I'm just wanting to know
why would Ness love some of her toys
and reject others so completely without even wanting to take a look?

She has mainly hanging toys in her cage, all of various shapes, size and
color as well as textures. She also has gum nuts to play with and branches
as well...

but if I bring in new toys, she won't look at it but screech her head off everytime
and I'm scared of introducing a new toy if she acts like that because we had an incident
a few months back where she went into shock from a brightly colored toy so
I certainly don't want that to happen again.

I've tried the main introducing tatics but still she wont go for them
I'll even play with them myself to get her interested, what can I do?

But its weird, she is scared of moths, scared of a tea bag (when I'm making a cuppa
I've showed one to her),
not scared of tissues, not scared of my other half's smelly
sock which is weird because I sure as heck am!

They're just quirky. Clyde has one toy he's never yet touched. He has one he loved on sight and yanked out of my hand before I could even hang it up for him. A couple of others took some time before he decided to play with them. He won't go near his playstand and squawks at me if I try to show it to him.

If you want a bird who will love every toy, get a budgie. Bonnie plays with all of her toys, chews on her cuttlebone, accepts her treats and her veggies like a good girl and doesn't have these weird likes and dislikes the way Clyde does.

All you can do is experiment to find out what kind of toys Nessie likes and then just get that kind. I've finally figured out Clyde likes plastic links and doesn't care for wood beads that much and is completely uninterested in the unraveled yarn type of toys. He doesn't care that much for bells, either. Bonnie likes bells. Well, Bonnie likes everything.

That is why they are called "little green chickens" Quakers don't like change very well so you have to introduce NEW things to them gradually. Kiwi has never changed and he will be 9 yrs old tomorrow. I still have to introduce things to him slowly.....

I am a new quaker owner and I have the same dilemma. Kato is not terribly receptive to new objects. The sight of a ball and bell cat toy will send him in a panic from across the room. Apparently he is not fond of brightly coloured objects...white, beige and gray are okay. He does play with bottle caps, ring shaped Lego parts, and some paper shredding toys I fashion out of paper strips and sisal string.

They only play area I have for him not is on top of his cage. I am wondering if he would be more receptive in a separate play area.

Hi Jess.
Donut is scared of EVERY NEW THING we bring in the house.

This is how we get him used to stuff............................
Leave it on the dining room table and let him get used to it.
Slowly bring it nearer each week/every few days.
Hang it on the OUTSIDE of the bottom of cage, raising it higher every few days.
After a week at eye level, put it IN the cage low down.
Next week start moving it up higher.
OR
Put Nessie somewhere else.
Take cage outside/another room.
Rearrange cage, clean cage, changing /adding new toys.

Donut screams a bit at the new toys, then gets used to them.

The only thing I DONT EVER CHANGE is his bed,
It ALWAYS stays in the same place.

Good luck.

Tricia

Thanks you guys
I'll try that Tricia but I have to be home
when I introduce new toys cos I don't want
another episode of how she went into shock
after introducing this other toy to her.

Its always good to know people have
been there before me however

and in this case Ness would be a blue
little chicken tee hee