Reddit reviews Featherland Paradise Creative Foraging Systems, Bird Toys & Feeders, Keeps Birds Busy, See Saw

Yes absolutely! There is no better way to get a bird mentally and physically engaged than with food.

That being said, birds aren't born with perfect knowledge of how to forage. Usually they learn from watching their parents or flock mates. So if you throw a bunch of boxes in your bird's cage and he has zero foraging experience he may just sit there and stare at you. And if he has no other food available, he may end up going hungry.

Check out the free ebooks at www.parrotenrichment.com. Then consider how you want to go about teaching your bird how to forage using baby steps.

Here's an example. Say I want my bird to forage for their pellets in a bowl that I have filled with shredded paper/toy parts and taped shut with more paper. How I would teach this skill to my bird:

1. Start by filling the bowl with a 1/2 pellets and 1/2 toy parts. Mix them up so your bird has to pick through the inedible things to get the food.
   
   
2. Once they are ok with that, layer the toys on top of the pellets.
   
   
3. Then add a few strips of shredded paper, but not enough to cover the toys/pellets completely.
   
   
4. Add enough shredded paper to cover the food completely.
   
   
5. Tape a 1 inch wide strip of paper over the bowl that is full of the shredded paper/toys/food. You bird will have to learn to rip through it or go around it.
   
   
6. Add 2 strips of paper, then 3, etc so that your bird learns to rip through the paper to get into the bowl.
   
   
7. Finally, tape a full, unbroken piece of paper (or even multiple sheets of paper) over the bowl.
   
   Depending on how fast a learner your bird is you might add or eliminate some of these steps. It's all about working with your individual bird. You can use similar baby steps to teach a bird to look for food in other situations. There are also easier and more difficult situations you can use to tailor to your bird's skill level. All of our birds really like using a foraging bowl (just an extra food bowl full of toys and other random items that I will throw treats in) and they are super easy. Our larger bird loves the plastic foraging toys you can buy, including this see saw, wheel, and 4 way forager.
   
   Even if you don't put ALL of your bird's food into these kind of foraging opportunities any foraging you can encourage is good. Good luck!