Collection: Accesories

Buy Bird Accessories: Field-Tested Equipment for Keeping, Care & Breeding

Good food is half the battle, the other half is well-thought-out equipment. Whether it is sturdy food bowls, hygienic bird sand, species-appropriate toys, or specialized equipment for breeders: the right accessories make daily care easier, keeping more hygienic, and your birds' lives more varied. In this category, you will find a deliberately compact selection—not a hundred different variations, but exactly the products that have proven themselves in everyday bird keeping and breeding over 45 years.

Food Bowls & Drinking Tubes: Hygienic Feeding, Clean Watering

The food bowl is the most heavily used piece of equipment in a bird's home. Our stainless steel bowls with screw mountings attach firmly to the cage bars, cannot be knocked over, and are hygienically easy to clean—making them a much more durable choice than plastic, especially for strong parrot beaks. For soft food, sprouted seeds, or aviary feeding, our flat clay food dishes are ideal because their weight keeps them securely in place. We also offer drinking tubes to ensure a clean supply of water.

📌 Our practical tip: Always keep a second set of bowls on hand, so you can change them daily and clean them thoroughly without making your birds wait.

Bedding & Bird Sand: The Foundation of Cage Hygiene

Bird sand serves multiple purposes: it binds moisture and droppings, facilitates cleaning, and provides grit through included crushed seashells, which helps many bird species with their digestion. In our range, we carry the well-established Prestige Bird Sand with Anise by Versele-Laga; the subtle scent of anise is well accepted by most birds. Regular sand changes are a silent form of preventive health care: a clean cage environment prevents bacterial and mite issues long before they can develop.

Toys & Enrichment: Species-Appropriate Activity Instead of Boredom

Parrots and parakeets are highly intelligent animals. If enrichment is lacking, behavioral problems can quickly develop, ranging from continuous screaming to feather plucking. Well-thought-out bird toys made from natural materials invite birds to chew, shred, and explore, simulating what birds do all day in the wild: work for their food. It is best to combine toys with foraging ideas, such as hiding millet sprays or nuts from our supplementary food range inside toys or cardboard tubes. This turns activity into a rewarding enrichment for both head and beak.

Budgie Breeder Supplies: Equipment for Successful Breeding

For breeders, we carry specialized equipment for budgie breeding, from nesting accessories to rearing aids. Additionally, you will find disposable syringes and syringe accessories for feeding and administering medication, as well as catch nets for gentle, low-stress capture in the aviary. Those who want to delve deeper into hand-rearing will find the right formula blends and crop needles in our hand-rearing category, and the necessary practical knowledge in our webinars and seminars.

Genuine German Honey: A Sweet Regional Specialty

A unique specialty you will hardly find in any other bird shop: genuine German forest and blossom honey from regional apiaries. Honey is not just a delicacy for your breakfast table; in bird keeping, it is traditionally valued in small amounts as a natural energy booster, such as when nurturing weak birds or mixed into rearing mash. Short distances, honest origins, no imported goods: it doesn't get more regional than this.

Specialist Books: Knowledge is the Best Investment

No piece of equipment can replace solid knowledge. Our specialist books on bird keeping, nutrition, and health help you understand your animals better and recognize problems before they become serious. For beginners in particular, this is often the most valuable investment of all and, combined with our webinars, the fastest path to safe, species-appropriate care.

Looking for a Gift Idea? The Gift Voucher for Bird Lovers

Would you like to bring joy to a bird keeper but aren't sure which food or accessories are right? With our gift voucher, you are always spot on—the recipient can choose for themselves from our entire assortment.

Bird Accessories at Dr. Bürkle

What sets our accessories apart from mass-produced goods: every single product was thoroughly tested by us in our own keeping and breeding before it was added to the range. What doesn't prove itself, we don't sell—our principle has been that simple for 45 years.

• You can find our veterinary clinic here: Dr. Bürkle, Eisenbahnstraße 32, 77855 Achern, Germany
• The contact form can be found here: To the contact form

From our location in Achern on the edge of the Black Forest (Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg), we ship your bird accessories quickly and securely packaged to bird keepers and breeders throughout Germany and the entire EU. And if you are unsure about your choice: just give us a call. Personal advice from one bird keeper to another is part of our service.

Order Bird Accessories Online

Browse through bowls, bird sand, toys, breeder supplies, and our regional specialties to put together the equipment that genuinely makes your daily bird routine easier. Your feathered companion will notice the difference.