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Jul 31, 2009. 11:14 AMGuineaLover
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I tried your toy with about six/seven straws. How do you hang them in the cage? Thanks for the toy idea!!!
Aug 2, 2009. 2:51 PMChikara (author)
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Uh.. i dont really remember, just try to tie it on loosly with yarn i suppose.
Jul 15, 2009. 2:44 PMbarbiebr00t4l
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i just got my parakeet two days ago and i had him hand trained by last night. (:
I made this for my cockatiel Argett and he loved it! When I was making it though, my mum and dad kept staring at me like wtf? They had no idea what I was doing.
Oct 5, 2008. 10:57 AMjinjaboy
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ok thanks, too bad i got my birds when grown up, but luckily my mum said we might be getting baby cockatiels so now i know what to do thanks.
Aug 12, 2008. 5:59 PMNikonDork
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Using Mylar icicles for a bird toy isn't a very good idea. Cockatiels and other small hookbills can and will bite pieces off of that stuff and its not digestible. Using this might hurt or kill them. As a general rule of thumb, you make bird toys out of natural materials and strings/rope made of hemp/cotton.
Oct 13, 2008. 3:28 PMCharlie24601
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Agreed. Plastic can be ok if you are SURE they can't digest it, like really think and STRONG plastic. Straws and mylar? I would NEVER use something like this for my babies.
Aug 12, 2008. 7:28 PMChikara (author)
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my bird is having no problems. she gets ribbons as toys all the time from everyone we know. she digests is just fine. she ate about 2 big ribbon strings without a problem. no bad things happened. but if you want to be real picky, and not trust me, use rope.. or string.
Aug 28, 2008. 6:28 PMWolfbird
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I agree with NikonDork on this being a really bad idea. Think of birds as little babies. They put anything in their mouth and often eat nonfood items, and intentionally giving them bits of plastic and glue is just unacceptable. Their digestive tract can get tangled up, they can choke, or get stings wrapped around their little toes. Remember, just because your bird isn't the type to eat weird things doesn't mean that all birds are like that. Not everyone is a responsible bird owner and knows this.
Aug 29, 2008. 8:36 AMChikara (author)
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very true. i agree, if your bird actually will eat the things whole, dont build this. especially if they are babies, i warned you in the beggining to be careful if you are picky. ty for constructive critisism
Sep 3, 2008. 2:49 PMjinjaboy
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i have two cockatiels and im gonna try this cos they need a new toy, they will probly not go near it for the first day or two. but when they get used to it they will love it. and can you please tell me how you trained your bird to like being held, mine hate it. but cool toy thanks
Oct 2, 2008. 7:21 PMChikara (author)
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the trick to training them to be held is to hand feed them when they are babies :) and ty second good comment
Aug 9, 2008. 5:05 PMChikara (author)
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hehe, cute, our bird crawls around and sometimes flies around the house when we are home, we cage her when we sleep or we arent home. thanks for being my first instructable, first commenter, and first builder :)
i have 3 bird, they are free to go where they want in my house(no cage). they have a corner just for them, and they stay there. some time they go play with my dog or they go eat his food. I hope they will like this toy. they like hair, so why not?
Aug 9, 2008. 1:16 PMChikara (author)
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Its my first instructable so i hope i get some rep here :P
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