I’m an evil 😈 parront

[kme3388]

I gave this to my parrot yesterday. He spent 3 hours last night trying to get to these nuts, and then another 2 hours this morning. He was successful at getting to the nuts eventually. He wasn’t exactly happy at times and started shaking the entire cage the nuts are in. However he was fully entertained

 

[saxguy64]

Okay, that's awesome. Money well spent. Nuff said.

 

[Pickle's Mom]

Was this your ekkie? I haven't tried to give Piccolo whole nuts before.... I will rush to get one of these toys if it kept yours busy....

 

[kme3388]

Was this your ekkie? I haven't tried to give Piccolo whole nuts before.... I will rush to get one of these toys if it kept yours busy....

No, this was my Macaw. My Ekkie unfortunately wouldn’t be able to break open those nuts. My Ekkie can get sun flower seeds open.

This is what I make for my Ekkie. It’s a soft toy that he can destroy.

 

[Pickle's Mom]

Mine loves those sola balls also. I never thought about putting seeds in there for him, thanks for that idea! He buzzes through those balls so fast that it might slow him down a bit lol.

 

[kme3388]

I am up, and at it again being the evil parront… I bought this puzzle toy online. I put one of his favorite treats (peacans) in the middle of the toy with the shell & all. He spends hours figuring out these puzzles. I have a very quiet house for a little bit. Then he figures out the puzzle, and that’s when it takes him 2 minutes to figure out how to get the treats out instead of hours. My house is loud again. What can one do?

has anyone else came across toys that are puzzles that can help my macaw keep busy? Once he figures it out I have to remove them, swap them out, and reintroduce to keep things challenging. I need a few new puzzle toys to put in rotation.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Wow! I would be a very BAD BIRD if I were your parrot! I would get so frustrated and angry with that toy that I would bite anyone who got near me! Trust me, I'm not an impatient person at all, but if someone made me do something like that to get my favorite food if I was hungry I would never speak to them again!
I have a new found respect for parrots.

 

[kme3388]

Wow! I would be a very BAD BIRD if I were your parrot! I would get so frustrated and angry with that toy that I would bite anyone who got near me! Trust me, I'm not an impatient person at all, but if someone made me do something like that to get my favorite food if I was hungry I would never speak to them again!
I have a new found respect for parrots.

I wouldn’t like me if I were a parrot either. What’s worse is whoever designed these contraptions called toys. Someone is more evil than me. It makes me feel a little better.

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

My macaw would rather starve than struggle to get a nut out of one of those contraptions. BTDT. He knows that eventually I will relent and hand him a nut just because he is sweet. The most foraging my bird does is digging in my salad for a sauced up piece of cucumber or bell pepper.

 

[kme3388]

My macaw would rather starve than struggle to get a nut out of one of those contraptions. BTDT. He knows that eventually I will relent and hand him a nut just because he is sweet. The most foraging my bird does is digging in my salad for a sauced up piece of cucumber or bell pepper.

Sounds like my Ekkie! I can’t get him to consistently play with any toy. He’d rather not exercise, and say he did. When I introduced him to “healthy” pellets, and chop he expressed his opinion on the situation. I can affirm he wasn’t a fan of these changes. He liked his almond slivers that weren’t shelled. Because I am an evil parront I started serving them up shelled just cracking them a hair to force him to forge. He’s not very happy with me.

My macaw enjoys puzzles (treat incentives) but doesn’t destroy toys like I thought he would. He doesn’t chew through wood unless it’s a perch, or stand. He chews right through those while he’s standing on them. Then screams when they break as he gets startled.

My conures are chainsaws on legs. They are the destroyers of wood. They’d like to challenge beavers to a contest.