Both my fiance and I have iPhones with very tough rubber cases that our IRN cannot bite through. And Remy is really fascinated with all things electronic - remotes, cell phones, laptop computers, etc. When we are on the couch, we can hide the remotes under blankets and we have to use the computer on the table, not on our laps and all is fine. But our iPhones we let her play with. The minute she sees them, whether we are using them or not, she appears and starts gnawing on them. She loves the casing and the "shell" the phone is in and somehow enjoys to pull the casing off (which is fine, its one of these slider cases and we arent concerned about damage to the phone http://www.incipio.com/cases/iphone-cas ... -case.html).ellieelectrons wrote:
3. hide things you don't want him to access (eg. tv remotes). - I cannot use my iPad in peace when Charlie is out of the cage, so I got a FisherPrice case for it so that if I want him to interact with it he can without me worrying about him damaging it but other than that, I don't use it when he is out. You can hide things under cushions, etc. when your bird is out. When your bird is attacking the remote, you mentioned you put him back on his play area and then he flies straight back. At this point I would recommend hiding the object in question.
Where we ARE concerned is realizing that the sides of the iPhone exposed and not completely covered by the case is made of some kind of shiny chrome looking metal, where the volume and lock buttons are. We have no idea what kind of metal this is.
Long story short in question - are we poisoning our bird by letting it play with our phones? She is way more interested in the case than the phone, and after she has removed the phone from the case, she flicks it around, chirps with glee and loses interest/moves on. But we see her little tongue and it is indeed touching the metal on the phone as she plays with it. Should we care?
If it should be safe, we really dont care if she plays with it every now and then - like a toddler would chew on something for 5 minutes and move on. But if it could be toxic, we will take it away for good.