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wordybirdy
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Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 52
Location: Texas |
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Hi Everyone,
I have 4 months until my baby boy comes home: )))) I want to start now and make many different toys for him. I would love to hear your ideas on the different kinds of foraging toys I can make for him. Instructions and pictures would be super.
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 2:02 am |
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jletaz
Experienced flier
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1282
Location: CA, USA |
At a lot of the bird stores (or online) you can buy toy pieces and parts. It's a lot cheaper than pre-made toys. Buying pre-made toys for larger birds can get expensive! You can also get cheap toys and toy parts from bird marts, just be sure to sanitize the items throughly.
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 8:39 pm |
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wordybirdy
Bappie
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 52
Location: Texas |
quote:
Originally posted by jletaz
At a lot of the bird stores (or online) you can buy toy pieces and parts. It's a lot cheaper than pre-made toys. Buying pre-made toys for larger birds can get expensive! You can also get cheap toys and toy parts from bird marts, just be sure to sanitize the items throughly.
Julie
Hi Julie, Thanks for the reply.
Is it safe to to to like a Toys R Us and buy little blocks and that sort of thing to make my own toys? |
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 9:43 pm |
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jletaz
Experienced flier
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1282
Location: CA, USA |
Besides things made specifically for birds, I'd maybe try Babies R Us instead of Toys RUs.... things made for babies would be more safe for birds too. Just make sure you don't get things that can potentially get the birds feet or head stuck in. That goes for bird toys too  Good luck finding some good toys!
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 9:58 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Well.. I drilled holes in a wood log and put some treats in those holes. Some holes are deep, others not. |
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Sunday June 10, 2007 5:20 pm |
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jletaz
Experienced flier
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1282
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quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Well.. I drilled holes in a wood log and put some treats in those holes. Some holes are deep, others not.
Great idea! |
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Sunday June 10, 2007 6:37 pm |
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wordybirdy
Bappie
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 52
Location: Texas |
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Well.. I drilled holes in a wood log and put some treats in those holes. Some holes are deep, others not.
That's a great idea. Here's a stupid question for you. What kinds of treats do you use? |
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Thursday June 14, 2007 7:55 pm |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
A real easy foraging idea is wrap a treat in newspaper and twist the ends so it looks like a candy..lame I know but mine like them.
Yes. Baby toys are great, as are wooden toys.
BTW, you can dye wood with food colouring. Very cheap and easy. |
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Thursday June 14, 2007 9:46 pm |
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wordybirdy
Bappie
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 52
Location: Texas |
quote:
Originally posted by cheekie_birdy
A real easy foraging idea is wrap a treat in newspaper and twist the ends so it looks like a candy..lame I know but mine like them.
Yes. Baby toys are great, as are wooden toys.
BTW, you can dye wood with food colouring. Very cheap and easy.
I hope my grey is different than my tiel. Unless there is food involved my tiel is not interested in ripping anything open. I've wrapped a cracker in a piece of paper towel and she will rip that open. She's not much into toys so don't thing she would do the sane for a toy:( |
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Thursday June 14, 2007 9:56 pm |
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kasia
Bappie
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Canada |
I don't really know much about africian greys, but I know you can also go online and cheak out types of toys are just talk to people on here, but I hope you like your baby boy africian grey! |
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Thursday June 28, 2007 4:20 am |
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