So Scarlet is plucking again...ugh. Well to help curb it I've been giving her a lot more foraging opportunities. I'm still getting her to learn how to do most of it, but it's been fun so far. In the morning I put 3-4 foraging toys in her cage (all in different places). I also put her pellets, daily nutriberri and almond ration in the bathroom size dixie cups and cover with shredded paper. I put 4-5 of these in one of her food dishes, so she has to go hunting to find her favorites. I also put parchment paper over her regular food dish (with some pellets in it).
The first time I did it she looked at me like "what the f*** is this mom?" but in a few short days she acts like she's looking forward to me setting up her cage I'm still teaching her that the ones on the other side of the cage DO have food in them, and to explore the toys more, but overall I am happy with the progress.
This has only curbed the plucking a nominal amount . Has anyone else used foraging to help stop plucking? I am doing other things to stop it, this was just one of them. Is there anything else I could be doing for some foraging fun?