Make your own foraging toys

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Make your own foraging toys
Topic Started: Aug 25 2010, 02:44 AM (1,268 Views)
Joey	Aug 25 2010, 02:44 AM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 160 Group: Member Member #683 Joined: January 10, 2009 # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner Gender: Female My name is: joanne Location: Cheshire, UK My Conure/s are: Sun Conure - Pele & Maroon Bellied Conure Tink 2010-2011 My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1142810523	I have spent a fortune on foraging toys, when all i really needed to do was use what I had at home they seem to prefer this ( bit like kids and presents they prefer the box rather than the toy lol) Ive been wrapping nutriberries in a bit of kitchen roll and leave them round the cage,they have to rip the paper to get it out. Oscar loves it he knows its in there somewhere and you can hear little squeals out of him when he cant get to it. also ive been using little deli pots I got mine from an indian takeaway it had mango chutney in it. Put some of there favorite treats in and they have to get the lid off to get to them. A few others.... Put paper over treat bowl and they have to get through the paper to get to the treats. Small cereal boxes you know the little ones you get in variety packs. Fill them with treats and shredded paper. The box tends to get trashed as well in the process. The plastic egg that you get in the middle of kinda eggs. Drilled holes in it fill it with treats and hang it from the top of cage. Wrap treats up in brown paper bags and hang around the cage. I have found them to be a much bigger hit than the bought toys and im able to offer more variety with not spending Ł5 - Ł10 a time on a toy RESULT.... Anyone got any of there foraging toy tips ?



Dusky	Aug 25 2010, 03:15 AM Post #2
Moderator Posts: 4,489 Group: Staff Member #817 Joined: April 6, 2009 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Phil Location: Western , Connecticut My Conure/s are: Conrad the Dusky , Sunny the Sun Conure	Those are some cool foraging toys you made !! I will have to use a few of those for my birds . I spend alot of money per month on my bird toys as they get chewed up relatively quickly . If i was creative like you , i could definitely save a bundle of money on toys . Thanks for the ideas



Joey	Aug 25 2010, 08:48 AM Post #3
Senior Member Posts: 160 Group: Member Member #683 Joined: January 10, 2009 # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner Gender: Female My name is: joanne Location: Cheshire, UK My Conure/s are: Sun Conure - Pele & Maroon Bellied Conure Tink 2010-2011 My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1142810523	I'm glad you found it usefull I'll be sure to add any new ideas I get



Cathy	Aug 25 2010, 05:04 PM Post #4
Gold Member Posts: 1,335 Group: Member Member #254 Joined: October 11, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner Location: Norway My Conure/s are: Echo, Lexi and Iso	There are so many toys u can make yourself its only your imagination that stops u. Normaly the easiest is the best and what the birds love most. U can pay lots and lots of money and the bird cant even bother to take a look at it but if it finds a tooth pick or a plastic cork it can plays with it day after day.. Its kinda funny Well i make lots of toys for mine. Toys, playgrounds and play houses. I just love to make them. I use lots of natural wood, small plastic things and yeah what ever thats safe for the bird My problem is that i got so many ideas in my head but to little space in the apartment I have lots of toys that i havent put on my site yet but maybe u can get some kind of ideas in there. www.fugleleker.no U can always search on birdtoys/parrot toys and make out of that



Dusky	Aug 25 2010, 06:08 PM Post #5
Moderator Posts: 4,489 Group: Staff Member #817 Joined: April 6, 2009 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Phil Location: Western , Connecticut My Conure/s are: Conrad the Dusky , Sunny the Sun Conure	I checked out your site Cathy it's awesome ! I just have to google translate it . Are those pictures of Echo in those sleeping tents ? Also was that Echo and Chanel on the homepage ? Just curious



Cathy	Aug 26 2010, 03:54 AM Post #6
Gold Member Posts: 1,335 Group: Member Member #254 Joined: October 11, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner Location: Norway My Conure/s are: Echo, Lexi and Iso	Its Echo and his older sister Coco. Chanels old owner had 2 conures.. Coco and Chanel but i had Coco before they got Chanel and Chanel on Holidays and couple of months before i found a place for Coco to live. I desided i wanted to take Chanel in since she wasent that tame and was little spesial. So its a pic of Echo and Coco on the front page, but Echo are in the sleepingtent plus in the playhouse Lekehus



Joey	Aug 26 2010, 10:15 AM Post #7
Senior Member Posts: 160 Group: Member Member #683 Joined: January 10, 2009 # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner Gender: Female My name is: joanne Location: Cheshire, UK My Conure/s are: Sun Conure - Pele & Maroon Bellied Conure Tink 2010-2011 My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1142810523	Cathy Aug 25 2010, 05:04 PM There are so many toys u can make yourself its only your imagination that stops u. Normaly the easiest is the best and what the birds love most. U can pay lots and lots of money and the bird cant even bother to take a look at it but if it finds a tooth pick or a plastic cork it can plays with it day after day.. Its kinda funny So true I bought Pele what I thought was a great foraging toy cost me around Ł11 and he was more interested in the box it was in, I ended up putting the box in his cage as well he loved it. He still doesnt care that much for the toy that was in it. Great site, I loved the sleep tent it looked sooooo cozy



Sunny01	Oct 28 2010, 07:25 PM Post #8
**AWESOME MEMBER** Posts: 164 Group: Member Member #1,318 Joined: October 23, 2010 Gender: Female # of conures: 0 I'm a conure: Future Owner My name is: Alexis Location: United States My Conure/s are: Going to be a Sun	Oh my goodness! You make all that stuff?



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