DIY Toys

The Red Tube i got for it was from a pet store. Was around $6 or Cheeper. Then the rest i had lying around here already.

Heres another one with seagrass cord. My guys love it. You can see the big coil of it i have underneath the toy.

Foraging toys are great. i Reccomend trying to find something like this:


You can fill them with millet, paper, paper sticks, popcorn, and anything else you can think of. They have to work a little to get at them.

Not exactly DIY but a great toy. i'll see if i can come up with anything you can make yourself.

Here's a great idea for a foraging toy, that your fids will also get plenty of exercise on . I took this original idea from Trish at the linnie forum, then I added a second layer to make it a double-decker play gym .
I added lots of foraging things such as those chinese finger thingies, straws, straw hats, plastic shapes, then I hung some bead toys and suchlike from the plastic chain. You could also hide some dried foods, carrot and stuff like that in there for them to find, I'm not sure about getting the remains of that stuff out though, lol. Anywayyyyy, I have this hanging on my back porch and my fids LOVE it, so it's a big success at my house. :biggrin5:

Here's another good foraging/destroy toy.
I use approx 11-12 inches of bird safe chain, and the medium sized calculator paper. ( you might want to use the smaller size for smaller birds ) Just feed the chain through the paper roll and add your own selection of beeds/shapes on either side, then bring both ends of the chain together, add a quick lock and VOILA!!!!! you have an interesting and useful foraging toy.I use approx 11-12 inches of bird safe chain, and the medium sized calculator paper. ( you might want to use the smaller size for a linnie) Just feed the chain through the paper roll and add your own selection of beeds/shapes on either side, then bring both ends of the chain together, add a quick lock and VOILA!!!!! you have an interesting and useful foraging toy.

Here's a few i've made.

Giant shredder toy for the tiels, who are professional paper shredders


A variety of hanging toys i made recently


A little foraging toy made with beads, patty pans and a plastic shot glass - the budgies like these little ones


Playgym i made for the fids


Happy hut


Finger trap toy


Paddle pop stick toy


Shredder toy

I've made a ton more, but that's a sample!

I love making toys. I make at least one a week, although I'm starting to run out of room to keep them now, lol. I'e got loads of foraging toys in my blog, that I've made for my budgies and 'tiels for whoever was asking. There's 30+ so I can't post them all here. My toys pretty much all love seagrass. They love it!

Here's a few of the birds favourites:







And some of their favourite foraging toys:



- This toy was great, Lofty opened one of the pinatas every day when I was at work, lol.
- Foraging tray is the biggest favourite they have, and great for keeping them out of trouble, lol.


- Millet in a finger trap, the worlds easiest to set up foraging toy.

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~birdybea~ said:

Here's a few i've made.

Giant shredder toy for the tiels, who are professional paper shredders

wow! love this - instructions pretty please?

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Few of my newer ones.







Foot toys