Enough Toys?

[parrotlover]

Toys I made so far for the cage.

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Is this enough toys for the cage? I f not I could just buy 2-3 more right? These are toys I made myself with some things laying around the house. So should I get atleast 2-3 more toys for the cage? And yes I still have to get perches. I only need about 2-4 perches in there. (Mainly because that's all that wold fit in there.)

[viki]

well i would put in a little swing and a wooden toy to nibble on and something to preen or pluck...i would also get extra ones to swap every second day or so to keep them from gettin bored and annoyed

[parrotlover]

Will the straws be safe?

[GlassOnion]

You need some wooden toys that are meant to be destroyed. Cockatiel beaks grow pretty fast, and you need to offer items to wear them down.

[parrotlover]

Ok. I don't really have wood toys. I'll try to get some though and yea I'm missing some things that I need.

[HungryBird]

Yucca/kiote is great for cockatiels. My guys love it. I buy big bags of it and make my own toys but you can buy plenty of toys made with it. Pine is also good but it is harder. My cockatiels also really like toys that have knotted leather rope and beads.

[Jenny]

the only wood my tiel likes is balsa - but he does LOVE his balsa. I think he prefers it because it's the only kind he can destroy. I know yucca is pretty soft too, but he totally ignores it. *shrug*

[GlassOnion]

Mine absolutely loves balsa, he'll go through a whole toy in a day or two as long it's balsa.

[parrotlover]

Will one wooden toy , a sandperch, and a cuttlebone be fine for keeping beak and claws down?. I have a good bit of other things he can play with though as well. I have a bow, some grafiti papaer, beads, and some straws in there. Will it be enough?

[GlassOnion]

Err, you will still have to clip his nails every so often.

Oh, go outside and look for clean pinecones!! My guys LOVE pinecones. Make sure you clean them and bake them in the oven first.