Large Parrot Toys

Large parrot toys are for bigger parrots like Eclectus parrots, African Grey parrots or even Macaw parrots. Compared to smaller parrots, these home made large parrot toys are easier to create if you know the tricks. This post will show you simple tips that uses simple parrot toy parts to create home made large parrot toys.

Before going into the tips for making larger parrot toys, you might wonder why we need to do so. Well, for one, the prices of parrot toys are not cheap. If we can learn to make parrot toys, we can save quite a bit of money.

Home make parrot toys are really easy. You don't need to have any skills in art and craft. As long as you can cut and tie things, you are good to go in terms of making parrot toys. All you need is a designated place to accumulate new parrot toy parts as well as scissors, and some stringing rope. If you can't find these parts for free, then you can set aside a budgeted sum to buy new parrot toy parts each month from the likes of Walmart or the Dollar Store or online parrot toy parts vendors.These costs are actually much cheaper than if you were to buy commercial parrots parrots.

When you are buying parrot toy parts, one useful criertia you might consider is its re-usability . Is the base reusable? Are the parts durable enough to be washed and recycled? Recycling toy parts is a big dollar stretcher. Although wooden parts can be expected to be chewed up, there are other parts that may be re-useable on the toy.

When making home-made toys for parrots, do keep in mind the safety rules. Some of these basic rules includes: (i) keeping cotton and sisal ropes short so that your parrots don't get their legs tangled in the string, (ii) matching the size of the parts to the birds as you want large parrot toys for large birds. Watch your birds play with toy parts to see if they are treating any part in an unsafe manner. Avoid using parts with metal, hooked shapes, and shaggy parts.Use blunt scissors for safety in case your bird happened on them someday. I like pinking sheers for toy making. Pinking sheers are blunt on ends and sharp enough to trim ropes.

You can set aside a certain time each week just for making parrot toys. You can do it while watching tv in case you are feeling bored. Also, you should make a couple of parrot toys at one time keep some spare toys for rainy days.

The first tip is to find some parrot toy parts that matches the size of the bird. One such good part is the cotton mop head replacements at your grocery or Walmart. What we need to do is to remove any metal and and hang it at the top of the cage. Because such type of cotton shreds easily, it makes a good parrot toy for large parrots.

Another idea for large parrot toys is stuffed brown paper bag. Firstly, do ensure all metal pieces including staples are removed. After which, you can fill the large brown bag with shredded paper, parrot toy parts, and nuts. Your large parrots will have fun shredding the bag and all the stuff inside.

The last tip might not apply to all parrot owners. You need to first check whether your large parrot cage has any chains that can be used to hold parrot toys. If your large parrot cage has such chains, what you can do is then string parrot toy parts and cotton cloth to this chain. The safest place to hang a parrot's toy is on or near the sides of the cage. If a foot is caught, then the bird can hold onto the bars until help arrives.

Some large birds have mechanical minds and love knots. Single knots between beads or toy parts will challenge the bird and increase the toy's life.