• Plastic milk carton rings to fling.
• Plastic straws to shake and stomp.
• A small cardboard box or shoebox to play hide-and-seek in.
• Small plastic balls to kick and roll.
• A remote control with lots of buttons to pry.
• Strips and wads of paper to rip. (Newspaper is a great favorite!)
• An empty thread spool to roll on the floor.
• A Reader's Digest or other magazine to read and tear.
• A long tail feather from your cockatiel sibling's last molt.
• A few small budgie toys stolen from the budgies in your house.
• A set of plastic measuring spoons.
• A child-safe baby rattler. (Stormy has a stuffed teddy bear rattler that is too cute!)
• A piece or two of junk mail to destroy for your folks.
• Paper money, if you can steal it from your dad. (The $20 bills are Stormy's favorite to rip!)
• Safe cat toys such as little balls, cloth mice, etc. (Make sure your mom buys new cat toys for you. Don't play with the ones your cats chew on.)

• Toys with parts that come off easily.
• Toys or any objects small enough for a starling to carry around and swallow. (This includes jewelry such as earrings!)
• Toys or items that a starling can get its head or foot stuck in.
• Anything containing small lead or zinc parts.
• Toys with small jingle bells (Jingle bells can trap small birdie toes!)
• Rubber bands of any size.
• Cigarettes (Even an unlit cigarette can be a danger, as a starling can tear it apart and may swallow some of it.)
• Toys with fabric that is easily frayed, leaving strings that can be pulled off and swallowed by a starling.
• Strings or thread. -- Strings or thread can wind tightly around a starling's foot or leg, little toenails can get hung in string, and some birds will swallow string. (Stormy once swallowed several inches of string, resulting in a trip to to the avian vet. Be warned!)
• Warning about hair: Check to make sure that your starling has NO access to human hair! Hair makes a dangerous toy, as it can wind tightly around a starling's tongue or around a toe, cutting off circulation or causing other severe problems.

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