Any toy pieces supplier??

[jousze]

Im searching for a toy pieces supplier, if possible on Europe. It’s also okay if it’s somewhere else, while I don’t have to pay 30 or 40€ of shipping...

I wanted to buy some parrot toy pieces so I can build my owns for mambo but all the ones I found on eBay are from USA and they ask me for each set of pieces at least 20€ of shipping, so I’m not willing to pay 4x the price of the set for shipping lol

Thanks in advance


Jose

 

[jousze]

When searching toys on Ebay click Buy it now.Also there are alot of toys from China and there alot of free shipping toys.Try to look again i always buy toys and from Enay and the shipping is free.Again try to look for toys from Hong Kong or china the shipping is usually free.I am from Europe.

Okay I’m going to click on buy it now. How would you search for them? I wrote “bird toy pieces” and didn’t find many..


Jose

 

[Betrisher]

What toys are you wanting to make?

I make all my own toys and use natural materials like wood, leaves, twigs and nuts. I buy sisal rope from a warehouse in Sydney (not an option for you, I know, but surely there'll be lots of ropemakers in Brussels?)

I use two-inch sisal for my main swings (I just allow two big loops of rope to droop down through the roof of the cage, securing it at either end with strong twine).

I use one-inch sisal for perches and boings. For perches, you just tie a fat knot at one end, stretch the rope tightly across the cage and tie another knot at the other end. If you want, you can learn to tie eye-splices from YouTube. They're a bit neater than common knots, but take a bit of mucking around to tie them tightly and neatly.

For boings, you use eight-gauge fencing wire (get it from a feed merchant, or ask a local farmer for a bit - you only need one or two metres). Twist the wire into a loose spiral and then bury the wire in one end, securing it tightly either with a wire wrapping, a cable tie (which you will later cover) or some strong twine. By gently untwisting the rope in sections, it's easy enough to wind it around the wire, covering it completely. Secure at the opposite end as well. If you need to, wrap the end with either strong wire or twine and cover all pointy bits for birdie's safety. Add a hook (can either bend a loop into the top of the wire or add on a carabiner). You can hang a toy from the bottom or leave a long tail of loose rope for birdie to unravel. If you do this, watch him very carefully because some birds have a genius for getting knotted up in unravelled rope!

I use half-inch sisal to make cargo nets. Somewhere in our DIY forum, I've posted instructions for making such a net with large wooden beads. If you can get beads, you can either tie a simple overhand knot or make your own 'beads' by cutting circles out of untreated pallet timber with a hole saw and drilling a good-sized hole in those with a large drill bit.

Pallet timber is *excellent* for large parrots to chew on! Only ever use the untreated stuff (I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Oz it's made out of 'cypress pine' and quite safe). I cut large and small holes out of the slats with a hole-saw and use the resulting 'biscuits' to make toys. The remaining bits of the slat are put on top of the cages and the birds have a great old time chewing them into matchwood from below. Or, sometimes, I'll screw a couple of metal cuphooks into the 'holey' slat and hang it inside the cage for the birds to chew. Either way, they'll have it in splinters over one or two days.

I'm always on the lookout for all kinds of chewables for my birds. I buy baby toys from second hand stores. The BEST toys are the ones that hold a battery - DO make sure it's bird-proof - and play a voice or sound when you (or the bird) press a button. My Madge adores these toys and has several. Pram toys are good because they're usually pretty durable and don't break when bitten. Various kinds of teething toys are also good, as are plastic balls and rattles with a hard bead inside. Be very careful of anything with exposed metal (or even unexposed metal, including bells, that your bird might winkle out. We've had more than one member lose a bird to metal poisoning through the destruction and ingestion of a small bell!

My corella, Rosetta, absolutely *loves* colourful plastic bangles. She has several of these and enjoys wearing them around her neck. (She's such a supermodel!) I get these from op-shops too, always making sure there are no removable parts that could make a choking or metal hazard.

Other bits and pieces I use are cardboards of all kinds (especially the hollow tubes used by haberdashers to roll fabric on) and many kinds of plastics (be careful not to use the softer plastics that can be nibbled into small beads and, perhaps, swallowed). I use large milk containers to fill with shredded paper and small treats - the birds love ferretting their way into these and finding nuts and bits of seed inside.

