It’s amazing how a simple cork can be so entertaining

[Karnkate]

I bought 5 pieces of XL sized cork pieces for my birds to destroy. All of them except Mommam the blue spangled budgie literally go nuts at the sight of it. Mali can possibly spent ten minutes getting occupied from this thing. And finally, Mali has a better target to chew on that is not human skin. When he gets nippy I can just summon this sacred cork and he’ll immediately let go of the human finger/skin fixation and go after the cork instead.
In fact, Mali loves the cork so much he sometimes will drive any bird (including Joseph) away so that he gets to chew it all by himself. If I try to bring out the second cork so that the other birds will just chew on this one and leave Mali alone....he will try to get that second cork too. Grass is always greener on the other side, eh?


This is how big the corks are.

Because Mali is unpredictable when he’s in the vicinity of the cork, Joseph and I opt for a recall practice instead. The budgies are kept in the background because they now have to come out on a different time because they keep bullying Joseph by ramming their heads against the poor p’let.

 

[sunnysmom]

Such cuties.

 

[SandraK]

You can buy the biggest, "bestest", fanciest toy for a fid and find that, when all is said and done, they prefer that piece of cork or a straw fingertrap instead. It's the age old story of the kid who wanted X for Christmas, gets X for Christmas and is playing with the box it came in instead.

 

[rockoko]

How cute!!

 

[Gribouille]

this is unheard here in my home, 2 budgies bullying a p'let We are used to the other way around...
Is it safe for the birds to eat cork though? I would be afraid that they could chew big bites and choke or cork their stomach..?

 

[Karnkate]

this is unheard here in my home, 2 budgies bullying a p'let We are used to the other way around...
Is it safe for the birds to eat cork though? I would be afraid that they could chew big bites and choke or cork their stomach..?

Joseph is a weird p’let. He doesn’t bite and is generally very sweet and cute. Which makes him a prime target for bird bullying.
They don’t seem to be eating any cork though. I saw them spitting the pieces out after they chewed it.

 

[SandraK]

Joseph is a weird p’let. He doesn’t bite and is generally very sweet and cute. Which makes him a prime target for bird bullying.
They don’t seem to be eating any cork though. I saw them spitting the pieces out after they chewed it.

It's a chewable toy. My flock will chew the cork perches they get but they don't eat it - just destroy it.

 

[fashionfobie]

Great idea!