What is your ekkies favorite toy?

[2Birds3Kids]

Hi, has this been covered yet? I am expanding my ekkies' play area. I have a boing, swing, circle rope swing, boa, pinecones, loofahs, chains... I know I am missing something though, so can you please share your ekkies one favorite toy?

Would it be fun to make this a one word or one line answer thread so it could possibly be made into a sticky and scrolled through really quick?

 

[Deejo]

Crawler (from Olivers Garden)

 

[Birdiemarie]

Soft woods like pine and those soft plastic stars with the balls on the ends.

 

[Marlene]

Parker likes bells.

 

[CarmieJo]

Howard's Toy

 

[newf]

Skittles loves those small plastic buttons that I got for him from Mother Pluckin Bird toys. Here is the link. The toy is called Button Crazy.

Mother Pluckin' Bird Toys - Home of the ATOM

 

[2Birds3Kids]

So far my ekkies favorite toy is a foraging item - it is a golf ball size whiffle ball stuffed with dried red chili peppers. I stick them out of all the holes and it looks like an octopus monster.

My male ekkie does like bells if I am playing with them, but he won't make them jingle on his own.

 

[CarmieJo]

Howard likes the plastic buttons and balls of all kinds. He also has really enjoyed these Trinket Links. They are really inexpensive and can keep him entertained for a long time.

 

[2Birds3Kids]

Soft woods like pine and those soft plastic stars with the balls on the ends.

Hmm, I have never been able to get any of my ekkies to chew wood - only pine cones and balsa wood. In what configuration do you have the pine wood? Thanks!

 

[Birdiemarie]

I use SS skewers (fillable large rings. straight and curved) and fill them with all kinds of soft wood shapes. I sometimes separate the wood pieces with big plastic balls.

 

[CarmieJo]

The first wood toy that Howard chewed was the Lots O Legs Jungle toys and it took him about a half hour to destroy the toy. Then I started buying pine door shims at the hardware store. You get about 20 of them in a pack for $1.50 and Howard likes chewing them up just as much as the $4 Lots O Legs. I drill holes in them and thread them with beads on sissal but I am going to try Marie's skewer idea next time.