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Environmental Enrichment for Parrots: Finding the Ultimate Parrot Toy!

By Lilian C. Kim

Most parrot owners can think of at least one time when they enthusiastically purchased an overpriced toy for their pet parrot, only to bring it home and have their bird completely ignore it. There are numerous factors to consider when choosing a toy for a bird, such as color, size, shape, material, and cost. In many cases, what is appealing to the human eye may not be to the bird’s eye. Clearly, there is a distinction between what humans and birds perceive as an attractive toy. Caring bird owners have hundreds of varieties of bird toys to choose from, but how is a person to know what their avian companion would like and ultimately use?

 

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