Featherland Paradise Foraging Capsule Interactive Food Treat Puzzle Toy Is An Entertaining And Enriching Experience For Your Bird
- Designed with your bird's natural instincts in mind, the Foraging Capsule allows your bird to search for and retrieve their favourite treats
- Simply fill the Featherland Paradise Foraging Capsule with your bird's favourite small seed and nut treats, then hang it inside their cage or place it on a flat surface
- To reach the treats, your bird will need to figure out how to release the food into the bottom section by pulling on the faux leather cord
- Your bird will then be able to use their natural foraging instincts to search for and retrieve the treats inside the capsule
- The capsule is made from high-quality materials that are safe for your bird to chew and play with
- Easy to fill, it can be filled with a variety of seed and nut treats to keep your bird engaged and stimulated
- The transparent design allows your bird to see the treats inside, encouraging them to forage and play
- Suitable for a variety of bird species, it can be hung inside your bird's cage using the stainless-steel chain and clip.
Dimensions (approximate)
- Capsule: 16cm height x 5cm diameter (top) x 11cm diameter (base)
- Strap: 15cm length
- Chain: 20cm length
Suitable for:
- Medium to large parrot and cockatoo birds
- Example breeds include: Cockatoos, Galahs, African Greys, and Macaws
Why Toys are Important for Pet Birds
- Toys are vital for your bird’s mental and physical health and have a major role in their quality of life
- Birds are naturally active creatures and need to be provided with mental and physical stimulation each day
- Birds spend much of their life without you by their side to entertain them, therefore, they need a pleasurable, challenging, and exciting outlet to keep their minds and bodies stimulated
- Birds who do not have toys to keep them busy will become bored, depressed, unhealthy, and even carry out negative behaviours such as feather or skin picking, pacing, chewing, biting, loud squawking, or destruction
- Interacting with toys allows your bird to satisfy their natural instincts to throw things around, explore, preen, chew, hang, fly, and forage, and allows your bird to practice the natural skill of holding, grasping, and manipulating objects with their feet
- Physical exercise also helps to keep muscles, tendons, bones, and beaks in optimal condition
What is Creative Foraging?
- Creative foraging refers to giving your bird an interesting way to search for and obtain their food
- In the wild, birds learn to forage for food and have natural instincts to gnaw on wood, leaves, and other objects – these skills need to be practiced daily
- Creative foraging replaces the practice of making food easily accessible in a food dish which only promotes laziness
- Your bird must be provided with intellectual and physical challenges and learn how to become a self-sufficient forager by working hard to earn their food
- When a foraging toy appears in your bird’s cage, they will explore it, discover that it contains food, and instinctively learn how to procure their food
- Eventually, you can make a complete transition from open dish feeding to providing all your bird’s meals in foraging toys
Tips and Tricks
- You can increase foraging opportunities by using multiple foraging devices placed in different locations
- Place the devices around the cage so that some are more difficult than others to access, and change locations often
- The feeding devices may be filled with your choice of food such as pellets, dried fruit, shelled nuts, sliced vegetables, seeds, and other treats
- The goal is to make your bird work for its food – however, if your bird is not able to acquire all their daily nutrition from the toys, you must still ensure they are receiving all the nutrition they need for their activity levels
Important
- Incorrect use may result in entrapment or injury
- Contains small parts
- Keep out of reach of children
- Always select the appropriate size and type of toy for your specific bird
- Observe your bird's behaviour with a new toy
- Remove and replace the toy if it becomes damaged or worn
- Keep bird's nails well-groomed and keep them engaged with a variety of toys that offer different materials, colours, sounds and challenges