Groovy Tomtom Bird Toy

You can pay 3 times the price for buying these in a pet or bird store. Heavy chain and large colored wood blocks that medium and large birds love to tear up. Be careful not to buy these kind of chew toys not strung on a metal chain. Most versions just use a cheap piece of twine instead, and the bird chews off one wood block and then easily cuts the twine and the toy is then rendered useless and you'll quickly find it at the bottom of the cage sitting in the birds poop. The metal chain means it will hang until every last block is chewed. If you have any scrap pine at home you can simply cut it into small pieces with a hole drilled through the center and string them on the chain and make your own bird toys too!

My parrots really like anything with the groovy blocks. The problem with this toy is most of the blocks are connected with a heavy paper rope. Every time one of the ropes is chewed through, that whole section falls to the floor. I pick up the blocks and save them to build a new toy. If the whole toy was made with chains instead of rope it would last longer but would be a lot more expensive. So save the chains to the toys and rebuild the toy with the extra chains you've saved up. This toy has a lot of wood. If it can be hung high enough that the bird only reaches the bottom of the toy, the toy will stay together longer. But many of my birds climb to the top and disassemble the entire thing. Also, this toy is huge and only fits in a huge cage. My african grey and alexandrine usually get this toy. For smaller cages and smaller birds (conure) try the Groovy Boy toy by ZooMax. We go through lots of those but they stay together until all the wood is gone. I buy toys for 30 birds and the toys by zoo max with the groovy blocks are a favorite among my chewers.