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Hi there.

I was just wondering what others had been told about using rope toysswings etc - i have been lurking through threads and have seen lots of toys/swings made from rope, and thought what our avian vet had told us might be useful to alot of people.

She said use NOTHING made of rope, as parrots chew, and the rope doesn't digest easily.... They have ended up with birds needing complicated operations to get this rope out of their bowel system.

What have you been told? Urban myth, or something that people should be aware of?

Hi,

My vet said OK as long as you check them daily and trim off any bits they might get caught around their feet or in their throats. My birds would prefer toys made out of leather or raffia (I don't know what else it is called). They love to shred the raffia.

My birds have a rope perch they love but it is pretty solid and they don't tend to chew it. They do love to rub their beaks on it to clean breakfast off their faces!

Regards,
Janet

They do tend to get chewed and worn pretty quick. In the newsletter that my avian vet send out there is an article about a cockatiel that had died from compaction of material from a rope toys, he couldn't be saved in time. I buy the hard plastic (cant think what they are made of) toys. Having an Alex that chews through pretty muchly everything I cant have soft thing.