Seeking Easy to Chew Woods

[Lady]

Our girl is great at entertaining herself chewing up toys, but is particular about what she will chew. Balsa all day every day would be the bee's knees as far as she's concerned. We can get her to chew a few other things by mixing them with the balsa, but she needs the super soft wood to get her into chomp mode.

Unfortunately balsa appears to be facing a shortage, and we're having trouble sourcing it for her toys. Are there any other woods out there as easy to rip through as balsa that we could start working into her toys?

Thanks so much in advance!

 

[mythic55]

Sola

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Or Mahogany Pods- I buy them whole- and make holes in it and stuff pistacios, etc. Super fun to rip apart
Edit: also- not a wood but Loofa is a favorite. I can stuff it with all sorts of things for foraging.

 

[Mizzely]

Mahogany pods
Yucca
Sola
Cork and cork bark

You can also try thin (like 1/8" thin) pine

 

[mythic55]

@Mizzely

Totally forgot about Yucca! Reminder I need to go cut some now.

 

[Mizzely]

Also check out www.cabirdnerds.com for Balsa

 

[Toy]

Popsickle sticks & jumbo craft sticks.

 

[calibird]

California Bird Nerds offers a huge variety of balsa. We currently have 24 different sizes available. Most are available in Natural or Assorted Colors. The majority of our balsa is cut, drilled and dyed by California Bird Nerds. We also carry Sola, Yucca and Mahogany which are other great options.
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[Lady]

California Bird Nerds offers a huge variety of balsa.

I just got my first order from you a few days ago! Ironically, I placed it at the same time I ordered my bulk balsa order from National Balsa. I may need to do a follow-up order with California Bird Nerds in the near future to get my girl her balsa fix.

Thank you to everyone for all the great ideas! She definitely loves the sola and yucca, as well. I had never even considered loofa or cork! I'll have to get my hands on some and try it out. We're heading to our local bird store soon, so I should be able to grab a few of all of these items and see which ones are winners.

Thanks again! I really appreciate it!

 

[calibird]

I just got my first order from you a few days ago! Ironically, I placed it at the same time I ordered my bulk balsa order from National Balsa. I may need to do a follow-up order with California Bird Nerds in the near future to get my girl her balsa fix.

Thank you to everyone for all the great ideas! She definitely loves the sola and yucca, as well. I had never even considered loofa or cork! I'll have to get my hands on some and try it out. We're heading to our local bird store soon, so I should be able to grab a few of all of these items and see which ones are winners.

Thanks again! I really appreciate it!

Thank you for your order.

 

[webchirp]

If you can get it...eastern white pine is soft.

 

[Leih]

@calibird also has some 1/4" pine slices, and notched pine slices that are my conure's absolute favorite. Any thicker than that and he's not interested. He also enjoys nibbling the points of the pine stars. And they have to be from Ann, he doesn't like how others are cut!