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Pionus
Species Specific
Personal Shopping Guide
*Package Deal
*Top 12 Toy Suggestions
*General Play Behavior Information |
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Package Deal For Your Pionus
Save 10% or more on this package deal |
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Package includes each of the 3 toys shown
More info on these
toys is available below in the "Top 12" section
PD11 $30.49
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Top
12 Suggestions For Your Pionus
Our Top 12 list and "General Play Behavior" info below are only
offered
as a guide to help you shop for your specific parrot/s by species.
Please view Chopper's entire
site including
"Talon
Treasures" and
"Odd Balls" for more great toys
your bird will enjoy |
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"Beads &
Butterflies"
8 feet of leather lace (1/8") with lots of
chewy Butterflies
big & small & lots of
bright colored wood Beehive beads
Each lace slides back & forth through
the holes for
"Action
Fun"
A Leather
Lovers Dream! |
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A great place for Parrotlets to perch & chew
7" long plus nylon hardware |
"Sticks"
A bundle of natural willow sticks in a
hardwood cap with nylon
hardware.
All birds love willow sticks and this is
a simple way to offer them to
parrots
who don't normally like to hold things
in their feet
Mounts on the side or ceiling of the cage. |
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"Pinwheel Crunch"
& Refills
Exciting New Shredding Toy!
Woven Palm with nylon hardware
& 1
thick leather washer, approx 9" round.
Toy comes assembled with
2 Palm Pinwheels & all hardware
Refills sold separately
4 Palm Pinwheels per package
approx size- 9" diameter |
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REFILLS
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"Sticks n Straw"
Crunchy braided straw, woven into
a thick knot with 10 mini
popsicle sticks
stuck thru the weave
(this toy is similar to our Frayed Knot
only smaller)
A Favorite for
Cockatiels
3" wide x 8" long |
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"Flower Tower"
Over 40 beautiful foam flowers!
This toy will cheer-up any birds cage
for spring. Strung on Paulie rope with
pony beads and a big liberty bell
3" wide - 12" long |
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"Lots of Blocks"
1" square foam blocks for the bird who just can't get enough!
Strung up on bird safe Paulie Rope
7" long |
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"Foam Flyer"
Lots of terrific thick colorful foam
slices and beehive beads
strung on Paulie Rope with a large
bell
8" long |
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"Snack Attack"
Lots of little paper pockets stuffed with tasty peanut treats and pushed
thru 1.5" plastic chain,
finished off with a
2" pacifier
Tasty Treasures
for all birds!
8" long - 3" wide |
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"Beadies"
Each bird safe Paulie Rope strand
is beaded & knotted throughout.
Lots of terrific little shapes & tons of
beautiful colors
Knotted with lots of terrific little plastic
shapes & pony beads plus
little pieces
of chew chain as an added bonus
w/ 25mm brass bells |
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"Paper Lantern"
A Paper Lovers Dream
Lots of 2 1/4" paper discs strung on
Bird Safe Paulie Rope, divided
by
rainbow colored neon pony beads
8" long
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"Clinky Links"
This clinky clanky toy
is back in stock!
Made with colorful 1.5 inch
plastic chain, 2" marbella rings
and discs. Makes a great racket
any bird would love!8"
long |
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General Play Behavior of the Pionus
(complied over more than 10 years of play
behavior studies & research) |
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The Pionus parrot is not a rambunctious player, as so many other
parrots are.
They love toys but their approach & behavior with
toys is in a class by
itself and is
sometimes unfortunately mistaken
as a lack of interest in toys.
Generally the Pionus will prefer small,
easy to shred or chew, toys. In most cases they will take their own
sweet time examining every nook &
cranny of a toy
from afar
before even approaching it, let alone destroying it.
They love all
sorts of different textures and are very easy to please.
Moving
parts such as cords that pull back & forth thru the toy or small
parts
that can be easily removed will be greatly enjoyed.
Generally they like to hold a part of the toy in their foot while playing,
so loosely hanging toys
are a good choice as well as foot
toys for these parrots.
If you are having trouble encouraging your Pionus to play, try hanging
his/her toys at perch level,
rather than overhead.
Remember to keep them small & interesting,
lightweight & easy
to grasp.
A basket of small foot toys is another good choice to
encourage playtime
for these birds.
Soft or crunchy textures as well
as thin wood pieces will usually
keep the
Pionus entertained for
hours.
As a rule, the Pionus isn't overly excited with bells (loud ones) but they do enjoy
hanging upside-down & swinging
from their toys.
Boings, Bouncers & Swings are a good choice for the mature,
more
sure-footed Pionus
(younger birds will prefer stationary places to play)
Color doesn't seem to be a factor for these parrots one way or the other
but if you are
trying to encourage play, you might want to
try blues,
greens, yellows or even natural.
Although the average Pionus may not take interest in birdie beds or
sleepers,
they do take comfort in something soft & cozy to sleep
next to at night.
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