Unsafe Bird Toy

[spiritbird]

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[froggij]

oh my gosh. Nightmare!

[Lady]

Oh my, nightmare indeed~ How devastated this pet parent must be :'(. How are we supposed to know what is safe if we need a lab to test the products that we import. Guess it goes to show that we need to buy local and be extra careful. Home made is looking better and better everyday.

[plax]

How are we supposed to know what is safe if we need a lab to test the products that we import. Guess it goes to show that we need to buy local and be extra careful. Home made is looking better and better everyday.Most of the lead-laden pet toys found in the United States have been manufactured in China. That's one reason I'm always concerned as to whether certain commercially manufactured bird toys (especially the died/colored ones) are actually safe :(

[spiritbird]

It is easy to make your own bird toys and have peace of mind.

[jtbirds]

I completely agree! This is why I usually make my own, they may not look as pretty but the birds do the same thing with them and I feel comfortable!

[froggij]

I just re-found (thrown behind the couch by a bird) a new toy I'd bought for Orsino and noticed it had a lot of painted wood on it - checked the tag: Made in China. That one's going in the trash, I'm so scared I'm not even going to tempt fate...

[spiritbird]

Try to Google bird toys made in USA and see if you like the results. Here is one I found.[Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks]

[Abby]

It's not OK in my mind that a random company can make and advertise bird toys when they don't even care (or neglect to find out) that whatever is in the toy could harm or even kill a bird.

There once was an online parrot supply store called Persnickety Parrot, a really nice site. They used to donate one toy a month to my other bird forum's contest. (The one I am a staff member of.) The owner was wonderful, it's too bad they went out of business. I once bought a toy from there, one of those comfy hanging hut things (I can't remember specifically which one it was or the brand or anything) and a previous bird of mine (a sun conure by the name of Kiki) managed to get her foot badly caught up in thread that she pulled out. I don't know how long she was hanging from it, but as you can imagine, I was absolutely HORRIFIED when I walked into the room to her struggling. I unhooked the toy and frantically tried to untie Kiki's foot from the thread but it was somehow incredibly tight and wrapped around multiple times. It was digging into her skin and you could tell she was in pain. At that point I was crying and yelled for my mom to come help me, and we finally got her out. That toy was IN THE TRASH. I posted on the forum about this shortly after, and the owner of Persnickety was horrified as well and removed the product from her online store permanently. (In addition, she sent me another, much safer sleeping hut absolutely free in my next order...she was so kind!)

We can't change what toys are produced and sold in stores around us, at least not immediately. But what we can do as a bird-loving community is become knowledgeable ourselves on what is and isn't safe for birds, and warn each other when a certain toy turns out to be dangerous.

[spiritbird]

Here is another US toy maker. [Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks] Canadian toy makers are good also. You will find the shipping cost not much different from US makers.

[Lady]

Here is one I found when I searched: [Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks] Looks nice but I haven't looked deeply yet.

[Abby]

I like Parroteelia Bird Toys. They are handmade in Canada. Anyone ever ordered from there?

[spiritbird]

Although this is not a toy I am posting about a dangerous type of perch I bought on Etsy. Luckily I was home when Kobe got his toe nail caught in one of the holes in this perch. I was right there looking at him and he just panicked and was screaming. His toe was caught in this perch so I reached in the cage and helped him. It must have been sore because he favored it for a few days but he is OK now. No swelling noted. I notified the seller on Etsy. Please beware of perches like this:



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[PeachyDoll]

I wonder why I cannot see the link on your original posting. It's not the first time I've been on a thread where I can't see the links. Do you know why?

[Mr Peepers]

I wonder why I cannot see the link on your original posting. It's not the first time I've been on a thread where I can't see the links. Do you know why?


I couldn't see the original pic in the first post either.... sometimes its because the thread was made a long time ago and the host of the picture site has changed. This thread started back in Oct. 2014.

[spiritbird]

I cant see the link either and I do not remember what the toy was now. its just an x now.

[PeachyDoll]

Gotcha, that makes sense.

[plax]

I couldn't see the original pic in the first post either.... sometimes its because the thread was made a long time ago and the host of the picture site has changed. This thread started back in Oct. 2014.That's correct, Nick. As some of you may know, there are two ways to display/embed photos within posts. The first method is to upload an image directly to our server. When that method is used, the image becomes a permanent part of the database and thus won't suddenly vanish at some point in the future - simply because there's no external URL to change or become obsolete. The other method is to enter a URL that points to the external location of an image. When that method is chosen, the image will only continue to display within the post for as long as the URL remains a valid path to the image source. A URL pointing to an externally stored image can be looked upon as a "window" or "wormhole" from our message board to an actual location where a source image resides.

This particular image was posted via an akamaihd.net Facebook media URL. Facebook is such a dynamic system that its media storage URL's frequently change. For this reason it's always best to save an FB photo to your computer and then upload the photo from your computer to the forum server. It'll be sure to stick around then ;). And it's always advisable to paste the URL where an image originally appeared as a comment within the post. Doing so will provide copyright credit to the source.

I as well can't remember what the toy was in the photo. But based upon the thread's early discussion and comments it appears that it may have been an item painted or coated with a toxic substance. Perhaps it involved a presence of lead paint.

[Mr Peepers]

I recently used a newish type host to upload all my photos onto a few forums I hang out on, the host allowed really large files which was perfect for the huge gif files I shared everywhere. Recently the site closed down and the cloud the owner stored all the photos in was also deleted so there are probably a couple thousand pictures and gifs I uploaded all over the place that are just showing a red X now.

OOPS. :th_eek:

[plax]

I recently used a newish type host to upload all my photos onto a few forums I hang out on, the host allowed really large files which was perfect for the huge gif files I shared everywhere. Recently the site closed down and the cloud the owner stored all the photos in was also deleted so there are probably a couple thousand pictures and gifs I uploaded all over the place that are just showing a red X now.

OOPS. :th_eek:Yeah, it can be really irritating when that happens :th_shakehead: