Elle’s Avian Essentials Kit for Medium Parrots
Elle’s Avian Essentials kits contain everything you need to set up your parrot’s cage for an enriched, healthy life. The medium bird kit is perfect for medium-size parrots like cockatiels, small to medium conures, quakers, ringnecks, Senegal parrots, and other similar sized birds. The kit’s value is well over $300 based on retail prices of all the items.
We are constantly working on improving the contents of our kits. For details of items currently included in the kits please see below. The contents may periodically change, but the descriptions below will be kept updated with any changes.
FREE UPS Ground shipping to continental US. Average delivery time 5 to 8 days from placing an order.
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International customers: we currently ship by USPS Express International (EMS) mail only. Express mail is highly reliable and takes less than 2 weeks anywhere in the world. Non-express options, while less expensive, have become unreliable since the pandemic and associated shipping disruptions. But EMS has been extremely reliable all over the world (we have not lost a single package).
Australian and New Zealand customers: We are now able to ship modified kits to Australia and New Zealand. Due to customs regulations prohibiting importation of some natural wood products with bark such as our natural wood perches and some of the toys containing natural wood, we replace some of the items in regular kits listed on the website with replacements.
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Perches
Birds spend most of the time on their feet, so finding the right perches is critical to a parrot’s well-being. Perches that are made from natural wood offer irregular surface areas and variable thickness along the length of the branch, which is necessary to help your bird maintain optimal foot health. Natural wood perches are both durable and easy to clean.
Stainless Steel Bowls with Holders
The kit offers three stainless steel bowls – one for water, a second for pellets and seeds, and the third for moist foods like cooked grains, fruits and vegetables. Stainless steel is much more sanitary than plastic containers, which typically come with cages but can harbor bacteria. The bowls are 10 oz and come with their own ring for hanging on the horizontal bars in bird cages.
Ladders
Each kit is equipped with two types of ladders. Ladders are important for encouraging your birds to climb and more fully utilize their cage space.
Toys
This kit is designed to provide your bird with a large variety of toys. Toys are essential for any parrot’s wellbeing, as parrots are built to chew, shred, and forage. Toys keep birds’ intelligent minds occupied and give them activities to do when you can’t be there with them. Without enough toys to keep them stimulated, many birds resort to chewing things that aren’t appropriate, like your new couch. In the kit you’ll find toys of all different shapes, sizes, and materials to offer maximum enrichment.
I have extensive personal experience trying out different bird toy types and brands. Let’s just call it a hobby of mine. The toys included in this kit have been carefully selected based on my own birds’ preferences. They are proven favorites.
What’s in the Box?
Two multi-branch sandblasted manzanita wood perches
Each kit includes two sandblasted manzanita perches. Manzanita wood is perfect for bird perches due to its hardness, which makes it very long lasting. The sandblasting gives the perch a coarse surface texture.
These perches measure approximately 12 to 14 inches long.
Two single-branch manzanita perches
The kit includes two single-branch sand-blasted manzanita wood perches. They are about 12 inches long.
Rattan wood perch
The kit includes a rattan wood perch. Birds love the coarse texture of these perches. Easy to clean with a long lasting hard core, each perch has a comfortable textured grip that a bird will easily grasp. Great way to give a bird an extra place to sit or sleep. Each perch is approximately one inch in diameter and 12 inches long.
Manzanita burl wood platform perch
Flat perches give your bird’s feet a place to rest, which is important as birds spend almost all their time gripping onto a perch. This manzanita burl wood platform perch provides a comfortable place for your bird to relax.
This perch measures approximately 7 to 9 inches.
Two Dragonwood Perches
Dragonwood perches offer comfort and roosting stability. The irregular, textured hardwood surface is easy-to-grip, exercises legs and feet, and strengthens muscles. The perches are 14 to 16 inches long.
Rope boing / bungee
This springy coiled rope offers your bird a place to perch, climb, and swing. The soft rope is very comfy for birds’ feet and many birds choose rope perches as their preferred place to sleep. Hang it inside the cage or out and it might just become your bird’s all-time favorite spot! The boing is ½ inch in diameter with a length of 52 inches when fully extended. It has a bell at the bottom.
Note: this boing is made of cotton rope, which isn’t safe for birds to chew. If you notice the rope is fraying or find your bird chewing on it, it’s best to place the boing outside your bird’s cage so you can supervise your bird while using it.
