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Ideas For DIY African Grey Parrot Toys

This article gives ideas on cheap African Grey parrot toys. Commercial parrot toys are african grey parrots are rather expensive. They typically costs about $20-$30 dollars and have to replaced within a few months. Rather than paying for these money, here are some ideas on using everyday materials to create affordable african grey parrot toys.

Background on african grey parrots
African Grey Parrots are a species of parrot native to West and Central Africa. Of the two main varieties of African Grey, the Congo African Grey Parrot has a stronger ability to imitate speech, and is thus a more popular pet. The Timneh African Grey is similar in appearance, but has a horn-colored beak, maroon tail, and is slightly smaller.

Using cardboard boxes as chewing materials to create african grey parrot toys. What you can do is to create a house using the cardboard so that it becomes a nice shelter for the parrot. It is becomes a good playground for your pet parrot to play. More over, it is chewable, which is great for the parrot. It is an excellent African Grey parrot toys.

Another idea is to get inspirations from baby toys. Check out your used baby tools to see if they are usable. One good example is the brightly colored plastic oval baby links. They are cheap items and can be used by simply twists the plastic link near the side where the opening is and then slides the opening over the bar of the cage or onto the toy. These links are not safe parrot toys for small sized birds but for African Greys, they can be an affordable parrot toys.

Another great place to look for ideas for African Grey parrot toys is your local discount store! Look around and see if there are any cheap items that can be used as afican grey parrot toys. One suggestion is to buy Cornhusk whiskbrooms, which cost two dollars or less. Each whiskbroom has a metal ring on its handle allowing it to hang easily in the African Grey’s cage using the plastic oval links. The materials in the brooms are a wonderful destruction chew parrot toy for African Grey Parrot, especially Greys that are feather pickers.

Use your imagination and create african grey parrot toys from normal day items such as newspapers or brightly coloured paper. These paper stock can make good chewing parrot toys. You can create rings with it around the cage or you can design strips that slides in between the cage parrots. The good thing about this idea is that you can create lots of African Grey parrot toys just based on your imagination.

I hope these ideas can inspire you to look for more affordable African Grey parrot toys.