Foraging In Bottle Caps

[Taw5106]

In another thread Henpecked shared a foraging toy idea, putting bottle caps in a bowl with treats. Today I put my collection of bottle caps in a big plastic bowl, put in treats and Venus has been working on her bowl for an hour now. Right now she has the bowl turned on its side, she's in it, periodically peaks out with a bottle cap or a treat in her beak. One hour down, I wonder how long she'll be busy, lol.

Great idea and cheap! Thanks Henpecked!

 

[Birdman666]

In another thread Henpecked shared a foraging toy idea, putting bottle caps in a bowl with treats. Today I put my collection of bottle caps in a big plastic bowl, put in treats and Venus has been working on her bowl for an hour now. Right now she has the bowl turned on its side, she's in it, periodically peaks out with a bottle cap or a treat in her beak. One hour down, I wonder how long she'll be busy, lol.

Great idea and cheap! Thanks Henpecked!

It doesn't have to be expensive, to work. In fact, some of the "cheap toys" work better than the expensive toys...

Kinda fun to see them OCDing on something you threw together yourself, too, isn't it?!

 

[Taw5106]

It is! She took a break and is back at it. She's been tossing the bottle caps too and I've picked them up and put them back in her bowl and she starts digging again, lol.

 

[Dopey]

In another thread Henpecked shared a foraging toy idea, putting bottle caps in a bowl with treats. Today I put my collection of bottle caps in a big plastic bowl, put in treats and Venus has been working on her bowl for an hour now. Right now she has the bowl turned on its side, she's in it, periodically peaks out with a bottle cap or a treat in her beak.One hour down, I wonder how long she'll be busy, lol.

Great idea and cheap! Thanks Henpecked!

How big is that bowl?

 

[Allee]

Thanks for sharing the idea! I can't wait to try it!

 

[Birdman666]

You can use those paper disposable bowls for this one. Then the bowl itself becomes a shredder toy.

 

[Amanda_Bennett]

I sometimes use a small box and poke holes and attach it to the cage with twist ties for those days I have a lot of appointments and need something to keep Zilla occupied.

The plastic bottle caps can be recovered from the bottom of the cage and sanitized for the next day also. I put them in a lingerie bag and toss on the top shelf of the dishwasher, then just drain on a paper towel for a couple hours.

Of course I don't drink soda or bottled water so my friends and family think I'm nuts when I ask them to save theirs for me

 

[Birdman666]

I actually use soda 12 pack boxes as foraging boxes, and just stuff a bunch of things in there... then they have to shred the box to get at the stuff I put in there... sometimes having to work through other stuff to find it.

It's easy. It's inexpensive. And best of all, it holds their attention for extended periods of time.

 

[Flboy]

I been using multi colored/ sized caps for a while now. I keep them in a ss bowl.

 

[Taw5106]

Here's the bowl. I wasn't sure about the size to use and she loves playing in this bowl.

 

[Lullx]

I've actually been saving my bottle caps for this exact reason!
Glad to know others have had success with their birds enjoying it

I don't have enough yet for a good foraging toy, but I'm getting there.
Most bottled water has those smaller caps now, which are more conure-sized. Most excellent.

I'll have to start bugging family and friends for bigger caps for my incoming grey though!

 

[4dugnlee]

I have an endless supply of different size bottle caps from my work (kitchen of a nursing home). I asked the shift that does the drinks to save the caps for me....now I have BAGS of them! People bring in caps from home now too. I haven't tried putting them in a bowl but I will definitely be trying that one! I have drilled holes in the caps and strung them up for toys. Now if I could get the activities department to do a craft of making parrot toys....hmmmm....:54: