This is a fun, easy to make toy. I consider it a wood chew toy, but it also serves as a foraging opportunity. In the video below I will show you how I make this toy. For the demonstration, I stuffed the toy with an almond, shredded paper and walnut. However, you could stuff it with almost anything that you think your parrot might like including vegetables such as carrot sticks or leafy greens like swiss chard.
This idea came to me when I was getting ready to toss out a cardboard beer carrier. I thought what if I stuff some shreddable material in here and make this a parrot toy? I cut some paper towel rolls in half and stuffed them with rolled newspaper.On a few of the stuffed paper towel rolls I placed a small vine ring for added interest.Then I put the stuffed paper towel rolls inside of the compartments of the carrier. They went for it. This toy is made mostly out of junk you would otherwise toss into the garbage or recycle bin and it is so easy to make – it takes no time at all.You could also put foot toys or nuts inside the compartments along with the paper towel rolls. I’ve asked the neighbors to save all their 6-pack bottle carriers for me.
