Some foraging toys I made for my boss's Senegal

[MomtoPercy]

In our office, there are THREE parronts (owned by : Smokey, the Timney Grey, Sammie, the Senegal and my Percy, the BFA) so I tend to make toys for all of them.
Here's something I made for Sammie, my boss's Senegal last night.

 

[thekarens]

Very cool! I know my Sammie the sennie would love it!

 

[Freespin]

Cool, what do you do that allows you to be around the birds?

 

[MomtoPercy]

Cool, what do you do that allows you to be around the birds?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean?

I am not around my boss's and collegue's birds, I just know about them and send them some goodies from time to time.

 

[Freespin]

Cool, what do you do that allows you to be around the birds?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean?

I am not around my boss's and collegue's birds, I just know about them and send them some goodies from time to time.

Ah I'm with you! Sorry I thought you meant you had the birds hanging out in the office XD

 

[GaryBV]

Hi MtP I really LOVE those toys, esp the longer one - I think that's something my lovebirds would LOVE - they are real chewers - may I ask is it that yellow twine you have going through it holding it together? And what is that yellow twine?

 

[MomtoPercy]

Gary, it is yellow plastic twine I get from a harware shop here in SA. Both Sammie and my Percy will NOT chew string for some reason (luckily and YES, Sammie's mom and I have checked and double checked this with our birdies to be safe) so I use this for them because it is easier to use (I put the whole thing together using a needle for the threading). However, when I make this item for the Smokewy, timney grey, I use thin cotton rope because he does chew the rope first! Sammie and Percy both rip the whole thing apart and in two days, only the string is left behind. Again, for safety, I don't allow Percy to keep the toy until it gets to that stage so by the time he's shredded away the cardboard until there is about an inch in diameter left, I remove it and replace with a new one. Sammie's mom does the same after I refused to make her more unless she followed the rules .

If you want to make it, I would suggest you use a sisal rope or thin cotton rope. The reason I only use the cotton rope fonly or Smokey is that it is very hard to bet through a needle LOL!

 

[Calace]

They look great! I'm sure he'll love them!