Pepper getting a hideout

[TheNzJessie]

i would recommend them.....i have never had a problem with them and have never heard stories about them

[lainmai]

i would recommend them.....i have never had a problem with them and have never heard stories about them

Same here.Plus, every bird is different so your Sennie might just like them. I prefer to offer something just in case there is a draft or they get a bit cold, they will naturally seek out a place that is warm to regulate their body heat.

[pfinarffle]

Our had a Happy Hut donated as a birdie shower gift of sorts when we first got him in November of '09. He didn't touch it or think twice about it until April or so. He basically started using it as a nest when he became hormonal. He'd go into it head first and start chewing the floor to the hut apart. When he finally shredded the fluffly material off and made a hole through the inner plastic support, I took the thing out. Weird thing is that he doesn't really shred or destroy too many other things. Guess his "nest cavity" wasn't large enough for his liking.

[Natacha]

i would recommend them.....i have never had a problem with them and have never heard stories about them

Same here.Plus, every bird is different so your Sennie might just like them. I prefer to offer something just in case there is a draft or they get a bit cold, they will naturally seek out a place that is warm to regulate their body heat.

Ultimately, people can do whatever they want.

I've been around parrot forums for years now and have been active in the local parrot community for even longer.

I have heard MANY horror stories related to happy huts and such.

While I agree that anything is potentially dangerous and I myself take anything with a grain of salt and try not to be overly cautious, there is no way I will ever risk my parrots lives with a happy hut or something similar.

These were given to birds by owners who have done so for years and never had a problem..well that's until the happy hut showed some wear and tear. Birds getting threads caught around their necks or foot and being found dead by their owners. Some were more lucky and the owners were around when they got caught and were able to be set free from the thread.

Ultimately, all these people have sworn to never use such a thing again.
It's not because you never had a problem that a problem won't arise. Keep that in mind. And while I agree that no toy is perfectly safe, why risk giving something that has proven to be dangerous and claimed the lives of many birds?

Afraid of drafts? Keep your birds out of a direct draft. Cover their cages at night. There are so many better alternatives to keep them out of drafts than a happy hut.

[skeetersunconure]

i have a sunconure this is the hut he uses never had a problem with it its a prevue happy hut

[TheNzJessie]

thats the hut i use for my lorikeet its called a snuggle hut.

[MandyG]

Thanks for the information Natacha! I was thinking that my Gold Cap would like one, but if there are known problems it's not worth the risk. He seems happy to snuggle with his 'buddy' (a knotted rope preening toy) so I will just leave him with that.

[StarbucksMom]

My Conure LOVES LOVES LOVES his Happy Hut! At 5:30pm every night I say "night night" and he dives into it and doesn't come out until 7am the next morning. I have had it for 5 months and never seen a loose thread. His is the triangle furry type. I seriously think its his very favorite thing besides Avicakes and apples!!!

starbucksMom

[Becco Lunatico]

Jimmy likes his tent thinger. I was concerned about safety also so made one out of a long folded rectangle of fleece (no raveling)...folded this into thirds making a triangle with the short ends coming together at the top...had cut a square of needlepoint plastic to stablize the bottom of the tent (Jimmy removed it) and attached the top of the tent to the top of the cage with safe fasteners...I really think the black was particularly attractive to Jimmy as he took right to it, unusual since he is very anxious around any new article that comes into his bubble....

[Shani]

These were given to birds by owners who have done so for years and never had a problem..well that's until the happy hut showed some wear and tear. Birds getting threads caught around their necks or foot and being found dead by their owners. Some were more lucky and the owners were around when they got caught and were able to be set free from the thread.

I could be wrong, but this sounds like more of a common sense issue than an issue inherent with happy huts. As you said - people give these to their birds for years until the happy hut showed some wear and tear. Wouldn't it be somewhat common sense, with anything in a bird's cage - to keep a good eye on toys/happy huts for general wear and tear, and replace/remove/repair the said object if any threads became loose that could remotely pose a danger to the said bird in question?

I dunno, I've read quite a bit about such horror stories too, and each one goes along the lines of "[insert toy/object here] had some loose threads and my bird got caught in it." I just can't help thinking that checking over the toys on a regular basis would prevent such a problem from occurring in the first place. I sincerely doubt a thread would appear overnight that would be able to wrap around the bird's neck or foot :/