wadded up papers...?
Cookie, my Triton Cockatoo, is making his first foray into foraging, and we're all thrilled to death about how well he's taking to it!
I'm most excited about the plethora of DIY foraging toy ideas I've been finding here and on other sites... however, I've run across a question on logistics:
This is a chain toy. A few treats or toys are placed in the tissue paper, parachute-style. The crumpled end is threaded through the chain link and then "floofed", so it stays in place. The idea is that the parrot will rip open the hanging "mini-pinatas" and get the treats.
HOWEVER...
Cookie's cage has a grate over his poop tray, which is located maybe 4 or 5 inches below the grate. If he rips open the tissue paper, the seeds will fall through the grate and onto the tray below, where they will be most definitely out of reach. :/
My only solution idea is to put a cookie sheet in his cage (on the floor/grate of the cage) directly underneath the hanging toy. That way he'll be able to grab the seeds from the tray.
Do ya'll have any other ideas? How do you manage foraging in a cage with a grate?
I'm most excited about the plethora of DIY foraging toy ideas I've been finding here and on other sites... however, I've run across a question on logistics:
HOWEVER...
Cookie's cage has a grate over his poop tray, which is located maybe 4 or 5 inches below the grate. If he rips open the tissue paper, the seeds will fall through the grate and onto the tray below, where they will be most definitely out of reach. :/
My only solution idea is to put a cookie sheet in his cage (on the floor/grate of the cage) directly underneath the hanging toy. That way he'll be able to grab the seeds from the tray.
Do ya'll have any other ideas? How do you manage foraging in a cage with a grate?