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leptonhead - 02 Mar 2008 03:30 GMT

Hi, I have a question regarding fabrics that are safe for birds to
chew/play with. My conure loves to sit on and chew hand towels in his
cage, but today I was luckily there as he got his foot tangled in a
thread from a chewed towel. I'm looking for something soft, but free
from tough threads that could get stuck on his foot. Any advice would
be appreciated.

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no_one@no_where.invalid - 02 Mar 2008 22:49 GMT

>Hi, I have a question regarding fabrics that are safe for birds to
>chew/play with. My conure loves to sit on and chew hand towels in his
>snip

I have used felt for my YNA. He too got tangled in the loose threads
from a wash cloth. We had it hanging on the back of the cage and
s(he) would snuggle under it like a blanket. Also likes to chew it
and that is where the treads came from. Got several of them around
the neck and fell off the perch.. Made a real fuss and I heard the
noise and got there in time to rescue the bird.

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Jim - 03 Mar 2008 03:39 GMT

>> Hi, I have a question regarding fabrics that are safe for birds to
>> chew/play with. My conure loves to sit on and chew hand towels in his
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> the neck and fell off the perch.. Made a real fuss and I heard the
> noise and got there in time to rescue the bird.

T shirts seem to work well. lol

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Dave Bugg - 03 Mar 2008 18:57 GMT

>>> Hi, I have a question regarding fabrics that are safe for birds to
>>> chew/play with. My conure loves to sit on and chew hand towels in
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> T shirts seem to work well. lol

Boy, is that a fact!! Whenever Dill is out of his cage in the evening, I
have to make sure I'm not wearing one of my 'good' t-shirts. I put on one of
the chewed shirts.

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Jim - 05 Mar 2008 03:42 GMT

>>>> Hi, I have a question regarding fabrics that are safe for birds to
>>>> chew/play with. My conure loves to sit on and chew hand towels in
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> have to make sure I'm not wearing one of my 'good' t-shirts. I put on one of
> the chewed shirts.

Interestingly, my sun conure used to chew on my shirts, then evolved
into light chewing. Now he doesn't chew on my shirts at all.

I retired all my "bird shirts."

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Fabric safe for birds