Bird Toys – How Many Are Enough?
While it is a given that all birds love to play with toys, you may not know how many toys you should be providing for your bird. You may think that two or three toys would be enough to keep your bird occupied when in fact you should have at least 10 toys in your bird’s cage at any given time.
10 toys! But that’s too many!
No, it’s actually how many toys your bird will need to keep busy. Just think of your bird as a child. If you had your child in his bedroom for days on end with only two toys to keep him occupied, wouldn’t he get bored? You bet he would! So would your bird.
You’re probably thinking next that you won’t have anywhere to put these bird toys. You will though, once you start thinking creatively. You can put a few at the bottom of the cage, some attached to the side of the cage and a few hanging from the top. You can even have some bird toys laying right on top of the cage for the bird to peck at from the inside. Birds love this and view it as sort of a game. Your bird will have plenty of room to move around in its cage with 10 toys or more that have been strategically placed.
What type of toys are the best?
Well, you’re going to have to get at least one toy that has a mirror on it. Pretty much all birds love mirrors and it is rare to find a bird that isn’t interested in one. As for other types of toys, you’ll have to test some on your bird. You’ll find that some toys get played with more than others and some get completely ignored. If you find that your bird simply doesn’t like a toy, you can replace it with another.
It is really important to keep your ” rel=”nofollow”>bird occupied and happy. This is your feathered friend that you have invited into your home and you certainly don’t want him to end up getting bored. If he does, he may start plucking out his own feathers in sheer desperation. It is cruel for any bird to be left in this type of situation.
You’ll have fun shopping for bird toys and trying to figure out which ones your bird would like. You might be surprised to find out that the ones you thought he’d like the most he ends up completely rejecting. Birds are funny like that. Each one has its own personality and will like what he likes. That’s really the nice thing about having a bird though. Every one is different and full of surprises.
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