toys
Toys are essential for pet parrots and most are placed inside their cages. They need a variety so they can become curious and explore. Some examples of toys include…
1. Foraging toys
Birds in the wild search for food almost all day; if one just gives a pet parrot a bowl of food and water every day, they’re going to get bored real quick. This is where foraging toys come in. You can buy them or make your own and put your bird’s favorite treat in there, and these can help prevent feather plucking and becoming bored.
2. Chewable toys
Birds like to destroy things, and that includes furniture. However, with toys that are meant to be chewed on, they’ll be less likely to be chewing on furniture. Paper, cardboard, and wood are great items to use to make these types of toys.
3. Physical activity toys
Other than chewing and finding food, birds also like to move around and use their strength. A swing can help with leg and feet muscles and there are other types of toys as well such as bird basketball or soccer toys and ring toss. You can use these to train your bird along with the treats.
How many toys should I put in my bird’s cage?
Good question! I’d say, depending on the size, around eight toys, but there may need some adjustments. You’ll need enough so the bird won’t get bored, but there can’t be too many or he/she can’t have space to stretch and fly.
Something else to know is that they’ll get bored easily if the toys stay the same. No, that doesn’t mean to go on amazon and buy 1,000 bird toys, but you’ll need 20 different toys or so in total and rotate about once a week.
There are also plastic toys that I’ve seen in many bird stores such as…
While these aren’t necessarily bad for them, they’ll still need other types of toys as well (ones listed above)