chirpy 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Member ID: 117 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 417 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,380 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/01/04 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 25, 2016 Birthday: 15/06/1962 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just recently, a little budgie, Philip came into my birdless world. I bought him (amongst many others, THIS toy He got his neck trapped in the gap between the pinch-seed cup and the edges of the toy, HERE In what must have been his struggle to free himself, he ended up exactly as the sketch below portrays...HORRIFIC, isnt it. I managed to free him in time to save his life because I was able to push the pinch seed cup out of the way and release his trapped neck As you will see from the sketch, Philip would have DIED horribly had I not been in the room when he got caught. If you have this toy, it is vital to the life of your bird that you remove the tray, and also the flimsy wire and beads on the mirror. It is a lot safer then. Philip nearly fied, please dont let his sickening accident happen to any of your birds. Link to comment
Norm 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Member ID: 3,235 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,965 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 12,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2009 Birthday: 20/08/1940 Share Posted January 15, 2008 You were lucky to find him in time. Thanks for warning others. Link to comment
chirpy 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Member ID: 117 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 417 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,380 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/01/04 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 25, 2016 Birthday: 15/06/1962 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 You are welcome Norm, I could not keep this to myself, and have posted it on many other boards. Please cross post and use my pictures if you use other boards also. I am just thankful that I am reporting a very near miss, and not an actual death. But if they is kept in circulation as it is current;y designed, its only gping to be a matter of time before a death occurs, if it hasnt already. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I have one of those, and rarely use it at all. But now I will throw it away Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted January 16, 2008 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Poor thing, I'm glad you found him in time, he's one lucky little budgie. Thanks for the warning, I've seen similar toys and considered buying one, not anymore. Link to comment
shell 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 3,727 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 32 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 26, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) wow very lucky and thanks for warning Edited January 18, 2008 by shell Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) I have had two other items that birds have killed themselves with. One is a tube feeder for seed. One budgie upended himself down the top of the tube and suffocated. The other toy is a common one and most people do not know the dangers of...A rope swing perch with a tassle of rope at the base. The tassle allows a budgie to explore and go through. Budgies can get stuck in there and flap wildly to be free, thus hanging themselves. Any rope fringing on toys you need to cut it back to less than an inch or inch and a half. A 3 inch tassle which most of them have will hang a budgie very easily. If you dont want to cut the fringe, you can bind it with some other colourful sisal rope, thereby reducing the danger. Edited January 18, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted January 18, 2008 That is very scary!!! Is there standards for pet toys like there is with childrens toys? Our precious pets are just as suseptible to choking and strangulation as our gorgous children are... thanks for the warning! liv Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted January 18, 2008 That is very scary!!! Is there standards for pet toys like there is with childrens toys? Our precious pets are just as suseptible to choking and strangulation as our gorgous children are... thanks for the warning! liv Most of the pet toys sold for birds are from China and certainly need a good thinking about before purchase. A lot of what looks pretty and fun can be deadly. Link to comment
Guest Phoebe Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 :ygbudgie: OH NO!!! Glad you were able to rescue him Chirpy!!! Don't have any similar toys like that in use. :ygbudgie: Link to comment
LisaVenn 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 3,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 41 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 305 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 4, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thank God you found him in time! Thanks for the warning amazing that they can sell toys like that to bird owners considering most people work and it was a food bowl! Link to comment
Zebra 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 1,938 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 70 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,201 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,740 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 16, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I've had the same thing happening here. One of my budgies got caught in there. After that I've removed all the middle feeders and I didn't have any problems since. Most of these cheap soft plastic toys are very dangerous Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted January 18, 2008 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thanks all for the warnings. It's very scary when you think about what can happen when you're not around. Lucky you found it in time. You'd think there'd be some sort of standard, considering how nosy birds are and knowing that they get into everything. I'll be checking all my toys more closely before putting them in and regularly there after!!! Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted January 20, 2008 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted January 20, 2008 oh dear......thanks for posting this warning. l'm glad that you where there to rescue him. Link to comment
Missy 0 Posted February 24, 2008 Member ID: 3,618 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 228 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,715 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/08/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 20, 2008 Birthday: 08/07/1987 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Wow :| I have that toy Thanks so much and good on you for saving your budgie. Will not use it again. Link to comment
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