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- Mar 26, 2022
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Hello 
I have a male cockatiel named Kiko. Kiko is around 6-7 months of age.
He has recently started to take interest in playing with the rope that joins his bridge to a coconut. (Pic inserted before) when I first got him I ordered this coconut bridge from Amazon but I did not see that it has a hole cut out and is meant for tiny little birds. I was afraid Kiko will try to fit in it and get stuck, but he never really does that. He only bites and plays with the edges of it and occasionally puts his head half way in but has never tried to fully get in the hole.
This is a bridge, but it is attached in the cage in a way where itās kind of like his bed. Every night he sleeps on this bridge and when heās feeling sleepy or wants to chill in his cage alone he usually sits on the bridge and looks so cute
On Amazon it says that the rope is called āhemp ropeā which holds kikos bridge and coconut together, but he has been kind of playing with it recently. Heās not heavily chewing on it or anything but I think it still might be a cause for concern ?? I donāt know if this kind of rope is safe for birds or if the fibres can get stuck in their throat. (On Amazon it says that itās safe for birds.)
I CANNOT get rid of this bridge. It is his absolute favourite thing and he will probably get very mad if I remove it. Another thing about Kiko is that heās only doing this at night time. He has recently become very active and hyper
During the night time and runs and climbs around his cage. During the day time, heās chill and chews/plays with toys or his favourite thing EVER: toothpicks (I cut off the sharp parts) and paper.
Another quick thing I would like to mention is that I will be getting Kiko an upgraded cage which will be a lot bigger and I will be buying more toys when we move which will be in July.
Should I leave it alone? What should I do? Thanks to anyone who replies 
I have a male cockatiel named Kiko. Kiko is around 6-7 months of age. He has recently started to take interest in playing with the rope that joins his bridge to a coconut. (Pic inserted before) when I first got him I ordered this coconut bridge from Amazon but I did not see that it has a hole cut out and is meant for tiny little birds. I was afraid Kiko will try to fit in it and get stuck, but he never really does that. He only bites and plays with the edges of it and occasionally puts his head half way in but has never tried to fully get in the hole.
This is a bridge, but it is attached in the cage in a way where itās kind of like his bed. Every night he sleeps on this bridge and when heās feeling sleepy or wants to chill in his cage alone he usually sits on the bridge and looks so cute
On Amazon it says that the rope is called āhemp ropeā which holds kikos bridge and coconut together, but he has been kind of playing with it recently. Heās not heavily chewing on it or anything but I think it still might be a cause for concern ?? I donāt know if this kind of rope is safe for birds or if the fibres can get stuck in their throat. (On Amazon it says that itās safe for birds.)
I CANNOT get rid of this bridge. It is his absolute favourite thing and he will probably get very mad if I remove it. Another thing about Kiko is that heās only doing this at night time. He has recently become very active and hyper
During the night time and runs and climbs around his cage. During the day time, heās chill and chews/plays with toys or his favourite thing EVER: toothpicks (I cut off the sharp parts) and paper.
Another quick thing I would like to mention is that I will be getting Kiko an upgraded cage which will be a lot bigger and I will be buying more toys when we move which will be in July.
Should I leave it alone? What should I do? Thanks to anyone who replies
I just read the reviews and they seemed safe for him. Should I not purchase things for kiko from Amazon at all? I was planning on getting his cage from them before but I read this review where someoneās Quaker died because the cage was coated in some sort of unsafe substance or something, and that the cages are bad quality.
