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How to make homemade toys for birds

How to make homemade toys for birds

Parrots love toys, but they can be pricey and the bigger birds can destroy them quickly

Parrots love toys, but they can be pricey and the bigger birds can destroy them quickly. Try these time-tested and inexpensive homemade toys.

❖ Parakeets love to preen in a mirror. So, instead of paying for a fancy bird mirror, just remove the hinge from an old compact and fasten the mirror securely to the cage bars near a perch.

❖ Parrots love to climb. Satisfy this urge by tying knots along a sturdy cotton rope and hanging it from the top of the cage.

❖ Parrots also love to bite and chew, and a dog-chew toy is often less expensive and just as long lasting as a parrot chew toy. Try a rawhide ‘bone’ or one made from nylon.

❖ Both parakeets and parrots like colourful toys, so string big wooden beads onto cotton rope and hang it for them to bat around and chew.

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How to make homemade toys for birds

Parrots love toys, but they can be pricey and the bigger birds can destroy them quickly

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