Enrich your captive Parrots life:

[Pado]

This is an interesting article I though might be of interest to post. Its from the parrotchronicles website. Its a study by Cheryl Meehan who has a PHD in animal behavior from the University of California at Davis on how to enrich our captive Parrots lives: http://www.parrotchronicles.com/julyaugust2004/research.htm

I learn something new all the time - it may be best after all to change their cages around :cool:

It also talks about feather plucking, pairing and foraging.

[Kathy]

Interesting article!

[Dana D]

Thank you for posting the link to that article. We just got our first Parrotlet two weeks ago and are always looking for information to improve her quality of life. This article had some great suggestions.

Thanks Again!

[SweetPeasMom]

wow what a great article, makes me want to think of more foraging, more shredding interactive toys.. keep them busy.

[waterfaller1]

What an awesome website! More reading to do!!:D

[Py & Cosmo]

Very interesting - it will be a busy Christmas here for the fids!

[jodeg]

Great article! Thanks!

[unpoquito]

This really is an excellent article. I like how it addresses the needs for foraging and a bird friend of the same species.

[Phoenix-cry]

This was a great article, nice to see some research in the area, although it does pose some ethical questions. Is it right to keep a bird in a steril enviroment when you start to see plucking, even if it is for research? I realize those birds were helped after six months, but still...

[unpoquito]

http://www.birdsafe.com sells a great little "foraging tree" playstand for a great price that would be good for parrotlets. A portion of their proceeds goes toward the local bird rescue too PheonixLanding.org . They have a ton of great products for parrotlets and foraging. They have these tiny little round wooden boxes with drilled holes in them for like 70 cents. My parrotlets love to pull the lid off and find little surprises inside. They're the perfect size for our little birds.

[Phoenix-cry]

I love that forage tree!

[Pickles]

Thanks for the link unpoquito :)
I'm going to start ordering some new toys right now! Hopefully foraging will help my plucker.

[boxcarboy6]

I'm not surprised by this article, but it does pose the question "when did I forget to think like a bird?". I can't wait to start trying different interactive projects and puzzles.
There is nothing greater than giving your bird a better life.
Thanks for that.

[LovelySydney]

Wonderful article, thanks for sharing!!

[RookieBlue]

What a great and informative link! Thanks for sharing! I'm almost tempted to find a bird-safe (indoor) tree and start this when Lola becomes hand-tame! Woohoo!

[MissJamie]

This was very thought-provoking. I'm now trying to come up with ways to provide foraging opportunities on a budget for my baby when he comes home...

[Sally]

I cannot see the tree...

[KTyne]

I can't find the article on that site. :|
:( :( :( :(

[RookieBlue]

^Not sure why, but the tree in description was basically a household tree which was bird-safe. They attatched all kinds of fresh foods and millet, etc. In different ways such as simply speared onto the tree, in little dishes, and any other way that could be thought up, really. Then, they let their birds loose in the tree, and the birds had to find all of the food, etc. The birds seemed to love it. :)

.....Just incase you were curious.. :P

[littlejjohnson]

I can't find the article either:(