Eco Craft: Paper Parakeet Toy
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at
2:12 am
Make an easy paper parakeet toy! My parakeet Jasmine is helping me with this project. Your parakeet will love this toy and you get to recycle some paper and save money in the process.
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We used to make these for decorations for birthday parties when we were kids. Nice idea for a budgerigar though and I’m all for re-recycling paper etc.
Aww, I absolutely adore how inquisitive your budgie is, and how at ease she is around you… my budgies are frightened of their own shadows so as much as I’d like to make them something like this, there’s no doubt it’d have them flapping round the cage like little mental heads in terror!
Hopefully, they’ll become more tame and trusting in time.
Thanks for the video xx
Thanks! My secret in case you want to try is… I discovered Jasmin loves spray millet and as a treat I would only offer it by hand, first inside the cage, later with her out of the cage. It’s like catnip to her
Of course the first few times my hand fell asleep patiently waiting for her to sit on it. Once she figured it out it became a game. Now of course as you can see she has her little nose (sorry beak) into everything with or without millet… 
Good luck with your budgies!
tanks for the video
how do you make your parakeet stay realy calm with you?
Hi! I interact a lot with her on a daily basis – sometimes directly talking to and handling her, sometimes just letting her explore the room or my desk without paying direct attention to her. The more familiar she became with me and ‘her’ room, the calmer , the more trusting, not to mention the more nosy she became.
how long have u had ur paraakeet? i got mine 2 months ago n theyre pretty tame now but they still dont do anythingg, like urs is wondering all over, mine just sti at one place, any help plz??
I found her in my backyard about 6 months ago. I interact a lot with her every day – sometimes directly talking to and handling her, sometimes just letting her explore the room without paying direct attention to her. The more familiar she became with us, the more comfortable she was exploring. Spray millet as a treat definitely helped to get her to come closer to me in the beginning. Hope this helps!
thanks alott =] but how long did take ur parakeet to start playing around with u?
awwwee you birdie is just too cute. You can tell he was very excited about playing with the new toy.
thats nice=)
what kind of paper??? does it have to be construction paper???
Hi – it could really be any kind of paper. Although I personally don’t use the glossy printed paper you get with junkmail for example, because I don’t know if that ink would harm my bird. My favorite is construction paper because it holds up a bit longer.
I made this for my parakeet and then my cat enjoys it. lol!