I bought some six-inch-long stainless steel bolts with two hex nuts and a single wingnut on each. I drilled holes in a cardboard fabric tube and poked the bolts through, securing them with hex nuts inside. About two inches of each bolt sticks out and I put the wingnuts on those. The birds have a lovely time winding the wingnuts around and, eventually, getting them off. No one has yet worked out how to free the bolts from the tubes, they're still trying!

PVC tubing (I use one-inch wide) makes a wonderful playgym when you make up shapes using elbows, cross-pieces and three-ways! Mine is wound with vet tape for stability and that gets grotty over time, so I have to renew it. But it's cheap and the birds love their gym! Ours has a spiral staircase, a huge boing, a three-foot ladder, two swings and a cargo net hanging from it. My poor Dommie (may he RIP) loved it.

The only specialist things I really buy are coloured wooden beads when they're cheap and the occasional drilled wooden perch to affix on the outsides of my cages. Oh, and stainless steel curb chain from the local hardware shop. You can buy good quality plastic chain from crowd-control businesses. It's incredibly cheaper than buying it from a bird-supplies shop (as is everything).

The only thing I wish I could buy but can't seem to find is the plastic end-caps you see on commercially made boings (the ones with a screw top and a split bolt inside). I have a feeling I'll find something just as good in the hardware shop if I look for long enough...

Oh Lord! Sorry for the massive slab of text! I'll leave it in case there's anything useful to you, but yeah: sorry!

 

[jousze]

What toys are you wanting to make?

I make all my own toys and use natural materials like wood, leaves, twigs and nuts. I buy sisal rope from a warehouse in Sydney (not an option for you, I know, but surely there'll be lots of ropemakers in Brussels?)

I use two-inch sisal for my main swings (I just allow two big loops of rope to droop down through the roof of the cage, securing it at either end with strong twine).

I use one-inch sisal for perches and boings. For perches, you just tie a fat knot at one end, stretch the rope tightly across the cage and tie another knot at the other end. If you want, you can learn to tie eye-splices from YouTube. They're a bit neater than common knots, but take a bit of mucking around to tie them tightly and neatly.

For boings, you use eight-gauge fencing wire (get it from a feed merchant, or ask a local farmer for a bit - you only need one or two metres). Twist the wire into a loose spiral and then bury the wire in one end, securing it tightly either with a wire wrapping, a cable tie (which you will later cover) or some strong twine. By gently untwisting the rope in sections, it's easy enough to wind it around the wire, covering it completely. Secure at the opposite end as well. If you need to, wrap the end with either strong wire or twine and cover all pointy bits for birdie's safety. Add a hook (can either bend a loop into the top of the wire or add on a carabiner). You can hang a toy from the bottom or leave a long tail of loose rope for birdie to unravel. If you do this, watch him very carefully because some birds have a genius for getting knotted up in unravelled rope!

I use half-inch sisal to make cargo nets. Somewhere in our DIY forum, I've posted instructions for making such a net with large wooden beads. If you can get beads, you can either tie a simple overhand knot or make your own 'beads' by cutting circles out of untreated pallet timber with a hole saw and drilling a good-sized hole in those with a large drill bit.

Pallet timber is *excellent* for large parrots to chew on! Only ever use the untreated stuff (I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Oz it's made out of 'cypress pine' and quite safe). I cut large and small holes out of the slats with a hole-saw and use the resulting 'biscuits' to make toys. The remaining bits of the slat are put on top of the cages and the birds have a great old time chewing them into matchwood from below. Or, sometimes, I'll screw a couple of metal cuphooks into the 'holey' slat and hang it inside the cage for the birds to chew. Either way, they'll have it in splinters over one or two days.

I'm always on the lookout for all kinds of chewables for my birds. I buy baby toys from second hand stores. The BEST toys are the ones that hold a battery - DO make sure it's bird-proof - and play a voice or sound when you (or the bird) press a button. My Madge adores these toys and has several. Pram toys are good because they're usually pretty durable and don't break when bitten. Various kinds of teething toys are also good, as are plastic balls and rattles with a hard bead inside. Be very careful of anything with exposed metal (or even unexposed metal, including bells, that your bird might winkle out. We've had more than one member lose a bird to metal poisoning through the destruction and ingestion of a small bell!

My corella, Rosetta, absolutely *loves* colourful plastic bangles. She has several of these and enjoys wearing them around her neck. (She's such a supermodel!) I get these from op-shops too, always making sure there are no removable parts that could make a choking or metal hazard.

