Plastic in Cages?!

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Plastic toys in cages are they are good idea?.

I know they are more than likely going to be chewed to death within a matter of weeks. It is just i have found a pet store in my area that sells rather cheap (and rather bright and certainly attractive to the human eye) bird toys which i am convienced would make excellent little play things for my future degus.

I was just wondering if they would be safe and not pose any 'health' fears to them?. I mean if they are safe for birds surely they would be ok for small animals?.

[Sunshinemeg]

I would have thought the only problem would be in the degus deciding to "kill" the toys, so no worries if you are happy with that!!

[ra]

The plastic toys made for Parrots while not indestructable, are pretty tough. I think those types of toys won't "splinter" so I'm with Meg, all it will hurt is your pocket book!!

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thanks everyone...i just needed some other peoples thoughts on the idea.

Another quick question are willow sticks ok for degus?. I work in a garden centre and we've got bunches of them that are about 6 foot long for only 99p!. Obviously i will be cutting them up to fit in the cage, but i thought they looked ideal degu chewing/gwaning materials?!

[flibble]

I give mine willow balls to destroy so I would have thought willow sticks would be fine!

Naomi