What all to have in the cage?

[parrotlover]

OK well I'll be gone atleast 7 hours a day. So I want to know what things I can put in the cage so that he/she doesn't get bored. I was thinking liek a foraging box.

[laducockatiel]

Well u cud get: java perch, foraging toy, wood toys, swings, natural perch and ferris wheel. Don't get a toy or anything with a mirror. The bird will bond eith it's reflection and not with you.

[parrotlover]

Yea I had read some where it "pisses" them off because the "brid" in the mrror isn't responding to them. Lol and yea like you said is get a bottle and put some treats and stuff in it. And should i leave the cap off of it?

[laducockatiel]

No, but poke some holes in the bottle and stick some treats between the holes so he knows there is a treat in the bottle

[zazanomore]

1) Several types of perches. Most cages come with the standard wooden dowels. Take them out. I cut mine up and used them as chew toys for my guys. There are many different types of perches. Some of the main ones you'll find are: rope, java, grapevine, pedi-perches, and manzanita. The more variety, the better it is for your birds feet.

2) Shred-able toys. Things that are meant to be destroyed.

3) Toys with moving parts.

4) Foraging toys

5) Water and Food Bowls

6) A swing. My budgies live for their swings. They will only sleep on them.

[TheNzJessie]

you have to teach your bird how to forage it is something they learn from there parents its not an instinct, make it very easy with lots of treats at the beginning and slowly work your way to harder foraging object for less food

[parrotlover]

Oh OK like put a bowl treats in the bottom so that he/she knows where the treats are and then I can add other stff in like some wooden objects and some plastic? And then I can take it further right?

[laducockatiel]

it helps if first u soften the wood by soaking it in water and then drying it so ur tiel cann chew on it easily. ur tiel will love chewin on any wood. my cockatiel chews on his wooden ladder and has chewd one whole bar off. they chew it up and spit it out lol.

[parrotlover]

lol! Good for their beak hu?

[StarbucksMom]

My Sun Conure LOVES his furry little Happy Hut! He crawls in there for all his naps and sleeps in there all night.