[Sophia]

Hi everyone,

The other day Earl got his foot stuck in the string, on one of his toys, he got it out himself after a lot of wriggling I was just about to get it off him and he released his foot from it

It has wooden balls and circle's on and it is threaded on string. It is white string and has loads of threads.

It also has a bell on the end!

I bought the toy from a pet shop, and didn't think he would get his claw/foot stuck in it. It must have had a knot in it

Should this toy be removed ??

 

[Babi]

Glad he's ok now. I would remove it. What happens if no one is around to help him next time and he can't get out. Or worse, what if it's now his foot, but his poor little head.

 

[Sophia]

I may remove it or would it helped if I brushed the threads/string ??

 

[nic bike]

I agree with Babi if its happened once it could happen again.

 

[Rosie]

Poor Earl. Unless you can remove the string/rope then I wouldn't advise putting it back it. You can't risk it again.

 

[Aly]

I would remove it. After a while cotton rop frays and it becomes a hazard. You can always make it over with new rope or reuse some of the toy parts for other toys.

 

[Laura]

I would remove it as well you don't want to take the chance of something going wrong if your not home and he can't remove his foot on his own, or you could always just remove all the strings on it if thats possible.

 

[Sophia]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I haven't removed it yet, as I have brushed it, I have also had a test run, put a needle through it to see if it would get stuck, and it went straight through.
I will brush it more often now! To keep safe! It is rope but at the end, it was bought like this, they had made it so it is untied at the end so it can get knotty! :lol:

 

[Aly]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I haven't removed it yet, as I have brushed it, I have also had a test run, put a needle through it to see if it would get stuck, and it went straight through.
I will brush it more often now! To keep safe! It is rope but at the end, it was bought like this, they had made it so it is untied at the end so it can get knotty! :lol:

OK but I don't think brushing it down and testing it with a needle will help. A needle is smooth and can go right through any cloth material- a tiel's nail is not. If it's frayed rope it'll tangle again when they chew it and he'll get stuck again.

 

[Rosie]

I personally do not like frayed rope for this reason. Please remove it before it happens again.

 

[Sophia]

Thanks Everyone! I will remove it when the come out tonight!

 

[Plukie]

Maybe if you don't want to remove the toy completely, is it possible to trim up the frayed bit really short? I've done that with some of Dooby's toys, the ones with tassels on, I've cut those up short so now he can still preen them, but they aren't long enough for him to get tangled in.

 

[Sophia]

Maybe if you don't want to remove the toy completely, is it possible to trim up the frayed bit really short? I've done that with some of Dooby's toys, the ones with tassels on, I've cut those up short so now he can still preen them, but they aren't long enough for him to get tangled in.

Good Idea! I will decide what to do when I get it out of their cage later!

 

[Bea]

Maybe if you don't want to remove the toy completely, is it possible to trim up the frayed bit really short?

I was going to suggest this too! I would be a shame to waste a toy when you can just modify it to be safe.

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

I would remove it if you can't make it safe.

 

[atvchick95]

maybe you can replace the string with something more suitable for birds, I use the cord from jogging pants or hoodies, when they end up bieng longer on one side of my pants or hoodie then the other side and i can't get it back to the way its supposed to be, I just yank it out and use it to make toys for the birds

or you can get some leather or sisle rope from the craft store and just remake the toy you've already got

 

[Sophia]

Thanks for the advice everyone I might just modify it so it is safe! Any suggestions on the material to use instead of the rope/string ?? I have seen some suggestions of some material to use, any more ??

Thanks for answering!

Sophia x

 

[Bea]

I would just trim the long bits. A lot of toys have the tassley rope on the end, and they're perfectly safe and fun as long as you trim it to only about 1" long.

 

[Sophia]

Thanks Bea, I was thinking of trimming it shorter but then thought, no! The tassely rope is already quite short(about 1") but I will just tidy the end up!