Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Forage feeding - mental stimulation

Three baby budgies forage on the play-gym
Foraging
Foraging gives birds something to do, and its instinctual to budgies. If you get some large gum nuts and seed pods, you can fit seed and millet treats inside them. Banksias are great as there are lots of holes to fill up. There are also lots of different foraging toys being sold online. You can use your play-gym as a foraging space – with sand/grit lining the bottom. I have a youtube film on this – if you are interested, check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TCTC2FreRY
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VS0MI-m1kc

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