Build toys to Donate and get friends to help!
Throw a Make-Party and donate toys to needy Sanctuaries.
Bird Safe Materials List will help you pick the right materials to build great toys!
Branches from non-toxic trees, hard-shelled nuts (Brazil nuts, hazelnuts) or soft shelled nuts open easily (pecans, almonds).
Unsalted peanut butter thinly spread on the inside of a half-coconut shell, with the flesh still attached, will keep a bird busy.
Making a tutorial is fun and easy!
Taking photos and a couple notes is all it takes to share!
For example- placing broccoli on the top of a cage where the bird can pull it through the bars is a good method of getting the bird to eat broccoli as well as a fun time-spending. (Source)
Natural toys, like vegetable tanned leather, natural wood, untreated pine and native seeds and flowers, give hours of fun.
All Size Toys (Link)
Macaw Toys (Link)
Cockatoo Toys (Link)
Amazon Toys (Link)
African Grey Toys (study)
Cockatiel & Conure Toys (Link)
Flip Through tutorials submitted by users like you to make for your parrot companion!
More resources for toy building coming soon!
Read the links below and submit a toy tutorial to contact@parrot-toy.com to have your idea published on this site.
After Making a Parrot Toy, You can pick a sanctuary to donate the toy to, or list your
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Goals for toys:
Successful Enrichment
Specific examples may fall under these categories:
Sensory (auditory, olfactory, tactile)
Food Manipulating
Environmental (substrate)
Social (training)
Measuring Success:
Unsuccessful enrichment
Examples may include ignoring an item such as a rope, being unable to locate a reward under a cup, failing to respond to a cue such as entering a box, or exhibiting signs of stress in response to any attempted enrichment.
Beyond Toys:
Behavior Issues – Normal and Abnormal
Biting (control, deflect), Sleeping Habits (let them sleep!), Inappropriate Copulating Behavior (pair with suitable mate), Talking (some do / some dont), Feather and Skin picking (see vet to rule out disease, see causes), Obcessive Compulsive Behavior (see vet to rule out disease.)
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Check out these informative PDFs found across the internet
1. Research
2. Deconstruction of toys
There are 402 types of Parrots. Check out the Wikipedia page of parrot Species here.
