Fuzzy bed bad?

[Anubis]

I recently got my sun conure, Kiwi (7 yrs), a new bed because she’s chewed up a significant portion of her old bed over the last year or so. I was looking for some tips to get her used to the new bed so she’d use it, but I discovered fluffy beds are bad for birds? Both the new and old bed are fluffy and now I’m not sure if I should be concerned. She’s had her old bed since I got her at 2 months old, but
a) she’s always kinda chewed on it (she’s only started to really chew on it/destroy it within the last year/year and a half)
b) only seemed to rip it up/chew bits off and not ingest/eat any of it.
I’m not sure she would use a not fuzzy bed, and I’ve never any health issues with her. My sister’s jendaya, Loki (5yrs) also has had fuzzy beds and hasn’t had any issues with them.
So, should I be concerned? Should I return her new bed and get her a non-fluffy one? Also, how do I get her to adjust to having a new bed so that she’ll use it?


If you’re wondering what be I got her, it’s this one:

All Living Things Fuzzy Bird Hut

Buy All Living Things Fuzzy Bird Hut at Petsmart

www.petsmart.com

 

[wrench13]

Sorry, but those are just about the worst ones to get. Especially if your bird chews them up. Aside from ingesting those fibers, which are inert, indigestible and likely to cause a blockage eventually, the underlying cloth can form loops and snags which can catch feet and claws. If your not around to free her, parrots are capable of chewing off a foot to free themselves. PLease if you MUST have this type of hut, find ones made from natural fibers, or make one from those sea grass matts available, just bend it into shape. Sea grass is a good substitute.

 

[Anubis]

Sorry, but those are just about the worst ones to get. Especially if your bird chews them up. Aside from ingesting those fibers, which are inert, indigestible and likely to cause a blockage eventually, the underlying cloth can form loops and snags which can catch feet and claws. If your not around to free her, parrots are capable of chewing off a foot to free themselves. PLease if you MUST have this type of hut, find ones made from natural fibers, or make one from those sea grass matts available, just bend it into shape. Sea grass is a good substitute.

Okay. I guess I’ll see if I can return the new bed and wait the week and a half until the next local bird show and get a better bed from there. Any suggestions?

 

[wrench13]

As I said, sea grass is probably the safest one. Buy a matt and bend it into the hut shape.

 

[Anubis]

Sorry, but those are just about the worst ones to get. Especially if your bird chews them up. Aside from ingesting those fibers, which are inert, indigestible and likely to cause a blockage eventually, the underlying cloth can form loops and snags which can catch feet and claws. If your not around to free her, parrots are capable of chewing off a foot to free themselves. PLease if you MUST have this type of hut, find ones made from natural fibers, or make one from those sea grass matts available, just bend it into shape. Sea grass is a good substitute.

Are the non-fuzzy cloth ones bad? Like this?

https://www.chewy.com/e-cage-company-soft-sided-bird-tent/dp/363560

 

[LaManuka]

Are the non-fuzzy cloth ones bad? Like this?

https://www.chewy.com/e-cage-company-soft-sided-bird-tent/dp/363560

The ones you want are made of seagrass, this is the style I use for my lorikeet and he loves it ...

Nothing can ever be said to be 1000% safe, but those fabric huts can be very hazardous indeed. Only the other day I read an account on another platform of a GCC who chewed it's own leg off when it got caught in some loose fibres, so for me they're just not worth the risk.

 

[Anubis]

The ones you want are made of seagrass, this is the style I use for my lorikeet and he loves it ...

View attachment 62248Nothing can ever be said to be 1000% safe, but those fabric huts can be very hazardous indeed. Only the other day I read an account on another platform of a GCC who chewed it's own leg off when it got caught in some loose fibres, so for me they're just not worth the risk.

Okay thank you!

 

[Jexnell]

Birds don't need a "bed". In the wild they just sleep sitting on a branch. All the years I had my Sun Conure he never had a "bed" but still got his twelve hours of sleep a night.

Sometimes he would snuggle into his toys, that's the extent of any kind of bed he got.

 

[Anubis]

Birds don't need a "bed". In the wild they just sleep sitting on a branch. All the years I had my Sun Conure he never had a "bed" but still got his twelve hours of sleep a night.
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Sometimes he would snuggle into his toys, that's the extent of any kind of bed he got. View attachment 62278

What a cutie!

 

[ScottinSoCal]

I recently got my sun conure, Kiwi (7 yrs), a new bed because she’s chewed up a significant portion of her old bed over the last year or so.

I use cheap, 100% cotton, white (no dyes) kitchen towels to line the bottom of Scooter's night cage, which she considers her nest. When she starts to shred them I throw them out and put new ones in.
They're cheap, cotton is organic, and they give her something to nestle down in and be warm. I get them in a pack of 5 from Target, and that's just enough to handle one change. I wash them on a Sanitize cycle before I put them in her cage, in case they've been treated with chemicals to make them feel softer in the store.