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ScooterNScotty
Hyacinth Macaw
ScooterNScotty


Join date : 2011-05-24
Age : 63
Location : Southern California
My Birds : Scooter
* "Normal" male Green-cheeked Conure
* (hatched 3/2010)

Scotty
*male Cape Parrot
*(HD unk ~2008)

Blanco (Caballo Blanco)
*Whitefaced male cockatiel
*(HD unk, found 4/2012)
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PostSubject: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptyThu Jun 21, 2012 5:25 pm

What foraging setups/toys does your 'tiel like? I sense Blanco lacks ambition, so to date I've done nothing more complex than move his "fruity pebbles" aka pellets around the cage. Scotty will handle some of the more complex toys, although he'd rather bash than think, and Scooter will work the cardboard box ones, but has little patience for solving puzzles. Can a tiel beak get through cardboard OK? Compared to Scooter he seems rather delicate, despite being almost twice his weight!
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
patdbunny


Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptySat Jun 23, 2012 2:09 pm

If it interests them, yes, they can easily go through cardboard. I have wood molding covered up so Sam the tiel can't eat the molding. It just has to interest them - which is a whole nuther issue.
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henpecked
Hyacinth Macaw
henpecked


Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 67
Location : NC/Fla
My Birds : Jake hen YN (his)
Stacy hen YN (hers)
Kia male Panama
Kong hen Panama
Nitro male YN
Micky male Red Lored
Binkie hen YN
Many other Amazons
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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptySun Jun 24, 2012 12:07 am

Mine "eat" 4 ft long perches down to nothing in a week. Don't think cardboard would slow them down for long if they decided it was fun. Have you tried the little cat toy balls?
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o'TikaandAurora
Lovebird
o'TikaandAurora


Join date : 2011-06-23
Age : 34
Location : Victoria, Australia
My Birds : Tim (Red Wing Parrot)
Prince (Blue Princess Parrot)
Chicken (Pearl Gray Tiel)
Malolo (Cinnamon Pied Tiel)
Aurora (Yellow Sided GCC)
o'Tika (Pineapple GCC)
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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptyMon Jun 25, 2012 6:48 am

We do things like wrapping whatever treat/food/toy up in paper or for more fun, corn husk. Mali loves pruning the silk off corn too (infact corn cooked in it's husk and then put in, with or without the edible bit is a favourite in our house).
You can wrap things up in rice paper rolls and bake them till they're crispy? Mali goes nuts for anything flaky and crispy like that.
Definitely cardboard boxes will work a treat, I've seen people use confetti in a bowl and add beans or seeds or something?
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ScooterNScotty
Hyacinth Macaw
ScooterNScotty


Join date : 2011-05-24
Age : 63
Location : Southern California
My Birds : Scooter
* "Normal" male Green-cheeked Conure
* (hatched 3/2010)

Scotty
*male Cape Parrot
*(HD unk ~2008)

Blanco (Caballo Blanco)
*Whitefaced male cockatiel
*(HD unk, found 4/2012)
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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptyMon Jun 25, 2012 2:02 pm

Is corn silk OK for them to have? I have tended to worry they might ingest it and impact the crop. I'll be less anal about removing it if that's an unnecessary concern!
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o'TikaandAurora
Lovebird
o'TikaandAurora


Join date : 2011-06-23
Age : 34
Location : Victoria, Australia
My Birds : Tim (Red Wing Parrot)
Prince (Blue Princess Parrot)
Chicken (Pearl Gray Tiel)
Malolo (Cinnamon Pied Tiel)
Aurora (Yellow Sided GCC)
o'Tika (Pineapple GCC)
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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptyTue Jun 26, 2012 10:06 am

Granted Mali tends to just make it give her scritches ...
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zazanomore
Hyacinth Macaw
zazanomore


Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 31
Location : Thunder Bay, Ontario
My Birds : Einstein - Cockatiel [3]
Charlie Bird - Cockatiel [15]
Clyde - Budgie [4]
Bonnie - Budgie [4]
Madoc - Budgie [1]

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PostSubject: Re: Foraging for 'Tiels   Foraging for 'Tiels EmptyTue Jun 26, 2012 2:10 pm

Those little paper chinese finger traps are really popular with Einstein.
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