Not to Worry Beads

The NTWB's were created to stop my grey from ripping out her tail feathers (which she did because I did not take her on a trip to San Diego *once*.) My other birds really love them too, so I started making them for other bird friends of mine. Now I sell them at bird club meetings, various bird fairs, a bird store in Southern California, finally here in Arizona, and the best part is --to others who want them across cyberspace.

They are made to be played with and *especially to be broken*. Therefore I use plastic beads of various shapes sizes and colors. I feel birds like to break things and this is a safe way for them to do it. I feel that feather pluckers, feather twiddlers, and just plain feather worriers can use a bit of redirection... Voila! The NTWB. Plus, it is a great way for you to exercise picking up the pieces (vbg)

I have yet to hear of a bird swallowing a bead. It's not food, so most birds will play with it and then go on to the next bead. My U2 likes to pretend they are rings as he places them on his nails.

As well as the regular sizes for small, medium and large birds, I have a couple of specialty ones for the baby birds and handheld ones also.

I will also try and work with you if you have a specific design in mind. I can do holiday colors --Valentine's Day, 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas, Hannukah, or even a sports team's colors!

“I just wanted to let you know that my very hard-to-please umbrella too, Woody, absolutely loves these beads. He’s learned how to untie the knots, very carefully and methodically removes each bead, then flings them across the room to be sucked up and jammed in the vacuum. He has such a good time with them that I’m not complaining --it keeps his calling home the flock vocalizations a little bit quieter in the evenings :) Max, Eclectus, also plays with these beads for at least an hour every day. He tongues each one, finds the seam, and snaps the bead in half. He loves doing this, and at leasst his don’t get my vacuum all jammed up. These are great Sharon, and I’ll probably be ordering some more from you too.” ~ Thea

“The hand-held ones are almost as big a hit as the hanging ones in my house. Mango, my somewhat mentally unbalanced M2 hen, carries hers around like a security blanket. My tiels play tug-o-war with theirs. Syndey, my M2 male, likes to swing ‘em over his back and then pull them down like we might do with a towel. Keep up the great work!” ~Betsy

“Those NTWBs are something else! The Giz practically tripped on herself trying to get to them. I’ve never seen her treat anything like that. It seemed that she was trying to tongue each & every bead individually. (Normally, “rip, snort & tear” would be a good description of how she approaches her toys.)” ~ Sharon (& a beaky kiss from Gizmo - as soon as her beak’s free. It’s busy with her new beads right now.)

“I have to throw my 2 cents in Too! All my birds love the NTWBs... From the little Pearl girl tiel, up thru the cuddlers and hormonal ones, and right thru to neurotic Zeus... They all interact with this toy... mouthing them, unthreading the knots, sliding the beads up, down and off, and finally cracking them or throwing them everywhere. You offer a great mental puzzler for the birds, Sharon, keep it up.” ~ Carol

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