Eco-friendly accessories for birds
We enjoy looking at the wild birds in our gardens, and we naturally offer them accessories made of wood, that blend in with the surrounding nature. But, why should they alone benefit from the best of natural?
Bringing nature to cage birds
Luckily for cage birds, eco-friendly accessories are now also becoming widely available for these birds too. Numerous brands are catching up with the latest trend in sustainability and 100% natural products.
For wild birds, the choice in natural is enormous. Take, for instance, the Silo Bird Food Dispenser by Trixie made of robust and long-lasting cedar wood, or the Natura Bird House, coated with a non-toxic, water-based varnish. Vadigran caters for various species, with different shape nests for sparrows, robins and blue tits, all made of durable wood. Hamiform sells an elegant, ceramic feeder, that is easy to hang in any garden or on a balcony by way of a sturdy burlap handle. Karlie combines fun and functionality in a wooden bird house made for tits. The exterior is painted with colourful bird silhouettes and includes a little feeder as well.
Natural comfort
The bird species we keep in captivity usually live up in the trees in the wild. It is best to provide your bird the same natural comfort in his cage by avoiding plastic or composite materials.
Natural Bird is specialised in handmade natural products for cage birds. For parrots and cockatoos, they make great perches made of solid birch. Choose from a wide selection of perches in all shapes and sizes: single perches, or perches featuring various chewy toys such as balsa cubes, paper rope or shredded paper.
A similar concept is offered by United Bird: a twisted toy strand, made of natural fibres is used to hang pieces of wood, wicker, corn cob and oyster shells on, for the bird to ‘play’ with. Trixie’s Natural Living line features a swing with ropes, pieces of coco and lots of fibres for birds to shred. Zolux has a more sober approach when it comes to toys, with swings, ladders and perches with wooden balls pasted on to them that birds can chew or move. This brand also offers a wide range of nests made of wicker. Add comfort to such nests by way of, for instance, Trixie natural cotton fibres or the JR Farm Kapok Pod filled with cotton wool.