Violet_Diva
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Just recently I posted a small video of Gerry playing with some foot toys.
http://www.parrotforums.com/eclectus/74506-foot-toys-video.html
One of them was a plastic jingle ball.
I put one of these balls in each of the cages to see if all the birds would enjoy playing with one. Gerry played nicely, as did Dexter.
Bella attacked hers, growling, lunging, flapping... and then?
Managed to push her foot and leg ring through one of the openings - and then couldn't retrieve her leg, so she effectively had a ball for a leg and was VERY upset!
She was thrashing about and screaming. I knew I had to towel her, but she managed to fly out of the cage when I opened it, and ended up crashing by the door. I grabbed the towel and wrapped her as best I could and covered her head so she couldn't see what was happening (making sure the towel was pinned by my knee so she couldn't move her head and bite me.) She continued trying to bite through the towel. I managed to get her on her back and was then able to open the ball (in half) to reveal her foot inside. I then had to carefully slide her leg from the narrowest part of the opening to the widest part of the opening, then I had to carefully tilt her leg ring at an angle to pass it through the same widest part of the opening and finally I very carefully manipulated her toes and foot through.
Needless to say we were both relieved after!
Luckily, this ball is designed well, in that it can all come apart. If it hadn't been so easy for me to take apart, I would have needed to cut or break the plastic to free her.
If you have a rung bird, look for any gaps in toys, could their foot go through, if so, the ring can act like a locking mechanism if it enters the gap at an angle!
NOTE: Always supervise!!!
http://www.parrotforums.com/eclectus/74506-foot-toys-video.html
One of them was a plastic jingle ball.
I put one of these balls in each of the cages to see if all the birds would enjoy playing with one. Gerry played nicely, as did Dexter.
Bella attacked hers, growling, lunging, flapping... and then?
Managed to push her foot and leg ring through one of the openings - and then couldn't retrieve her leg, so she effectively had a ball for a leg and was VERY upset!
She was thrashing about and screaming. I knew I had to towel her, but she managed to fly out of the cage when I opened it, and ended up crashing by the door. I grabbed the towel and wrapped her as best I could and covered her head so she couldn't see what was happening (making sure the towel was pinned by my knee so she couldn't move her head and bite me.) She continued trying to bite through the towel. I managed to get her on her back and was then able to open the ball (in half) to reveal her foot inside. I then had to carefully slide her leg from the narrowest part of the opening to the widest part of the opening, then I had to carefully tilt her leg ring at an angle to pass it through the same widest part of the opening and finally I very carefully manipulated her toes and foot through.
Needless to say we were both relieved after!
Luckily, this ball is designed well, in that it can all come apart. If it hadn't been so easy for me to take apart, I would have needed to cut or break the plastic to free her.
If you have a rung bird, look for any gaps in toys, could their foot go through, if so, the ring can act like a locking mechanism if it enters the gap at an angle!
NOTE: Always supervise!!!