toys. I was thinking like a squash gourd, lol!
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Re: Gourds make awesome, cheap toys

Postby coral » Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:22 am

lol i was thinking of like a dried veggie ill have to get one of those for my fid to see if he approves ;)
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