Other bits and pieces I use are cardboards of all kinds (especially the hollow tubes used by haberdashers to roll fabric on) and many kinds of plastics (be careful not to use the softer plastics that can be nibbled into small beads and, perhaps, swallowed). I use large milk containers to fill with shredded paper and small treats - the birds love ferretting their way into these and finding nuts and bits of seed inside.

I bought some six-inch-long stainless steel bolts with two hex nuts and a single wingnut on each. I drilled holes in a cardboard fabric tube and poked the bolts through, securing them with hex nuts inside. About two inches of each bolt sticks out and I put the wingnuts on those. The birds have a lovely time winding the wingnuts around and, eventually, getting them off. No one has yet worked out how to free the bolts from the tubes, they're still trying!

PVC tubing (I use one-inch wide) makes a wonderful playgym when you make up shapes using elbows, cross-pieces and three-ways! Mine is wound with vet tape for stability and that gets grotty over time, so I have to renew it. But it's cheap and the birds love their gym! Ours has a spiral staircase, a huge boing, a three-foot ladder, two swings and a cargo net hanging from it. My poor Dommie (may he RIP) loved it.

The only specialist things I really buy are coloured wooden beads when they're cheap and the occasional drilled wooden perch to affix on the outsides of my cages. Oh, and stainless steel curb chain from the local hardware shop. You can buy good quality plastic chain from crowd-control businesses. It's incredibly cheaper than buying it from a bird-supplies shop (as is everything).

The only thing I wish I could buy but can't seem to find is the plastic end-caps you see on commercially made boings (the ones with a screw top and a split bolt inside). I have a feeling I'll find something just as good in the hardware shop if I look for long enough...

Oh Lord! Sorry for the massive slab of text! I'll leave it in case there's anything useful to you, but yeah: sorry!

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] the last sentence made me die!

It’s useful! So much!
Thank you so much and I will try to do some of “your” toys! If I success I’ll post some pics of them!

Regarding the toys which make noise, Mambo has one of those chickens that make noise when you press it. He’s scared if I try to approach him with it he will just fly [emoji23]


Jose

 

[jousze]

Hm, okay I’ll check it out at home with the computer cause I suppose that it’s different than the app! Thanks kiwi


Jose

 

[noodles123]

One word of advice- I hadn't considered it until our PBFD scare (my PBFD scare? lol), but when buying toys/ loose parts, it is smart to find out whether the toys/parts are stored in a home with other birds. A lot of times, people who have breeding operations or parrot shops will also sell toys/parts, but it can be risky to buy these if stored near other birds (due to disease). Just something to keep in mind as you shop.

 

[jousze]

One word of advice- I hadn't considered it until our PBFD scare (my PBFD scare? lol), but when buying toys/ loose parts, it is smart to find out whether the toys/parts are stored in a home with other birds. A lot of times, people who have breeding operations or parrot shops will also sell toys/parts, but it can be risky to buy these if stored near other birds (due to disease). Just something to keep in mind as you shop.

True, a bit difficult to know, but sending an email should work!


Jose

 

[noodles123]

One word of advice- I hadn't considered it until our PBFD scare (my PBFD scare? lol), but when buying toys/ loose parts, it is smart to find out whether the toys/parts are stored in a home with other birds. A lot of times, people who have breeding operations or parrot shops will also sell toys/parts, but it can be risky to buy these if stored near other birds (due to disease). Just something to keep in mind as you shop.

True, a bit difficult to know, but sending an email should work!


Jose

The 2 places I investigated were really easy to contact (I called and spoke to a person right away).

 

[Squeekmouse]

I order stuff from makeyourownbirdtoys.com
But I think they are US based, not sure about international shipping costs.

Also for boing endcaps, try soda bottle caps or PVC plumbing parts.

 

[noodles123]

Here's one in the US that doesn't keep theirs with birds:
https://www.mysafebirdstore.com/about.html

I called these guys and their toys etc are in a separate warehouse from their birds (according to what I was told over the phone):
http://www.abirdtoy.com/


I just Googled and found this site---I don't know anything about them, but you might consider investigating (they are based in the UK):
https://www.naturalbirdco.co.uk/ourshop/cat_523266-Toy-Making-Parts.html