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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
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I came up with some foraging ideas and my birds seem to like them! Below are some steps of how-to 
Birdie Candies
Steps to do;
#1-Get newspaper and bird treats
#2-Wrap the treat in newspaper and twist the ends, so it will look like a candy
#3-Give to the bird
Side Notes- You can wrap more newspaper around the treats to make it more challenging
Treat Box
Steps to do;
#1-Get a (small) box
#2-Put some treats at the bottum of the box
#3-Close top, and tie to the side of cage
#4-Watch bird enjoy!
Side Notes- You could stuff with newspaper and treats to make it more challenging
Hope your birds enjoy 
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Friday December 8, 2006 10:34 pm |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
Great ideas,, But who in the world has extra news papers....  , maybe I can sub something else. But good ideas, anything to keep our birds work for thier dinner....
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Saturday December 9, 2006 1:36 am |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
I use old newspapers, or flyers from stores..and junkmail..  |
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Saturday December 9, 2006 3:22 am |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
LOL, I went crazy with the foraging things and now the cages are full of the candies and I made cheekie one of the box things and he loved it..so now the cages, gyms and climbing trees have these foraging things everywhere..I also hope this helps with cheekies pin feather probelm.. |
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Saturday December 9, 2006 3:24 am |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
It might be just the thing..... |
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Saturday December 9, 2006 5:15 am |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
I bet in the morning you will have a BIG mess to clean up, I know when Carrie goes crazy with her foraging things, the birds love them, but you can not see the floor for all the paper on it....
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Saturday December 9, 2006 5:18 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6671
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
LoL John, with all your bird cages, I bet you do have to be concerned about keeping newspapers!
I bet your birds are having a RIOT with all the little "gifts" Haley  |
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Saturday December 9, 2006 2:07 pm |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
oh they did. They still have some "candies" in their cages and the remians of the treat boxes. for Petrie, I ran out of little boxes, so I go an envolope and cut the lick part off and put treats in it. He hasnt touched it yet. Cheekie got a box of treats and he loved it. All the treats are gone now, but its still in the cage so he can chew the rest up. |
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Saturday December 9, 2006 5:14 pm |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by cheekie_birdy
oh they did. They still have some "candies" in their cages and the remians of the treat boxes. for Petrie, I ran out of little boxes, so I go an envolope and cut the lick part off and put treats in it. He hasnt touched it yet. Cheekie got a box of treats and he loved it. All the treats are gone now, but its still in the cage so he can chew the rest up.
I can just see them now,,,,
John |
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Sunday December 10, 2006 1:52 am |
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Jrmno1sCarrie
Flier
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 718
Location: Ohio |
quote:
Originally posted by cheekie_birdy
LOL, I went crazy with the foraging things and now the cages are full of the candies and I made cheekie one of the box things and he loved it..so now the cages, gyms and climbing trees have these foraging things everywhere..I also hope this helps with cheekies pin feather probelm..
I also love making foraging treats and watch them be discovered. I made some fun material sausages awhile back and stuffed them with goodies. You just take a rectangle of cotton material fold it in half, sew up the bottom and long side. Fill it with goodies and tie the top closed. We would hang these in the cages when we went away for the day. It helps to keep them busy. They weren't very big.....anywhere from 2 inches to 4 inches long and about a bigger than like a marker around. Not all of the birds liked these though. |
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Monday December 11, 2006 12:20 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10061
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Those ideas are great. I think I also need to teach my birds to clean up the mess afterwards. |
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Friday December 15, 2006 8:21 pm |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Those ideas are great. I think I also need to teach my birds to clean up the mess afterwards.
You manage that and I will start send my bird to you for training....
John |
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Saturday December 16, 2006 12:47 am |
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Jrmno1sCarrie
Flier
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 718
Location: Ohio |
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Those ideas are great. I think I also need to teach my birds to clean up the mess afterwards.
Oh boy if you could teach them to clean up you would be able to sell that training and be rich.....$$$$$$$$$$ |
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Saturday December 16, 2006 12:49 am |
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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
hehe...Sonnie is always trying to hide in his 'stringy toy'
and I'm always buying shoes...heheheehe.
so I buy extra shoe laces, and cut one side off the smaller shoe boxes, and stuff it with treats in the back, and fill the rest with the shoe laces and random pieces of paper......
He loves them so much, he even sleeps in them sometimes!!!!
after just a couple of days, the box is gone, and there is a huge mess on the floor to be vaccuumed............
I tried giving one to Oskar, but he just pushed it out of his cage....then fell to the floor with it oops.
Qwill doesn't even pay any attention to them.
I haven't yet tried it out on Aiden....
I'm out of shoe boxes.... |
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Sunday December 17, 2006 12:07 am |
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Kellyanne
Flier
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 659
Location: Ottawa, Canada |
Great ideas. I will create some as stocking stuffers for my fids! |
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Monday December 18, 2006 6:16 pm |
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