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Post by Casey on Apr 16, 2013 18:20:27 GMT -8
my cockatiels would love that one, tippa!
what about Duke? will she play with it?
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Post by tippa on Apr 16, 2013 23:33:20 GMT -8
 That is what I usually do Casey, I pass it on to Duke to finish it off. The conures are very fussy about toys, they don't play with toys much, they prefer playing with humans most. |
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Post by Shelly on Apr 17, 2013 9:30:46 GMT -8
ok as promised.. here is my new toy idea! "the ring toss perch". rings from My Safe Bird Store.com  and for butch i also have it as a veggie kebab. he hasnt warmed up to it though  i put it in and he flew all around. he loves lettuce, but he hasnt gone near it yet xD  with a vine ball on top  |
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Post by Casey on Apr 17, 2013 12:41:30 GMT -8
it looks awesome! Tsuka would go NUTS for that toy, I think I might have to make him one of those!
How did you do it?
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Post by Shelly on Apr 17, 2013 14:44:45 GMT -8
yeah i got the idea from you toy video  same thing with making a perch, a hanger bolt in one end. i chose a branch that branched off in to more branches and i cut the other ones off (with more branches, it gives you more room to make a hole). then i (my dad :  drilled a hole that was slightly smaller than the dowel (i picked up a value pack with total of 8 and 4 different sizes at walmart for 97 cents!). then after the hole is drilled halfway through, you should be able to fit the dowel. if you did the correct size hole, the dowel should go in relatively easy, but be snug enough that it wont fall out and another toy i just made in hopes to get butch interested in pellets while being entertained with things to feel with his beak! i call it "The Board Game" shown with seed until butch get used to the toys (he is soooo scared with the ring toss perch  ) materials top left to right: coconut rope, plastic pacifier, polar fleece knot, vine ball, beaded string with ring materials bottom left to right: jute knot, mirror (to attract him : , and a loose ring  |
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Post by Casey on Apr 17, 2013 20:05:14 GMT -8
that toy is super adorable! love the bowl on the bottom!!
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Post by Casey on Apr 17, 2013 20:11:56 GMT -8
i got some toys made tonight for the monsters! made this one for the cockatiels!  this one i made for Mango (supposed to resemble a snow man!)  he really liked it!  some for Munch, they're noisy rattly toys!    |
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Post by Shelly on Apr 18, 2013 4:51:25 GMT -8
i see the snowman!!! butch doesnt really like the board game  i had him sit next to it, he felt the rope and cardboard and then went on the side of the cage for a long time screaming and flock calling now he sits on the bottom perch singing all the time...to his cuttle bone... i was really hoping that he would like it. |
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Post by Casey on Apr 18, 2013 10:04:42 GMT -8
well, sometimes my birds dont like toys at first. they'll ignore it.... then suddenly out of the blue weeks later they will start playing with it like crazy. that coconut toy i made for the tiels, they havent touched it yet either. but they will when they want to |
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Post by Shelly on Apr 18, 2013 10:50:33 GMT -8
i took the ring toss perch out and butch is eating for the board game he takes a few seeds, touches the jute rope, takes a few seeds, touches the jute rope its all about rhythm and pattern in his world |
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That is what I usually do Casey, I pass it on to Duke to finish it off. The conures are very fussy about toys, they don't play with toys much, they prefer playing with humans most.
i put it in and he flew all around. he loves lettuce, but he hasnt gone near it yet xD
drilled a hole that was slightly smaller than the dowel (i picked up a value pack with total of 8 and 4 different sizes at walmart for 97 cents!). then after the hole is drilled halfway through, you should be able to fit the dowel. if you did the correct size hole, the dowel should go in relatively easy, but be snug enough that it wont fall out 
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i had him sit next to it, he felt the rope and cardboard and then went on the side of the cage for a long time screaming and flock calling