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Homemade Parrot Toys
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Parrots absolutely love to have toys in their cage so that they have something to play with when no-one else is around. But what is also great is that when they have toys in their cage all the time they will occupy themselves even when people are around and not be so demanding on their owners time (well, that is the theory, anyway, not that it always works!)
What sort of toys can you make at home?
One that is so easy to do is a rope tree. This is just a matter for getting a length of natural cotton rope and tying knots in it down the length and then use some finer rope to tie it to the top of the cage. The parrot will love climbing on this, chewing it and swinging on it.
A variation of this will be to slide some wooden circles up the rope in between the knots. If you are going to stain the wood do make sure that there are not toxins in the stain. Natural satins can be used like fruit juices and the like to color the wood.
These two toys will need the rope thickness varied to the size of the parrots you are aiming to entertain. For example the rope could be up to 3/4 inch wide for large parrots and 1/4 inch wide for lorikeets and budgerigars.
Another simpler variation is to cut 6 lengths of leather into 20 inch strips 1/2 wide then lay them together and put a tie around the middle, tying them all together so that the ends drop down giving the parrot something to grab a hold of. The tie can then tie the arrangement to the top of the cage.
In each of these cases the top thread can be pushed through something like a metal or plastic cone before being tied to the top of the cage.
The rope and cone for these toys should be available from your local craft shop.
