How to Get Your Parrot to Forage For Healthy Foods

Cash, the military macaw, is foraging for a half piece of banana in the above photo. The banana was put inside the coconut toy… you can find that toy and many others like it by checking out our 100% Natural Parrot Toys.

There are ways to get parrots to forage for healthy foods, and not just junk foods. Once your bird understands the concept of food finding toys, there are no limits to what you can do!

Skewers are also a great way to get your bird to work for its healthy foods. It goes a little faster with how much they can consume, but it also allows you to put big pieces of food on there for them to eat into and destroy.

Fruits are easy foods to use for food finding toys because they kind of “wrap themselves” with their peels and shells.

The biggest tip I can give you is to be CREATIVE!

If I’m traveling around with the circus and doing it for my birds, I have no doubts you can find ways to do it with yours! That’s right, that picture of Cash was taken while out here on the circus during our month of rehearsals… even circus birds gotta forage!