by webepets on Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:07 pm
Too many toys ? Its funny, I recall you saying you felt sorry for my birds because they had no toys. So let me put my two cents in. Its nice to have one or two toys in a cage to satisfya birds natural curiosity. Specially a toy that they can break and get something out if it like food. The bigger more demanding species like cockatoos and macaws need it more for psychological reasons more than anything else since they get so bored being left alone in a cage 10 ours a day. Any bird in "breeding" mode will ignore toys for the most part cause they're too busy nesting, caring, or worring about babies. Again, birds can use a littly stimulation but for the most part, I think that people overdo the toy thing for their own psychologilal reasons. Mainly to call themselves a good bird "parent".
Again, for the birds entertainment, not the persons, one or two toys are more than enough. Cages are small enogh allready, what they really need is room to fly and not hit themselves in the process. Hope this helps, I saw that you were helped allready with your "crop" question. I can add my two cents there if you'd like too.