We rotate between the stainless steel baffle cage and skewer kabob as part of her main food servers every day, but here are the toys we have so far that we add to her cage on top of those and are there almost every day. She really has mastered all of them. We need to expand our rotation. here are some thumbnails of what we have now:
Her favorite - Ive tried mixing in beads, paper, whatever with her nutriberries and she always manages to get it all out within 10 seconds flat!
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This is stuffed when we leave for work - with veggies, nutriberries, fruit, anything and its completely empty when we get home
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This is a fairly new one we got her (we removed the tray) and we mix beads, paper, plastic milk lids, whatever, with a shelled peanut and nutriberries and dried fruit.. she leaves everything in there and somehow manages to take all the food out. This takes a little longer, but its not difficult for her, but more so than the others since it spins.
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We also got one of those puzzle chest things that she pokes around and sometimes empties it but she doesnt seem as interested.. maybe the beak slots are too small
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Anyway so we also have the hol-ee rubber ball and some shreddable foraging stuff like vine balls that she really destroys, so we like the acrylic and stainless ones that we can continue to refill. She has tons of foot toys that are foraging and we wrap stuff in paper and leave all over her cage. But she is really quick and once the food is out, she is bored. It doesnt take hours, more like minutes. So we are glad that most of our investments are well used, but we dont want her to be bored.
We are now considering the following options, and know it could all be trial and error based on each bird's personality, but are wondering if you could all provide input on which you think would be the best investment since it gets pricey after a while (either on opinion is fine, or maybe you have them and know if they are appropriate for IRN beak size)? We want her to really think and work for it, but not get bored with it if too difficult. We may get one or two, but before we start buying stuff we figured we'd ask since there are really so many options.
1. Zig zag maze (description: Teach your birds to spin the Zig Zag maze to reveal the treat! Mount the Zig Zag to the cage bars or hang it from it's chain. Place one or several treats inside the maze and spin back and forth to load. By placing several treats at one time, your bird will be rewarded multiple times while providing hours of foraging fun.)
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2. Crazy 8s (description: Teach your bird to solve the puzzle of the Crazy 8s for food rewards!! It's so Simple, just place a treat in the opening, turn upside down and rotate until treat reaches the top of the toy, rotate the toy clockwise until right side up again. The treat should now be trapped in the top section of the toy. Hang for your birds to solve and watch instinct take over!)
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3. Daffy for Taffy (description: Teach your bird to rock this toy back and forth for their food rewards! Place one or more treats in the opening, turn upside down and tilt back and forth until the treat reaches the end of the maze.)
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4. Masterminds Heart (description: The MasterMind challenge, for the birds that enjoy a good foraging workout! Food/treats go into the cones and your bird must maneuver the cones to the top of the "track" until treats/food drop through the hole, dispensing in the center chamber. Multiple feeding stations give birds choices! Made of polycarbonate. Suitable for small to medium birds.)
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5. Push and pull (description: Push and Pull Foraging Toy: Fill top chamber with food, Parrots must push and pull slats back and forth to release food into the chamber below, When food reaches the bottom access chamber, it may be retrieved.)
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6. Nut drop forager (description: You can place pelleted food, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pine nuts, cereal, fruit, veggies or other dry items in the Nut Drop, which attaches to your cage with nickel plated chain and a quick link. Made out of sturdy acrylic, your bird will need to learn how to pull the levers back to release the treats Lots of fun for medium sized birds)
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Any input or better suggestions are welcome, anything fast, easy and reusable for us, difficult, long lasting and fun for her -thanks!