Easy toy to make - Page 2

**ianpallen** · 09-15-2014, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cypher

I really like the coconut thingy Ian, great idea & I can just imagine hams having fun chewing that or trying to prise treats out as it rolls around!

Thanks.
The way it is made, there is not much room to open it up so treats will not fall out. They can be put inside easily enough. The end coconut pieces are glued in place onto the end pieces I glued on, but it does not matter as they cant be filled. The inner ones can have seeds and mealworms and other small treats shoved in. lol. I think I will have to try Screech on it with mealworms in it as she is the only one interested in them. For the others, I will have to find other treats they like, which could take ages. lol. No perishables though.

cypher · 09-15-2014, 08:26 AM

You might be able to jam a pumpkin seed in there when you get some bigger ones, that should keep them busy for a while

**ianpallen** · 09-15-2014, 08:36 AM

I will have to ask my wife to get some more coconuts and make some more. At the moment, it is in Screech's cage with mealworms in as I know she loves them. All my hams have pumpkin seeds, both roasted and plain but it does not look like any are being eaten. My robo is not too bothered with mealworms. They dont like scrambled or boiled eggs. They will eat cheese but most of hte time, they leave it. They like strawberries but being perishable, I dont want to put any in a treat toy as it could go bad. I will find something they like.

In the coconut toy, there are the three stages of dried mealworms. I found a couple of the larvae like them things in Alien films and also a dead small beetle. So she has three stages to get out of it. i dont know if hams eat the beetles. It does not seem to have a head. lol.

cypher · 09-15-2014, 08:44 AM

You have some fussy eaters there! Sounds like Screech has quite a feast though if she can figure it out

Not sure about beetles tbh, I've given mine crickets & some silk worm things, not sure what alien stage they were at, but the hams just looked at me like I was crazy... well they probably have a point there!

**ianpallen** · 09-15-2014, 09:54 AM

I am not too sure on the beetle, so there is only one. The alien looking thing is enjoyed by Screech which looks meatier than the mealworm stage but smaller in length. My dragons liked them as well. But they were an easy catch for them as they didnt move as quick as a mealworm.

MamaHam · 09-16-2014, 01:59 AM

amazing ideas

i just love it.

**ianpallen** · 09-17-2014, 07:48 AM

Here is Screech having a go at hte coconut thing with mealworms in. She has not managed it yet. lol

cypher · 09-17-2014, 08:06 AM

Aw love that shot Ian, you're really making her work for those mealworms

**ianpallen** · 09-17-2014, 08:11 AM

Its a way to help keep her teeth down if she keeps at it. lol. I dont think she is bothered, but I am not putting any more mealworms in her cage for a while. So if she wants them, they are there in the toy for her.

2LittlePuds · 09-17-2014, 08:42 AM

Lol so cute. have you tried any other treats with her yet?