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Old 02-10-2006, 01:09 PM
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I just watched a show on Discovery HD about the Warner Bros Movie park in Australia. What an interesting looking place. They had the usual behind the scenes stuff. One of the highlights to me, was the segment on the polar bears. They showed them playing with their toys and how they distribute their food. They smeared peanut butter and honey on various surfaces, threw out small boxes of cereal and yogurt. They also had blocks of ice with fish inside. It got me to thinking how much more of that idea I should apply to the fids. We probably don't make them forage enough.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:35 PM
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True .... I think everyone should encourage their birds to forage more often. I've tried a couple of foraging toys but I was not really pleased with them. I routinely hide treats and move food dishes around in order to encourage more foraging behavior in my birds. Other people will put treats inside paper cups or other easily-destroyed containers and allow their birds to discover what's inside. There are a lot of simple, inexpensive things you can do to encourage this behavior in your birds.
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