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Hi,
does anyone know how to make some homemade toys for parakeets?? (hehe...i'm kinda low on buget right now...)

Lisa has some on this site already, look there!

I made my birds a coconut club house, Its like a circle with both polar ends cut off and turned on its side.

i like to just tie things like yarns and strings in a whole bunch of knots and they play with it.

Climbtreez, could you post materials and directions for making the coconut house? I've wanted to make one for Skittles, and remember seeing a while ago directions on how to make those (and other toys).

I make most of my toys out of hemp string and beads which I get at Walmart in the arts and craft section.

Here's a site on making home-made toys for your bird(s):

http://www.birdsnways.com/birds/ideas.htm

Good luck!

We did a couple of different things with coconuts After you cut the coconut and get all the meat out of it you want to put in the over 250 degrees for 1/2 hr this will disenfect it. I also scrubbed mine out with a scrubbie and hot water before I put it in the oven to make sure it was good and clean. I have made swings little bed things and we made one that has a hole at each end so sort of looks like a tube


I used hemp cord doubled for strength and strung with plastic pony beads I got cup hook for my cage or you can tie to the top of the cage make sure no loose cords for the birds to get caught on you don't want to hang them (the birds).
I got the hemp cord from wal-mart in the craft dept. it comes in balls get the natural not the dyed stuff. its about $5 for a ball but it goes a long way and you can use it for making all sorts of toys. Mine love food toys. I string vegies and hang them in the cage they love this.

Thanks! Will have to make Skittle some toys like that.

<quote>I string vegies and hang them in the cage they love this. </quote>

I've been wanting to do that, and had meant to ask on here what the best way to make a kind of birdie "schiskabob" (I have no idea how to spell that :p ) for him. Thanks for the ideas!

You can also string noodles I got some whole wheat noodles long ones like a tube worked real neat for putting on a piece of hemp I also picked up some vegie noodles different shapes that I could string the birds like chewing on this stuff also so its a toy and food for them. The stringing vegies is a really good idea. I have strung pieces of cucumber, sweet potatoe, carrot I hang parsley this stuff is not that expensive and its good for them. If you go to the store you don't have to buy a bunch of any one thing so it should not be to expensive and the noodles are not that bad in price you get a big package that will last for quite awhile. You should pick up some hemp cord they have at Wal-mart in the craft dept get the natural not dyed stuff. I ball is about $5 but it lasts a long time. Also get a big sewing needle with a big eye this you will find in the sewing dept the needle will be a fat needle not a skinny needle it should have a big hole (eye) in the top this works real good for stringing the vegies you just sew it right thru the middle of the vegies. I put a pony bead on the end of the cord I tie it on and then thread my vegies then the vegies don't slip off the cord.

Fuzzuzzle:
I made my birds a preening toy out of cotton dog chew-toy rope and a bottle cap. you can get the dog-rope at the dollar store.
cut it into 6inch long pieces, tie a string around the middle, and thread it through the top of the bottle-cap. (after poking a hole, of course.) very simple. my birds love it.

another toy is you take some hemp rope, tie a pny bead at the end, thread some cut-up paper towl rolls/beads on. my birds love that too.

one last toy!
cut a chunk of wood (with bark) off a safe tree; wash it wiht hot water and let dry, then braid some hemp and tack it too the top.

if any of this is too confusing i can elaborate; and if your wondering how to hang the toys just use those clips sometimes used for key-chains, you can buy them at any craft store or a Wal-Mart.

hope i helped!