I have a parakeet and a lovebird. My parakeet doesn’t really like to play with anything but the expensive bell toys, but my lovebird will play with anything. My parakeet does love to chew on my baskets which I hate. Is there anything close to a basket that he will like that he can chew on? He doesn’t like bird chew toys.
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I like to take a sheet of paper and fold it many times lengthwise like a fan. Then I fold it in the middle and hang it over a cage roof wire above a perch, so two “fans” hang down. The birds like to play with and shred the paper; it generally lasts several days.
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Again, craft stores are great. They carry a wealth of neat materials; beads, hemp, rope, squishy shapes, sometimes bells, doll heads, candle covers, etc. If you can find a way to make them forage for treats, it keeps them busy and is rewarding. I like using candle covers, stringing some hemp through it so it hangs in the cage (along with some beads, straws, and squishy shapes), hiding a piece of millet or maybe a Lafeber Nutriberry inside, then covering it with another squishy shape and let my birds go hunting.
Sometimes, also, since he likes bells, you could pick up some cheap cat balls without any catnip. You can usually buy them in fours for a dollar or something, and let him play with those under supervision.