Best homemade paper or treat toys?

[ConureCrazy]

Hmm. Taco Bell? That's where I got mine. I walked out with 5 of those things and I didn't even get a drink LOL. (I hate fast food, eww, just my taste buds ) lol I'm away at the moment, birds being watched by my sis for 3 days, still have two days until I get a picture

 

[Lovelyloribeth]

I just got home...no joke I didnt see this til now....I went to taco bell haha. But I forgot the cup things!! I'm pregnant...I really wanted to try the new cantina bowl. Chichi will have to wait haha.

 

[BoomBoom]

I made some of these

I used one of those paper cup carriers, cut it into sections, and strung together. I stuffed the inside with crinkle paper, nutriberries, dry pasta, and banana chips.

That's very cool. Where do you get the crinkle paper from? I was thinking of stuffing Boomer's foraging toy with it or something comparable that is safe. Besides crinkle paper, what other non-edible safe foraging material can I use? Drinking straws maybe?

 

[Lovelyloribeth]

What about toilet paper?! I stuff a bit in the toilet paper rolls, with treats in there layered. But I keep the toilet paper intact so he has to keep pulling. Get them out. I'd like to know where to get crinkle paper from as well tho!!

 

[ConureCrazy]

Well you can get a lot during Easter... MSBS has some too.
MISCELLANEOUS TOY PARTS by MY SAFE BIRD STORE
That's all I know. I use streamer paper to stiff my toys. the ones that come in rolls to be used for parties. Non-toxic and very cheap.

 

[Rio Mom]

I got my crinkle paper at the craft store.

Pepper has one of these http://www.mysafebirdstore.com/product.cgi?group=2189&product=12598 that she loves pulling crinkle paper out of too.

 

[DebsFlock]

My crinkle paper was sold as Carefresh small animal bedding.

 

[nikkiferguson5038]

My GCC used to love strings of whole wheat noodles. I used the bowties and penne noodles. He liked to deconstruct them while I was making them. As for food foragers, I would roll a piece of cardboard to look like a toilet paper roll and then place a block at the bottom end and hang it off his cage with some string. Fill it with whatever he likes. He would swing it around for a while and then figure out how to dump in out or just rip off the bottom and watch all the goodies fall onto the floor.

 

[ConureCrazy]

Well, today I made Oliver a cereal box foraging toy. I stuffed it with newspaper to shred, some nutri berries, banana chips, straws, cardboard, and other stuff. Then I cut tiny holes in the box, closed the top, and make it so he would have to get to the treats. Now, the whole front of the box is practically off. LOL.

 

[Lovelyloribeth]

Haha. You should take a picture. I'm making a cereal box toy today too.

 

[ConureCrazy]

I'get one up right now Give me some minutes.

 

[AFP520]

You know, the store we got Lucy from gave us one of those little cardboard boxes to bring her home in and it had 6 tiny holes in it for breathing. Needless to say, we barely made it home before she made a full jailbreak.

 

[ConureCrazy]

Some holes he chewed on, some he didn't but that was after only five minutes! Almost gone now...

 

[BoomBoom]

Ha! You've gave me an idea, I have a bunch of almost empty Quaker oats boxes I can use. Curious though, and not to be a downer or anything, do you think the ink on the colored boxes might be harmful to them should they ingest it?

Ive got an idea for everyone to try also. Small pocket sized brown paper bags, fill with crinkle paper and treats, tie into a ball and hang from the cage bars. Quick and easy, and doesn't take up too much space.

... But where can I buy small brown paper bags?

 

[ConureCrazy]

I once read on a website that it was perfectly harmless to shred. I've heard of other people using boxes, so I think it's perfectly fine. Plus, he doesn't ingest it, though I'll keep a very close eye on him, just in case.
The paper bag is a really cool idea. I've seen small ones in walmart. And if you can't find them, you could cut the top off a little bit, to make it shorter... =)

 

[WannaBeAParrot]

I love the treat ideas you shared. I'm glad you wrote about the glue from the empty toilet paper and paper towl rolls. Pritti loves them. He doesn't chew them as much as he used to. He likes to pick up with beak and toss it around. Other times he just likes to sit next to it and snuggle.

I even wonder about cardboard boxes because they may be treated or made with bad stuff too in the paper mulch process.

I take the brown natural coffee filters (basket type that has fan folds), and cut out half inch strips gong around and around. Then I make strips. They are kind of bouncy and floaty and he likes to push them around when hanging out on the kitchen counter.

Pritti also loves the hanging toys I make with blunt edge metal stainless steel cookie cutters. They cling and clang when he pecks at them, but it's like a low chime sound to me.

What is the telephone book toy idea you mentioned?

Another idea -- I just bought him a rope toy that is made of a lot of pieces of thck white rope that goes through holes in a wood duck so that the ropes hang out of both sides of the duck. The ropes have bright colored plastic rings and squares attached to the ends and are different lengths. It's a fun fun toy and he loved it immediately. I'm going to take out the knots, and restring the ropes through a piece of corroguated cardboard around a thick stick because the yellow "fruit flavored" "food grade dye" on the duck came off all over the cloth I cleaned it with when I brought it home. I am very distrustful of these "safe" dyes and paints on mass-produced toys from overseas from places known to violate health regulations on products from infant formula to dry wall. So finding cheap toy parts and rebuilding them can help spark the imagination.

 

[Lovelyloribeth]

Phone book toy. Obviously you can cut them Smaller for conutre size.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=how%20to%20make%20phone%20book%20shredder%20for%20birds&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CF0QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSTp7rgTzAxU&ei=x-UbUL6wKvPq0QH40YCoCA&usg=AFQjCNEdgIUUst0ZcjCfNjpc-3tsKdnjqA&sig2=WJC3iPQgBqYdlel5v80VPw

 

[BoomBoom]

That cockatoo made a giant mess lol.

 

[Lovelyloribeth]

Haha I know, lol. And then he kept going like "what did I do?! Haha

 

[ConureCrazy]

Does anybody know what the name of that stuff that has seeds in it, but you microwave it and it is moldable so you can stick it into pasta or toys is? I can't remember, and I've been trying to find it all morning. lol.

Sorry to hijack the thread but I just found it. It's called Nutri-Forage! Here's a link to where you can get some:
Nutri-Forage: Pet Bird Food | Delicious Foods For Your Exotic Bird