How to Make Parakeet Toys With Twine, Beads or Wood

Parakeets are small, lively birds that do well when they are kept entertained, and one way to keep them happy is with homemade toys. While you can purchase toys at the pet store, you can also keep parakeets amused with toys that you make at home. Homemade toys allow you to be sure of what you are giving your bird and they are also significantly cheaper than toys you would purchase at the store. Use twine, wood scraps and beads to make your parakeet an amusing toy.

Things You'll Need

  • Wood scraps
  • Saw
  • Drill
  • Large wood beads
  • Sisal twine
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Instructions

    • 1

      Saw your wood scraps into three or four rectangles that are roughly the size of the parakeet's head or slightly smaller. Use only untreated wood.

    • 2

      Drill a hole through the rectangles of wood . You can drill through the wood with any orientation that you please, as long as the hole punctures the wood completely.

    • 3

      Cut a length of sisal twine that is roughly 1½ feet long.

    • 4

      String one rectangle of wood onto the twine, allowing it to fall to the end of the twine.

    • 5

      String a large unpainted, untreated wood bead onto the twine after the wood.

    • 6

      Repeat until you've strung all of your wood onto the twine.

    • 7

      Knot the two loose ends of the twine together.

    • 8

      Hang the toy in your parakeet's cage. The parakeet will play with the wood, dragging it up and down the twine.