Conure-Sized Foraging / Interactive Toys

[Tulojow]

My little GCC has been home with me for about a month and has been doing fantastic! She's learned "Gentle" and bite-pressure training has been excellent. Though putting it on still annoys her some, she's doing great with harness training and we've had several nice walks, including our first bigger trip to the pet store today. She's picking up on pooping on command and all in all little Maisie is a fantastic little bird.

I've started looking into the more interactive and exploration-type toys than is found in the local pet store but have found that judging toy size online is a bit of a challenge. I'm specifically looking at forage feeders, foot toys and puzzle type games for her but don't want to accidentally get something too big for her to use.

What toys have you gotten for your GCC and/or what ones have you seen that would be an appropriate size for these smaller guys?

Thank you!

 

[MMARC234]

I found that Leo will play with anything made for parakeets up to African greys. He doesn’t really realize how small he is lol.

As far as foot toys go, I found that https://www.etsy.com/listing/605500866/jar-of-tiny-foot-toys-toss-toys-small?ref=reviews has the perfect size toys for my guys tiny feet.

I made one of those clear foraging cup feeder things that he uses. He also has a pill organizer that I drilled and screwed to his cage that he pops open to get treats. He also has a hole-lee roller toy that I stuff full of miscellaneous things.

He also loves his medium Sweet Feet and Beak Super Shredder Ball, and his absolute favorite is the Mini Bagel Bonanza.

 

[clark_conure]

i dunno about foraging but if you come across these.....hours of entertainment for me and them.

on the last one you need to take a soldering iron or lighter etc. and melt the stand together or they tear that up in seconds.

 

[CallumConure]

I give Callum cardboard boxes, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. to tear up. He seems fairly happy with those toys. I've cut up toilet paper tube, put treats in the middle, and then folded up the end. He loved those. Callum has a tendency to be scared of any new toy that comes into his cage. If it's brightly colored and easily destroyed, he warms up to it.
Callum's favorite toy in the whole wide world was this grape toy. Unfortunately, he's destroyed it and it's not made anymore. It was a purple grape toy with strings of purple wood hanging from it. I've found it on sites, but they seem sketchy to me. Dunno what he's gonna do when I have to take it out!
Callum mostly gets easily destroyed toys, such as cardboard boxes or paper bags from the grocery store. I've seen this tiny conure throw a Target paper bag onto the floor from the top of his cage...
Callum also has brightly colored jingle toys for cats. They're really cheap, but he loves to take them and throw them. He does it because I find it absolutely hilarious because it looks like he's throwing a mini tantrum.

 

[Tulojow]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for these recommendations - they are awesome and the homemade options are even better. I'll definitely look into some of these and add them to Maisie's toy box!

 

[RemiBird]

i dunno about foraging but if you come across these.....hours of entertainment for me and them.

on the last one you need to take a soldering iron or lighter etc. and melt the stand together or they tear that up in seconds.

Remi likes that basketball hoop as well!

 

[Talven]

I've found that loofa based toys are well recieved

Also the plastic rings for babies with different textures also plastic chains from the hardware store work well as a chew. They seem to like the varied textures

Seagrass matts are another fun one held together with leather. Tennis ball was to try redirect my GCC's affections. Big fail but they do like to chew it. Not sure how I feel about it as a toy. Worried about the fluff on the ball.

My favorite is this bamboo one

They have to work out how to raise the lid to get what's inside.

I also make toys out of wooden pegs and ice cream sticks. Craft stores sell unused ice cream sticks that aren't coloured. I pull the pegs apart and drill holes through them and the ice cream sticks at different spots so they are uneven. Thread them onto a fruit spike and let them chew away. Softwood beads work too.As for foraging toys, the best thing I have ever used is toilet paper rolls. Fold the ends in and hide treats. Can do so much with them.

Hope this helps with ideas.