Foraging vs Feeding

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An active bird is a healthy bird. Plain and simple.

I love trying out new recipes and for the recipes I’ve been working on for my birds, I serve it on a plate to see if they like it or not. It’s like having my own personal taste testers. If they eat it, I’ve succeeded and if they don’t well then I won’t be serving that again or I’ll be looking for ways to change it just enough to get them to eat it. So far I’ve come up with 29 successful recipes my birds love and once I know they like them, I start finding ways to make them into foraging toys.

Because feeding your bird out of a dish is one of the (second) worst things you can do (the first being clipping your bird’s wings).

That’s right. Feeding your bird out of a dish is too easy, it leaves him to be bored the rest of the day and you want your bird to be healthy and active.

This means in his cage AND out.

That’s why foraging opportunities are so important. You can make your own if you’re really broke and can’t afford any (or if you’re a genius-ly creative person too!)

Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Petshops sell calcium/cuttlebone perches and toys you can easily hang in your bird’s cage. They aren’t too expensive.
• Wrap your bird’s pellets (with your bird watching you) in pieces of paper and put them throughout your bird’s cage. Have some of them be empty!
• Use a skewer to hang your bird’s favorite fruits and veggies and let it pick from it.
• Fill toys with bits of treats and pellets.