charmedbyekkie
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As you guys might remember, I don't live in America anymore, so no Western hemisphere options are available to me, unless paying for expensive shipping.
That being said, Cairo needs wood toys. I've tried looking locally, but they're almost all unsafe (for my standards). They're made of wood that sellers don't know about (material, origin, treatment), coloured with sellers not knowing what kind of paints/dyes used, made of not safe string materials (plastic twine is common), have loose tassels, have curved bells, too small, etc. I've looked into buying from the regional equivalent of Amazon, but even they don't have toys that I would feel comfortable buying for Cairo.
However, I did find this: Plan Toys
This is a brand of high-quality baby toys (these sell for quite a bit locally because the expats here buy only the best Western-standard for their kids). These toys, made of rubber wood, meet US and European safety standards. They're constantly rated the best internationally.
Since I can find these Plan Toys locally and they look to meet my comfort level of what's acceptable for Cairo to put in his beak, should I get these? Or should I just suck it up and pay extra to ship parrot-specific wood toys from the US?
That being said, Cairo needs wood toys. I've tried looking locally, but they're almost all unsafe (for my standards). They're made of wood that sellers don't know about (material, origin, treatment), coloured with sellers not knowing what kind of paints/dyes used, made of not safe string materials (plastic twine is common), have loose tassels, have curved bells, too small, etc. I've looked into buying from the regional equivalent of Amazon, but even they don't have toys that I would feel comfortable buying for Cairo.
However, I did find this: Plan Toys
This is a brand of high-quality baby toys (these sell for quite a bit locally because the expats here buy only the best Western-standard for their kids). These toys, made of rubber wood, meet US and European safety standards. They're constantly rated the best internationally.
Since I can find these Plan Toys locally and they look to meet my comfort level of what's acceptable for Cairo to put in his beak, should I get these? Or should I just suck it up and pay extra to ship parrot-specific wood toys from the US?