My ring neck keeps trashing his food bowl

[Paulie]

Hi to all please could someone tell me why my 15 month old ring neck keeps trashing his food bowl after he has eaten and before . I have to remove it when he starts and replace it when its time for him to eat
Many thanks for any help

 

[SilverSage]

They love it. It's a game.


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[Paulie]

Thank you for your help would you advise me to rearrange his cage every now and then to keep him amused and him tasks to do ??? Has this is my first indian ringneck i am not sure if he is male or female any help would be appreciated and many thanks for your help

 

[SilverSage]

He should be getting lots of out of the cage time, lots of training, new toys especially foraging toys, fresh food, etc to keep him happy.


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[wrench13]

He should have a large selection of toys to chew and nibble and destroy in general. Ringnecks love to chew , like most parrots. SO you try one with paper thingys, one with ropey things, one with wood blocks, and so on. You will get a feel for the kind of toys he likes to destroy, and so you get only the kind he likes ( why spend money on toys he will not touch).
As far as the food bowl - with lots of toys he'll have ess energy and reason to do that. you may wind up feeding him and then removing his food bowl before he starts trashing it. What do you feed him over the course of one day? WHen? How much?

Also - ringnecks are very trainable to do tricks, which they get enjoyment and enrichment from. And your bond with him will get stronger too.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Is it a shiny metal bowl? if so try a different type ie not shiny, Plum goes do-lally with shiny metal bowls but pot ones or plastic are fine. His reflection I think.

 

[wrench13]

LOL, yeah , could be as simple as that. I know Salty loves to talk and sing into his metal food bowls.

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

LOL, yeah , could be as simple as that. I know Salty loves to talk and sing into his metal food bowls.

I dunno Al...Amy's are large plastic and she does the same thing..especially if they are EMPTY




Jim

 

[Kiwibird]

Hi to all please could someone tell me why my 15 month old ring neck keeps trashing his food bowl after he has eaten and before .

Because he's a bird and birds like making messes. It's just what some birds do, unfortunately.

You also may want to consider if you're offering too much food. Parrots don't need a huge dish of food nor a 24/7 all you can eat buffet (IMO). People fill those big dishes up 1/2 or more full and wonder why their parrots are wasteful with it. Its like handing a toddler a plate loaded with enough food to feed a small army then wondering why they're playing in it more than eating it. Birds are similar to toddlers. They tend to waste more when there is more than enough to waste! I don't free feed and feed my bird 2X a day with no dry food dish during the day. My amazon gets a bit more than what he can typically eat in a meal. It is not a whole lot to me as a human, and looks pretty mean to see a small smattering of food in the enormous dishes in his cage, but it's the amount of food he can actually consume in a setting. Try determining how much your bird actually eats in a setting, then offer that plus a little extra. If you aren't comfortable leaving no food during the day, just put 1 or 2 tbsp in the dish so the bird has something if it is hungry but not enough to make a huge mess with. Foraging treats can be used as both entertainment and snacks durning the day too, but shouldn't be enough for the bird to fill up on so they aren't too hungry for dinner and decide it's more fun to fling the abundance of food in their bowl everywhere because they've been munching all day long and aren't hungry or decided fling the food to the floor was a fun game to play during the day.

 

[GaleriaGila]

The Rickeybird and I have fought over this issue for 30+ years!
I have finally gotten locked-in bowls (thank you, Sailboat, for the recommendation) which keep him from dumping the bowls, but not from emptying it and throwing all the food against the walls (or to the dog, or at me).
He still head-butts the bowl loose and tries to jiggle it up and out of the holder...
But he can't! MWA-HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
HE CAN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Works for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eR7sbWBdIM"]rickeybirdproductions - trying to dump food bowl - but it's locked in! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wrench13]

RIckeybird never fails to amuse!

 

[plumsmum2005]

Hi to all please could someone tell me why my 15 month old ring neck keeps trashing his food bowl after he has eaten and before .

Because he's a bird and birds like making messes. It's just what some birds do, unfortunately.

You also may want to consider if you're offering too much food. Parrots don't need a huge dish of food nor a 24/7 all you can eat buffet (IMO). People fill those big dishes up 1/2 or more full and wonder why their parrots are wasteful with it. Its like handing a toddler a plate loaded with enough food to feed a small army then wondering why they're playing in it more than eating it. Birds are similar to toddlers. They tend to waste more when there is more than enough to waste! I don't free feed and feed my bird 2X a day with no dry food dish during the day. My amazon gets a bit more than what he can typically eat in a meal. It is not a whole lot to me as a human, and looks pretty mean to see a small smattering of food in the enormous dishes in his cage, but it's the amount of food he can actually consume in a setting. Try determining how much your bird actually eats in a setting, then offer that plus a little extra. If you aren't comfortable leaving no food during the day, just put 1 or 2 tbsp in the dish so the bird has something if it is hungry but not enough to make a huge mess with. Foraging treats can be used as both entertainment and snacks durning the day too, but shouldn't be enough for the bird to fill up on so they aren't too hungry for dinner and decide it's more fun to fling the abundance of food in their bowl everywhere because they've been munching all day long and aren't hungry or decided fling the food to the floor was a fun game to play during the day.

Really good points and yes we do feed our birds too much. If you think about how they feed in the wild; a little bit here, a little bit there, fly several miles for some more. They feed usually in the morning then rest, play/communicate with their flock, then will start to feed again in the afternoon heading towards roosting time. As an exercise weigh your bird and then weigh 10% of his weight in fresh food, add the daily treats and any dry foods and it is surprising how much it adds up to. Plum is on a tightish reign but tbh I think he behaves better with less food. It gives their brain back the main focus of everyday, eat to survive. If you abundance feed your bird what else do they think about except being naughty, doing stuff you don't want them to. No way advocating starvation and that would be pretty stupid, know your bird, but something to think about.