Light up toy

[Alien J]

After reading this amazing article:

True Colors: How Birds See the World
Thanks to UV vision, birds see the world very differently than we do
07-19-2012 // Cynthia Berger

I am wondering if I should play with TD with a light up musical toy like this one. Do any of you use these types toys with your cockatiels? Oops. I can't get the photo to upload. It's too big. The toy is a child's toy with four large colored keys (red, orange, yellow and green). They play different musical notes when pressed and light up.

 

[MnGuy]

I don't have a cockatiel, but I recently bought two light up children's toys that also emit music and speech, and a plastic xylophone, for my Congo African Gray. She really does like smashing the keys on those light up toys, although I can't tell if she enjoys the sounds or really just likes smashing keys. She seems more intent on chewing up the plastic.

 

[Alien J]

I'm not sure TD's heavy enough to make it light up yet. He responds to music, 50's Rock and Roll mostly. I heard/read something to the effect that you shouldn't leave a TV on for a pet bird bcuz to them it's like looking at a strobe light, and with the info about how they see color, etc. I was just curious if anyone does use these types of toys. TD gets real quiet when I play with it (and TD is hardly ever quiet)...Yet, he loves it when I play a wooden flute, so I don't know if it's the music or the lights that causes his reaction.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

I don't have any toys that light up, so I'm not sure. I do leave music on for my birds, and when my daughter plays her instruments, the birds tend to get more active. She plays three instruments: piano, violin, and oboe. They get very animated when she practices, especially when she plays the oboe, which is by far louder than the other two. I don't know much about tv and birds vision, except that I have heard that a lot of birds enjoy watching tv.