Comments on: Parrot Bird Toys – To Each Their Own http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2009/07/parrot-bird-toys/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Keith G http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2009/07/parrot-bird-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Keith G Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/?p=69#comment-138 Pat, Thanks for your comment. That's great that you found some toys your birds enjoy - ours can be a bit finicky at times, but luckily I have a pretty wide assortment here to choose from. About the talking thing - I hear ya - our Amazon still hasn't figured out how to say anything...but our little conures have, which I'll be mentioning soon here in an upcoming post. Keep in touch and let us know if Sklyer ever presses the "I Love You" button for her, k? Pat,

Thanks for your comment. That’s great that you found some toys your birds enjoy – ours can be a bit finicky at times, but luckily I have a pretty wide assortment here to choose from. About the talking thing – I hear ya – our Amazon still hasn’t figured out how to say anything…but our little conures have, which I’ll be mentioning soon here in an upcoming post. Keep in touch and let us know if Sklyer ever presses the “I Love You” button for her, k?

]]> By: Pat McNicholas http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2009/07/parrot-bird-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Pat McNicholas Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:59:39 +0000 http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/?p=69#comment-128 You are so right about different toys for different birds. I have a sun conure that enjoys rampant destruction be it hidey huts or space saucers, a chronically ill tiel that still will play with a shredder but the ex king of toys is a bad boy budgie named Skyler. His first two years with us, Skyler never met a toy he didn't immediately figure out and play with. I ordered the gamut of small toys from the Foster and Smith catalogues, but the two favorites were the play and talk and the motion detecter mirror. At first Skyler loved the "cell phone" but not the recordings-he was able to kiss it, bang it and not set it off. Then after a month he accidentially pushed a button and we applauded. That was it for over two years ;whenever Skyler felt a little attention was needed he pressed and pressed. We went through several phones and a huge amount of batteries. The only reason his love affair with the "phone" has abated is because of the introduction of a certain young female budgie---Maybe he'll soon press "I love you" for her!!! The motion mirror is another great toy.You record a short message and it's easy to set off(At first Skyler set it off by banging another toy against it, then learned to stick his beak in the hole, and eventually set it off by just bobbing his head in front--my smart boy). Of course, with all the constant phrases you would think Sky would talk---No! But Holly the female is repeating all the words. All the birdie love the wooden bucket of toys--and I also put lots of popsicle sticks in that and some "finger puzzles" along with the wooden toys that came with item. Another fun item is the purple pyramid--I put toys and nutraberries in that one for my conure. But she tends to beat it up if there aren't treats inside. I also like to use the different kabobs I have purchased and really vary the fruits and veggies--the tiels are not as delighted but the sun and budgies have as much fun hanging, swinging, tearing as they do eating the foods. Ps. Thanks for including birds on this website You are so right about different toys for different birds. I have a sun conure that enjoys rampant destruction be it hidey huts or space saucers, a chronically ill tiel that still will play with a shredder but the ex king of toys is a bad boy budgie named Skyler. His first two years with us, Skyler never met a toy he didn’t immediately figure out and play with. I ordered the gamut of small toys from the Foster and Smith catalogues, but the two favorites were the play and talk and the motion detecter mirror. At first Skyler loved the “cell phone” but not the recordings-he was able to kiss it, bang it and not set it off. Then after a month he accidentially pushed a button and we applauded. That was it for over two years ;whenever Skyler felt a little attention was needed he pressed and pressed. We went through several phones and a huge amount of batteries. The only reason his love affair with the “phone” has abated is because of the introduction of a certain young female budgie—Maybe he’ll soon press “I love you” for her!!!

The motion mirror is another great toy.You record a short message and it’s easy to set off(At first Skyler set it off by banging another toy against it, then learned to stick his beak in the hole, and eventually set it off by just bobbing his head in front–my smart boy). Of course, with all the constant phrases you would think Sky would talk—No! But Holly the female is repeating all the words.

All the birdie love the wooden bucket of toys–and I also put lots of popsicle sticks in that and some “finger puzzles” along with the wooden toys that came with item.
Another fun item is the purple pyramid–I put toys and nutraberries in that one for my conure. But she tends to beat it up if there aren’t treats inside.

I also like to use the different kabobs I have purchased and really vary the fruits and veggies–the tiels are not as delighted but the sun and budgies have as much fun hanging, swinging, tearing as they do eating the foods.

Ps. Thanks for including birds on this website

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