Is holee roller too big for green cheek?

[TacoNTiki]

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I just bought this (holee roller toy) for Tiki and Taco and after I hung it in tiki's cage I looked at the holes and had a worrying thought - can tiki get her head stuck in the hole and break her neck? It is made of rubber. I don't know if they come in different sizes but I have seen them before in people's videos. But of course I didn't pay notice of them until I bought it so I don't know if I have seen people with green cheeks that have them or if they should be meant for larger parrots?

Please let me know if you have one and if you have a green cheek and if they have ever gotten their heads stuck. Thx.

 

[YoYo]

If its the size of your green cheeks head in each hole then Tiki or Taco could possibly get their head stuck ( and also knowing the mischievous nature of gcc ). In my opinion i would not risk it and if you have the receipt then you could take it back and get it changed over for a smaller one. I had a similar problem when my nan got me a toy like that for Cleo and so i have just not used it just in case she gets hurt and anyway she has enough toys already. Anyway i hope this helps and you can resolve your issue, good luck.

 

[TacoNTiki]

Better safe then sorry. I think they do come smaller so I'll see if I can find them smaller.

 

[itchyfeet]

Yeah I had the same issues with one of those and Henry - he got his head in, and let out a little squark - I think he'd got it out easy enough but I had one hell of a fright and got rid of it.

 

[Kyoto]

I got one sized for a small dog (only her beak will fit) and just tie it up with twine works just as well!

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

I have two of those for Skittles. His head is too big to fit in the holes, but I think a GC head is smaller than a suns - so I don't know.

I do know that a birds head is not as big as it looks since a lot of that is merely feathers (ESPECIALLY around the neck/collar), so looks can be deceiving.

 

[TacoNTiki]

Yeah there are two different sized holes on those and tiki would likely be able to fit his head though the bigger one. They had one in the cage of a conure at petsmart and that conure was having so much fun with it. But I think that conure is a little bigger in size than tiki. Tiki is only 60 ish grams.

 

[TacoNTiki]

I got one sized for a small dog (only her beak will fit) and just tie it up with twine works just as well!

Thanks Kyoto. I took it back to petsmart and went to the dog section and found a small one. It doesn't have a bell, which is too bad, but I found that I can stuff nutriberries in it so he can forage with it. Do you put treats in yours?

 

[Kyoto]

I intended to, but Kyo actually doesn't play with it all that much heh. Prefers to rip keys off of my keyboard actually :3 little stinker.

 

[OneHorseRanch]

My daughter and I saw one of those rubber ball toys. and my immediate thought was Sheldon getting his head stuck. I'll search for a smaller one and stuff a bell in it. the louder the toy the better. He chews through small plastic cat balls in a hurry and then pulls the bell out just to throw it on the floor. He also prefers pulling the keys off my keyboard.

 

[TacoNTiki]

The little ball is working out well. We found a chain to put on it and stuffed nutriberries and banana chips in there. It keeps him busy because he can only get a little at a time.

 

[YoYo]

I intended to, but Kyo actually doesn't play with it all that much heh. Prefers to rip keys off of my keyboard actually :3 little stinker.

I completely know what you mean by that. My cockatiel Cleo is obsessed with ripping the delete key off (lucky it's easy to put back on).

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

This is Skittles playing with his ball - he loves to hear the bell. (sorry for the bad video quality - i had a crappy camera back then).

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrQLT3WWi8"]Playing Ball With Skittles (Part 2 of 2).wmv - YouTube[/ame]

 

[TacoNTiki]

This is Skittles playing with his ball - he loves to hear the bell. (sorry for the bad video quality - i had a crappy camera back then).

Playing Ball With Skittles (Part 2 of 2).wmv - YouTube

yea, the bell sounds so pretty - i am missing the bell on the little one but if i find one i wlll put one in.