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New foraging box. Nice and neat. Tidy. Full of entertainment.
Double Yellow Headed Amazon at the ready...camera left. |
On my last post, I wrote about the value of giving our parrot companions foraging boxes, filled with different textures, shapes, tastes. I thought you might want to see what has since transpired with the box I made as a sample for that blog. I chose to give this particular box to my Double Yellow Headed Amazon, Pancho, about three days ago. As you can see from the first picture, she's camera shy, but don't let that fool you; the girl is ruthless and attacks her toy box like a tornado headed for a tin barn. Hope you enjoy the pictures. And, this particular foraging venture is now in its third reincarnation - the "innards" have been given a new home in another box on a daily basis, until everything is gone!
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Pancho shredding the box.
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When I was younger, I remember hearing a saying about kids loving the boxes better than the shoes that came in them. That's what I think of when I see my birds attacking their toy boxes: the boxes are as much entertainment as the toys that we make and buy for them.
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| Taking a break. |
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| Spread the love. |
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What's left of the Skippy box and the goodies within.
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So it is my job (and yours, too, I bet) to pilfer through the wreckage in the morning when I change papers and salvage what I can of what's left of the toy box. It has turned cold here where we live, and so putting my birds outside hasn't been an option for a day or two. Knowing that my birds all have choices to stay busy, stay mentally stimulated, and be content in their cages when they are there, makes this inevitable mess all worthwhile. When I see the destruction, I just smile and grab my trash can and broom...and then go grab another box.
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