So when you own a bird its up to you to find toys that you can afford and your birds like. These are the one I think my birds love and are a necessary for your cage!
Perches: these may not exactly be a toy but in some ways they can be. when it comes to perches you should have lots of different kinds to exercise your birds feet and so they don't become sore because of having one size/type of perch.
The different kind of perches I have in my cages are:
Wooden perch: just the normal kind that usually comes in cages! these aren't the best kind of perch but much better than plastic and having one or two along with your other perches won't harm your budgies feet.
mineral/calcium perch: These perches aren't only good for your birds feet but also for their beak and nails! so having one of these in your cage is great for your birds and also they love to chew and rub their beak on them.
rope perch: A rope perch is nice and soft on your birds feet and also exercises them from the different shapes they can be! Most birds will love having a rest on a rope perch! they are also great to be able to bend around the cage.
Natural perch: this you can get from your garden (as long as it hasn't been treated with anything and is safe for your birds) or you can buy one from the pet store. Natural perches are rougher and good for you birds to exercise their feet on. They also like chewing these and many budgies enjoy chewing on branches!
Ladders: ladders can be a perch and a toy! many come with beads attached for you bird to play with, ladder are great for your birds to climb on and are also handy if you have a bird with clipped wings that needs help getting to higher places!
Moving on to toys!
the simple stuff:
Plastic toys: The first toys my budgies ever played with were plastic, and not even bird toys :p
you can buy cheap cat toys easily that your bird will love to play with, like little balls with bells inside! my budgies will never get tired of throwing these around the cage :)
you can get cheap plastic swings with beads attached to the top or bells.
Bells are loved by most birds and anything with a bell on it your bird will probably want to play with! just make sure the bell is safe before giving it to your bird to play with.
wooden blocks: great for chewing on, helping keep that beak healthy!
Shredable toys: those toys your birds can pull apart and wreck are great for mental stimulation!
preening toys: if your bird doesn't have a friend or even if it does, birds will love a stringy toy they can preen!
play gym: play gyms are great if you let your birds out of the cage, you can hang toys of them and its somewhere they can perch and relax when they are out of the cage here's what mine currently looks like:
I joined the old little play gym I had together with my new bigger play gym by using this natural perch I got from the pet store, all I did was screw another hook on the end from an old ladder and hook each end to the rope perch.
DANGERS WITH TOYS!
I've never had my birds harm themselves on toys but here's some things I look for to make sure a toy is safe before giving it to my bird.
rope toys, perches or preening toys which have loose string- if this is too long a budgie or small bird can get it wrapped around their neck or feet and panic and harm themselves. If you buy a toy and think the string is too long just cut it shorter, I have done this with many toys!
Bells: many bird toys come with bells that aren't really safe, either the bell has small parts that can come of and the bird can swallow, or its made out of something toxic to your bird.
I've bought sever toys with bells on them that are cooper, including recently buying a bird gym. Cooper is known to be toxic to birds. so take of the bells and replace them with stainless steel.
always check toys to see if they are getting too worn, or have parts loose.
when it comes to anything with rope, it can start to get wrecked and bird can catch their toes in lose strings easily.
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