Marbles for hours of fun

Budgerigar showing off its treasure. Image © Photographers Direct.com

One thing budgies and little kids have in common: they are fascinated by marbles and love to play with them. They're safe as a toy and provide your bird hours of gameplay. It's a good idea to make a play area for your budgie outside the cage, for example with a bird play gym and some homemade toys. You can lay some marbles around there so your budgie can get to know these shiny rolling balls!

Homemade Budgie Toys

Your budgies love playing, all day long if they could!

That's why I think you should give your little feathered friends enough toys. You would make them really happy!

You can make them yourself too, some of them are really easy, like this one:

The Bead Spider

This is how the end result looks. Have fun! ^_^

Bird Play Gym

Budgies are incredibly intelligent. Imagine you were stuck in the same room for more than 10 years, without anything in it changing, without anything new to look at, without ever getting out of it? That's exactly what it's like for a budgie. It's important to give them something new every now and again: a new toy, a new kind of music, new places to look at or explore.

I'll show you something amazing I found online: a bird play gym. It's not that hard to build!


Start by collecting some safe parakeet toys, and use wooden perches that the budgies can gnaw. They love gnawing and it's good for their beaks. Include a bathtub, so they can have fun splashing around. Make sure the toys can be attached and detached easily, so you can swap them every now and again.
DANGER: avoid sharp edges on the wood and toys, and don't use toxic glue or other products that are harmful for budgies.

for more information: http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/gym/