There are days in my life that remind me of a favorite book title, “Full Catastrophe Living!” Typically, on those days, I find myself running short of hand-made toys to offer my parrots. Yes, it is true, Kris Porter occasionally runs out of hand-made bird toys and/or motivation to make new toys. For those days, I like to have a stock of ready-made toys on hand.
I have found, over the years, a few ready-made toys that keep my birds interested and sustain their activity. On this page I will share what I’ve found to be successful with my own flock and my sources for obtaining these toys. There are many bird toy vendors with numbers of great toys for your parrots and this list is by no means a complete listing of ready-made toys. These are just a few of the toys I’ve found to be of particular interest to my own parrots.
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| MAIZE MAT MUNCH RING |
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| This is a large toy particularly suitable for the "Zorba Beak". It has fourteen woven maize mats intermingled with natural colored rings and wooden balls on a re-usable stainless steel ring kabob. It is one of the more expensive toys that I will purchase but it keeps Zorba busy for the better part of a day. He will chew and shred the maize mats, rest and then later in the afternoon I will again see him chewing the maize mats and wood parts. The toy has a re-usable ring that I can make new again by adding more maize mats that I get from makeyourownbirdtoys.com. This toy is available at www.avianenrichment.com.
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| Zorba with Maize Mat Munch Ring |
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| Basket Case |
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| This "Basket Case" toy is another favorite. It is two baskets hooked together and stuffed with shredded paper. You are able to open the baskets wide enough to stuff treats inside for more foraging fun. This toy is available for purchase at www.avianenrichment.com.
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| Ditto with his Basket Case toy |
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| Up Up And Away |
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| Elvis with his Up, Up And Away toy |
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Up, Up And Away is a great toy for Elvis. If your familiar with his history, Elvis came to us at 12 years of age and had not been exposed to very many toys or enrichment opportunities. Consequently, Elvis will quickly give up if the foraging opportunity or foraging toy presents too much of a challenge for him.
This toy suits Elvis well because I can easily place foot toys, treats and other items of interest in the basket and it makes a great hanging toy box for Elvis. When he finishes emptying the basket he will chew on it as you can see in the photo above. I can also stuff nuts in the vine ball at the top of the basket and he will chew through that to get the nut.
This toy is available for purchase at www.avianenrichment.com.
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