Toys - advice please

[lousette]

Hubby is off to the States in just over a week and I am buying some stainless steel fixings from a shop over there. They have some great toy parts too and I was going to get a bunch - however just wanted to get some advice as to whether you think these are okay for budgies. I haven't seen any of these materials used for toys here in the UK, but as this is a parrot store I am assuming all safe - just want to check with those in the know. Thank you

Babana leaves www.mysafebirdstore.com/NATURAL_TOY_PARTS-Banana_Rolls.html

Vine www.mysafebirdstore.com/NATURAL_TOY_PARTS-Vine_Heart_12_pack.html

Palm www.mysafebirdstore.com/NATURAL_TOY_PARTS-Mini_Palm_Daisy_5_Pack.html

Cane www.mysafebirdstore.com/NATURAL_TOY_PARTS-Natural_Cane_Spring.html

Grass (I am sure this is okay) www.mysafebirdstore.com/NATURAL_TOY_PARTS-Grass_Bundle_for_Toy_Making_Small_5_Pack.html

And then I want to get some leather bits too - this says vegetable tanned leather ? you think that is okay. www.mysafebirdstore.com/TOY_PARTS-LEATHER.html

I feel like a kid in a candy store - so many fabulous things here to buy and the prices are really good too.

[sarah*glittergirl2212]

Lovely website, I'm guessing the stuff would be fine for budgies (not particularly helpful, lol!!) I love the veg tanned leather little hearts and cup shapes, they look really fab!! Why can't we get this stuff here?, no fair!!

[stace]

Not exactly answering your question, but these all stainless skewers from that store are really useful. I have three and put just put them through the dishwasher to clean.

www.mysafebirdstore.com/SKEWERS_TOY_EXTENDERS-Scooter_Z_Stainless_Steel_Skewer_Small.html

Also, these small stainless pear links are great for easily attaching toys to the cage or bits of toys to each other. (Great for attaching bells if you can't do stainless chain and O-rings)

www.mysafebirdstore.com/STAINLESS_STEEL-Stainless_Steel_1_3_8_Wide_Pear_Quick_Link.html

Unfortunately it seems that site doesn't have stainless liberty bells. Email them and see if they have any, not shown on their site perhaps.

For budgies, the 25mm and 32mm sizes are good. The 25 are nice and small, but the 32mm they can fit their head inside, which they sometimes like to do.

Like these on this site.

www.cabirdnerds.com/bells.html

Getting stainless steel toys in Australia or the UK is almost impossible. The US and Canada are the only places that seem to make them.

I can also recommend this Canadian site for stainless toys (they don't sell parts)

Add a quick link and these foot toys can be made into hanging toys.

www.avianstainless.com/frisky-feet.php?expandable=3

This toy (while a tiny bit bigger than I'd normally get) is a big hit with my bird.

www.avianstainless.com/symphony.php?expandable=1

BTW, vegetable tanned leather is perfect. The thin leather cord is good for stringing up things. However, I've found my bird doesn't much like to chew on leather. He doesn't seem interested in the leather toy parts. Might just be my bird though.

www.mysafebirdstore.com/LEATHER-Leather_Cord_Round_5_64_Per_Yard.html

[lousette]

Thank you so much you guys! Stace, I am definitely going to get some skewers too - they look fab and I have had my eye on Boo's kebab girlfriend for a while I have found a site in the States that sells liberty bells - going to replace all of my bells with proper stainless steel ones. Bizarre that we don't get them in the UK and you cannot get them over in Aus either. When I was surfing to find my fixings I found so many great US sites .... very envious of them!

My husband is very unhappy in his job at the moment and I am not sure how long he will be with them still. He travels to the States every few months, but if he leaves his company that will be a thing of the past, so I am trying desperately to get everything I want in one go. I will have to tell him to take a BIG suitcase

Thanks so much for the links!

Edited to add: Just checked which shop I had down for the bells and is was also California bird nerds Great minds think alike and all that. LOVE those stainless stell toys from Canada!