Toys with threads

[Boki]

I have read so much about the danger of huddle huts that I would never get one. But I did buy her first toy for which she loves. I am asking if I should trim off the strings? She does seem to tying to eat them but maybe she is sort of flossing.

This bird is 6 months old. I am also wondering about perch size. Right now the perches are about 0.5 inches in diameter. But I notice when she starts to nod off, she starts to lose her grip and fall off. Or maybe because this is a new home, she just needs more time to get the hang of it (pun intended).

 

[texsize]

yes yes yes.

I think eating the strings off of the rope perch caused the death of my RLA Pacho.

 

[texsize]

The toy looks like it's not made of "rope" but of something else.
It's the yarn type of toys that I now stay away from.

 

[Jen5200]

I too am cautious with threads of any kind - I have one conure that is a notorious chewer and can’t have rope perches. My others don’t seem to bother chewing the ropes (of course I check them regularly). I do keep a variety of sizes of perches in everyone’s cage - 0.5 inch diameter might be fine, but she might prefer other sizes be available and will choose where she’s comfortable sleeping. Mine seem to choose to sleep on a bit wider perches, although they use all of them when navigating around.

 

[FlyBirdiesFly]

If she’s chewing on the threads then I would remove it. None of my birds chew on their rope perches so they all have them in their cages. I check them regularly and they don’t fray much at all because the birds don’t chew on them. Maybe you should replace the toy with a rope swing or boing that doesn’t have loose threads?