Stainless steel bowls with holders
The kit offers three stainless steel bowls – one for water, a second for pellets and seeds, and the third for moist foods like cooked grains, fruits and vegetables. Stainless steel is much more sanitary than plastic containers, which typically come with cages but can harbor bacteria.
The bowls are 10 oz and come with their own ring for hanging on the horizontal bars in bird cages.
Natural rope ladder
The rope ladder measures 17 inches long. It can be hung at any angle, including horizontally across the cage to act like a walking bridge. The steps are wooden and the connections are made of natural sisal rope which is safe for birds to chew.
Wooden ladder
The second ladder included is wooden and can be placed against the side of the cage so your parrot can easily access the bottom of the cage for more play area. You can also rest this ladder on a platform perch while leaned on the side of the cage. The colorful 7-rung ladder is approximately 16 inches long.
Cuttlebone
The kit comes with one cuttlebone equipped with a metal attachment to hang it on the cage bars. A cuttlebone provides your bird with an extra source of calcium and helps keep their beak trimmed.
Planet Pleasures medium octopus pinata
Colorful hanging toy made of palm leaves. Birds just adore tugging on the tentacles and tassels. It’s one of those toys I’ve had to replace multiple times over. The toy measures 12 inches x 4 1/2 inches.
A&E Happy Beaks Jumping Jacks
Paper finger traps stuffed with crinkle shred are sandwiched between two wonderfully crunchy woven palm flowers. Your birds will enjoy all of the crunching and paper pulling opportunities presented by the jumping jack toy.
A&E Happy Beaks vine mat
No cage set up is complete without wall decor! The A&E activity wall features a 7 inch x 7 inch seagrass mat, with vine balls, wooden coils and other attachments. The wall can be hung on the side of the cage and will provide your bird with a range of shredding, pulling, and foraging opportunities.
Planet Pleasures Large Caterpillar
Crunchy palm leaf spiral with seagrass tassels perfect for preening. What bird could resist those chewable tassels? It measures approximately 18 inches long.
Wesco Pet original bird kabob
Bluebell and Violet insist these shreddable toy is must-have for any bird! Made of soft yucca wood, this toy keeps birds busy for hours while they work on pulverizing the wood slices to tiny bits. Get your brooms ready!
Pine wood shreddable toy
Another shreddable toy made of soft pine wood, keeping your bird busy for hours on end. This one features colored pieces to entice your bird. This toy measures 10 ½ inches.
Super Bird Creation paper party
A combination toy and platform perch, the Paper Party is made from a sturdy wooden block with lollipop sticks coming out of it. This is a perfect toy to put on the outside of your bird’s cage, as it gives them a compact spot to both sit and chew. It attaches to cage bars like a regular perch. The firm lollipop sticks support your bird while inviting them to satisfy their chewing needs, while the wooden block gives your bird another place to rest their feet. This toy measures 6 inches in length.
Bonka Bird Toys paper shred
This toy is made of a winning combination of finger traps, crinkle paper, and honeycomb paper. The finger traps offer foraging fun when you stuff them with your bird’s favorite treat, such as a millet spray. It offers the most satisfying crunching sounds as well as a variety of textures. The dimensions are approximately 9 inches x 8 inches.
Super Bird Creations basket case
Basket toys are the ultimate shredding and foraging experience for your bird. Treats can be stuffed between the holes of the basket and hidden within the crinkle paper for birds to dig out. Birds also love chewing the basket material itself and the vine star adds even more shredding fun. Approximate dimensions are 10 inches x 7 inches x 5 inches.
Planet Pleasures woven ball
Lightweight, colorful woven balls that birds just love to throw around, chase after and shred to pieces. You can teach your bird to fetch - or your bird might teach YOU to fetch their balls for them as they repeatedly throw them off the top of their cage!
A&E Happy Beaks fun spongy
This toy has so many different textures to keep your bird busy - a loofah in the center is surrounded by coconut husk slices, cuttlebone, banana leaf, bamboo, java wood, and knotted natural fibers. This is a large toy, measuring 16 inches x 9 inches.
A&E Happy Beaks parrot pencil
This hanging Happy Beaks parrot pencil will entertain all feathered writers for hours!