New toys

[Andromeda]

My GCC loves balls with bells! So much so that he brings them in his Happy Hut with him at night when he sleeps!!

Ringo also likes taking the bell-ball toys into his Happy Hut. he loves those bell-ball toys so much (including the wicker cat toy type things too) that he will pick one up with his beak and purposely cross the full distance of his cage to enter his hut with it still in his beak. once he's in there, he lies down on his back and holds it with his feet and plays with it and talks to it inside the happy hut in his gravely voice.

This is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever heard! A GCC that sleeps with his ball in his hut and a GCC that brings a ball into his hut to talk to it! LOL

My GCC has a little whiffle ball filled with beads that rattle but he doesn't have a ball with a bell. After hearing these stories I'm definitely going to have to order that Nobbly Wobbly ball and see how he likes it.

[Letta4]

It is so sweet when Doug does it! It's like his security blanket! Just be careful as to the type of ball you get, I used to buy the ones that were just really cheap plastic and had wider openings to the bells and Doug chewed right through it and his beak got stuck. Luckily I was in the room when it happened, but I actually got little balls with bells that were made for ferrets. They are a way sturdier and parrot proof!

[friend2parrots]

My GCC has a little whiffle ball filled with beads that rattle but he doesn't have a ball with a bell.

I actually got little balls with bells that were made for ferrets. They are a way sturdier and parrot proof!

Andromeda and Letta4 - I would REALLY like to get the whiffle ball, and the ferret ball for Ringo - what brands are these toys?

Just be careful as to the type of ball you get, I used to buy the ones that were just really cheap plastic and had wider openings to the bells and Doug chewed right through it and his beak got stuck.

thanks for warning about this -

another safety thing with the all the lattice balls, plastic, wicker, rubber, etc: the bell AND the ball part should be removed if the ball gets broken in any way. The bird should not be allowed to play with the bare bell (the bells could be made of the wrong kind of metal and are generally too small for safe play on their own). Ringo only plays with the breakable balls under supervision and I remove all the parts once he's broken them. the sturdier plastic ones, the ones he CAN'T break open with his beak, are the only ones I let him take into his Happy Hut. I check the sturdier plastic ones, as well as the wicker ones, on a daily basis for any signs of damage, and replace them if I see them damaged in any way.

The Nobbly Wobbly looks like a winner because according to the comment made by the person on the amazon webpage (see my post above) it takes forever (or its impossible) for the GCCs to actually get to the bell inside the ball. Ringos been playing with his for about two weeks now and I dont even see beak marks on it.

aahhh I so want to see this.

gonna see if I can get a video, when he's not looking.

[Letta4]

The ferret balls I got for Doug are these here:
http://www.ferretdepot.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fd&Product_Code=62104&Category_Code=2Toys

He loves them! And i just spritz them with vinegar water, wipe them down and they're all clean! Best toy I've bought for my

[Andromeda]

Andromeda ... - I would REALLY like to get the whiffle ball ... - what brands are these toys?

I bought mine here: Foot Toys for pet birds. There's three listed there and the one I was talking about is the "Whiffle Rattle." I also bought the "UFO" but the "Whiffle Rattle" is by far my conure's favorite. I roll it across the floor at him and he rolls it back, it's really funny.

[marie83]

[ I roll it across the floor at him and he rolls it back, it's really funny.

Aw I used to do this with Ollie but he gets over excited and forgets himself. Usually results in him charging across the floor to me in full on attack mode lol.

[friend2parrots]

The ferret balls I got for Doug are these here:
http://www.ferretdepot.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fd&Product_Code=62104&Category_Code=2Toys

He loves them! And i just spritz them with vinegar water, wipe them down and they're all clean! Best toy I've bought for my

Andromeda ... - I would REALLY like to get the whiffle ball ... - what brands are these toys?

I bought mine here: Foot Toys for pet birds. There's three listed there and the one I was talking about is the "Whiffle Rattle." I also bought the "UFO" but the "Whiffle Rattle" is by far my conure's favorite. I roll it across the floor at him and he rolls it back, it's really funny.

Thanks for these links, Letta and Andromeda, I'm gonna order some of each, they sound great.

Aw I used to do this with Ollie but he gets over excited and forgets himself. Usually results in him charging across the floor to me in full on attack mode lol.

Ringo luckily charges the toy, and not me, but I make sure to stay out of his way!

[marie83]

that foraging toy looks cool marie, i'm going to check it out.

Erghhh why can I get vid to embed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9_ibMwU ... e=youtu.be heres the link for the vid I took of Ollie playing with space circles not long after I got it.