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Toy Foraging

Toys are also great ways to get birds to forage. Birds forage in the wild and like most herbivores, this is what requires most of their time. Birds have an incredibly high metabolism. Hence, it takes a bit of time to consume the required calories for existing, and...

No C.A.M.P.O.

No C.A.M.P.O. Chocolate, Avocado, Mushrooms, (raw) Potatoes and (raw) Onions. Stay away from anything that is human made in a package like Rice a Roni. Yes, its rice, but it’s processed. Anything with extra salt, sugar etc. Also, processed stuff like soda and...

Mirrors

Mirrors are a dual sided debate. Some say mirrors will make a bird aggressive and some say they will be entertained or even think there is a buddy around. Birds are smart so I don’t really buy the buddy argument but I have seen videos where birds go nuts. Some think...

Useless Toys

    Now you really never know which toy will make your bird happy. Your bird might like that silly bowling game. Your bird might be perfectly content playing with plastic Dixie cups. But here is an example I got at a local chain store that was selling them...

Toy Preferences

Preferences are different for every bird. Herbie will not touch a toy that doesn’t have a bell on it and even then the bell actually has to make noise. Word of advice for toys, try to keep the bird in mind. There are toys that are mimics of bowling and basketball...

Toy Function

Toys for birds are the same as they are for kids… or immature adult males. Only less expensive. Toys are meant for entertainment purposes and just like adult males, some like skydiving and others would rather go truck mudding and some would rather sit and read a book....