{"product_id":"super-bird-creations-preening-toys","title":"Super Bird Creations Preening \u0026 Shredding Toys","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreening is not grooming. It is a large part of how a bird spends its day — running each feather through the beak, zipping the barbs back together, working oil through the plumage. A wild bird also preens its mate. A bird on its own, in a cage, with nothing fibrous to work on, has that behaviour with nowhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreening toys give it somewhere to go: bundles of strands the bird can pull through its beak by the hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in this range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eToy\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMaterial\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStraw Hat Preener\u003c\/strong\u003e — 9\" × 4\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSmall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA bamboo hat with raffia strands and acrylic beads. Super Bird Creations describe it as satisfying the desire to preen.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHula Skirt\u003c\/strong\u003e — 14\" × 3.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCorn husk tassels with wooden and flower beads on hemp cord. Hangs horizontally or vertically.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTassel Time\u003c\/strong\u003e — 10\" × 7\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCorn husk fringe, mahogany pods, wooden beads and a bell.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePalm Puff\u003c\/strong\u003e — 9\" × 4\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSmall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWoven palm flowers, corn husk and sisal rope.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRainbow Aglets Small\u003c\/strong\u003e — 14\" × 2\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEighteen 100% cotton shoelaces\u003c\/strong\u003e with plastic aglets. Pull the strands, crunch the aglets.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSquiggy\u003c\/strong\u003e — 15\" × 4\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCotton shoelaces and crunchy straws around a whiffle-ball core.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWind Chimes\u003c\/strong\u003e — 13\" × 2\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStraw beads and pony beads on braided cotton rope with a bell. Super Bird Creations note birds love the simulated preening action of straws.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeagrass Wafers\u003c\/strong\u003e — 9\" × 2.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePine slats and seagrass braid — a chewing toy and a preening toy at once.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIf your bird is plucking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreening toys are often recommended for feather plucking, and they are worth having. But we would rather be straight with you than sell you false hope: \u003cstrong\u003ea preening toy does not stop a plucking bird.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeather destructive behaviour has a long list of causes — skin disease, parasites, pain, liver problems, malnutrition, low humidity, hormonal frustration, boredom, anxiety, a change at home. Most of them are not solved by a toy. A bird that has started plucking needs an \u003cstrong\u003eavian vet first\u003c\/strong\u003e, to rule out the physical causes, and then usually changes to diet, light, humidity, routine and company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere these help is as part of that work, and as prevention — a bird that has always had something to preen is less likely to start on itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRope and strand safety\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything here is fibrous, which is exactly the point and also the thing to watch. Super Bird Creations are direct about it: \u003cem\u003e\"Bird owners have a responsibility to check their bird's rope toys daily and to cut back or discard rope toys when they become frayed.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong loose strands wrap around toes and cut off circulation, and a bird can lose a toe overnight. Trim them short with scissors as they work loose, and replace the toy when trimming is no longer enough. Natural fibres only — cotton, hemp, jute, sisal — never synthetic blends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Super Bird Creations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in Colorado in 1992 by Deb White; 40-plus staff, 400,000-plus toys a year, assembled in the USA with bird-safe materials, food-grade colorants and vegetable-tanned leather. 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