Betrisher
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- Jun 3, 2013
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- Parrots
- Dominic: Galah(RIP: 1981-2018); The Lovies: Four Blue Masked Lovebirds; Barney and Madge (The Beaks): Alexandrines; Miss Rosetta Stone: Little Corella
My Rosetta's been having LOTS Of fun with this toy, which I bought years ago for the Beaks on ebay for a few cents. Oddly, the Beaks never really liked this toy, so Rosetta has inherited it and she LOVES it! She carries it around with her everywhere and will periodically pause to roll onto her back and love it to bits, hugging it to herself and licking it with her tongue. In her cage, she'll get hold of it with one foot and drag it up to her perch (quite a distance), where she does her exercises with it, raising and lowering her foot until she drops it. Then, she starts all over again.
I was watching her today and thinking it would be useful to screw a tiny eyelet into the end of the handle. That would enable 'setta to get a proper hold on it with her bill or I could hang it from the roof of her cage by a stainless steel chain.
Anyway, there's lots and lots of great baby toys to be had on ebay, notably from China for very few $$$. This is especially good when you have a bird who destroys toys very easily.
PS. Latest fave for 'setta has been a roll of el cheapo toilet paper placed under and weighed down by her cage cover. She reaches through and shreds the paper, pulling off long strings until it's all gone. Messy, but fun to watch!