he played with his toys!

[coral]

success!! ive been trying so hard to get my little guy to play with toys, he was rehomed and didnt have a lot of toys and didnt know what to do with them. i got him a ball with a bell in it and today when he thought i was sleeping he was rolling it around at the bottom of his cage! then he started chewing on the boing i made him

[kaylayuh]

I'm glad he's playing with his toys. Sometimes all it takes is a variety and some time.

Right now Cheney Bird is chewing apart the budgies' popcicle stick toy. I've never had a bird destroy a toy before, so I'm a mix of really happy that he likes it and kind of upset that it'll be completely gone in the matter of hours.

[coral]

if its Popsicle sticks you can make more toys like it with stuff from a craft store. so i think hes playig a little to well... he started chewing on the back of my dresser D: its not to bad yet but im moving into a bigger room tomorrow so ill put his cage somewhere not next to my dressers im gonna buy him more wood toys

[kaylayuh]

if its Popsicle sticks you can make more toys like it with stuff from a craft store. so i think hes playig a little to well... he started chewing on the back of my dresser D: its not to bad yet but im moving into a bigger room tomorrow so ill put his cage somewhere not next to my dressers im gonna buy him more wood toys

Look what happens when you want him to play! He realizes that chewing is fun and there goes all the wood in the room.

I checked on the toy Cheney Bird is in the process of destroying and it's only $3.49 at PETsMART. He seems to be going after the green and purple sticks first, so hopefully the rest will stay somewhat in tact for a while. Either that, or I'm going to start eating a lot of popcicles...

[coral]

lol i just checked my dresser and its worse then i thought! he destroyed the whole back corner and my grandma is mad lol! she already doesnt like him cuz he attacks her.. were working on that though.. so im thinking this is a sign he wants some wood toys!

[coral]

birds are very weird about colors if they dont like a certain color they wont eat it like the lady at the parrot shop was telling me that with colored pellets if the bird doesnt liek the colors he wont eat those colors lol! i bet you could buy popsicel sticks in bulk off a bird safe sight? like colored ones?


ohh i found some! heres jumbo ones http://www.bluesbirdtoys.com/Colored-Ju ... p_285.html
heres mini! http://www.bluesbirdtoys.com/Mini-Popsi ... p_287.html
normal! http://www.bluesbirdtoys.com/Colored-Po ... p_286.html
so many options theres a lot more check out the website its bluesbirdtoys.com its one of my favorites and have great prices!

[kaylayuh]

I'll definitely check them out! Thanks.

Though I like the idea of eating a lot of popcicles, too.

[GlassOnion]

I have a suggestion for you, try pinecones. My birds love chewing on those, you can have multiple sizes!

[coral]

@ glassonion would pine cones from outside be safe? do you know how id go about cleaning those? thanks for the idea!!
@kaylayuh i like the idea of eating a lot of popsicels to but i think my little guy would go through the sticks faster then i could eat them and then youd have to go through the whole process of cleaning the sticks cuz of the bacteria in the human mouth and it sounds like to much work haha

[entrancedbymyGCC]

Pinecones should be thoroughly cleaned and baked in the oven to sterilize them, or so I've heard. Our Pine tree produces things that look more like green grenades than pine cones, so I haven't actually done it yet.