Beware of this toy!!!

wenz2712 said:

I need to make you aware of the dangers of this particular toy!!
I could here Codie making a weird squeaking noise and when I went in she had a long piece of this shredding ball wound about 3 times around her neck She was going frantic!! It has just taken me half an hour to untangle it from her!! If I had not have been here, I dread to think what would have happened!!

You will see on the pic the balls on it... She had unravelled one of them ..... this is how she got it wrapped round her neck!!

Here is the Toy!!

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wenz2712 said:

Yes, I am going to contact them if I can!! It was pretty scarey... The more she tried to get it off, the tighter it got I was trying to get it off her and she was biting me in fright.. It wasnt hard biting, but I just had to let her bite me, as I needed to get it off quickly!!

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I bet is must have been painful for you...
Shame just imagine what was going through Codie's mind...
Thank heavens you managed to remove it,

antoinette said:

wenz2712 said:

Yes, I am going to contact them if I can!! It was pretty scarey... The more she tried to get it off, the tighter it got I was trying to get it off her and she was biting me in fright.. It wasnt hard biting, but I just had to let her bite me, as I needed to get it off quickly!!

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I bet is must have been painful for you...
Shame just imagine what was going through Codie's mind...
Thank heavens you managed to remove it, Codie could have tried to get away, making it tighter.....

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Yes, I was shaking with panic

Well, at least she is not too affected by it.. She is now happily playing away

BarkleyLoves said:

Thank you for posting this. I was looking at toys similar to this. I can't imagine what would have happened if you weren't home. I would definitely suggest calling the company/manufacturer. You both must have been so scared.

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Yes, I am going to call the Manufacturer!!

You would never dream something like this could happen!! Normally, with this type of toy, she just shreds them to bits, but for some reason, this time it just unravelled instead!

I just thank my lucky stars that I was here at the time

Boysmom said:

OMG I have a similar toy, walking to the trash with it now!!! We had our own near death experience today, read it in eclectus forum here. Im still shaken from it, thank goodness we both reacted quickly. Everyone should beware, it only takes a second to loose your precious baby, watch them closely.

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I agree.. It just goes to show how quickly things can happen

mrgoogls said:

wow thank god you were there. i was looking at that exact toy at my bird store. i guess im not buying it now. i have a question though, i bought this ball of twine as a food toy. its just natural twine wrpped up into a ball about the size of a tenis ball(a BIT smaller). would that be safe. where i bought it from she had one in all of here parrots cages and a quaker and a ringneck were both playing with it together. i think it should be okay but just making sure.

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merlinsmom13 said:

Terrible, I'm so glad you were home. Are those wicker type balls? I see them all the time on toys.

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Yes, they are the very fine type of wicker balls Becky! I have a feeling that this was a sheer fluke thing to happen, but nevertheless, I will not be buying anymore like it

henpecked said:

Thanks for posting that Wendy. Glad you were there. Hug Codie for me.

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I will do Richard! Thankyou

wenz2712 said:

mrgoogls said:

wow thank god you were there. i was looking at that exact toy at my bird store. i guess im not buying it now. i have a question though, i bought this ball of twine as a food toy. its just natural twine wrpped up into a ball about the size of a tenis ball(a BIT smaller). would that be safe. where i bought it from she had one in all of here parrots cages and a quaker and a ringneck were both playing with it together. i think it should be okay but just making sure.

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If its a food toy, it should be ok! Codie has lots of these type balls as foot toys, which are fine as she shreds them quickly, but I think because this was a hanging one in her Cage, she pulled it and it unravelled and somehow because she was swinging upside down on it at the time it got caught round her neck, then when she twisted round to try and free it,.. it then went round more, until in the end, it was wrapped round her about 3 times!!

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