Homemade toys are the best. They are far less expensive than store bought toys, and our fids (feathered kids) seem to enjoy them more.
Example: in the picture above Zeke is ripping apart a box. I took three boxes, cleaned them, and poked holes and zip-tied them together. You can't seen inside, but he has made a giant hole from inside the top box on the middle box's top. I'll try to get a photo of that later with a better camera.
Here's a list of other household items and small things we have used as toys:
Phone books (on the cage floor for Zeke or hung on a toy chain for Cairo).
Cereal boxes (empty) filled with treats, toys, and stuffed with paper.
A spoon with a smidge of peanut butter and dipped in seed for an occasional treat.
Bits of old toys strung together with untreated wood from a craft store.
Cover a small metal bucket with a few sheets of paper and zip-tie it shut, make sure there are goodies inside :)
The possibilities are endless.
So what does everyone else do for toys?
~Posted from Heather's iPhone
2 comments:
I love your ideas! Our Citrin Cockatoo loves popsicle sticks. She also loves the bottle tops off drink bottles. She holds them like a cup and dips them in her water then drinks from them. Our parakeets love dice. Our Cockatiels LOVE the plastic pull strips off of milk jugs. I have one tiel the likes to wear them like a necklace. I don't worry about him getting hung on it because its open at one end. Other favorite toys are plastic slinkies, empty paper towel rolls, corn dog sticks and plain brown paper bags left open so they can go in and explore.
Thanks :) Our fids also love plastic bottles and the lids, especially if there is a nut inside. I never thought of using a slinky, that's brilliant! Aren't you worried about the glue on the paper towel rolls?
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