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I had this elsewhere...
Posting it for use here!
I did this for monster and loved it for multiple reasons, it was a good foraging toy, and a good foot toy for her. I also was able to use cheap materials (used whiffle ball, paper towel).
1. quarter a full sheet of paper towel (or half a half-sheet)
2. stick treats large enough to go into the wiffle ball holes but be a close fit into the middle of the paper towel - if there are multiple treats stack on top of eachother (harrisons coarse pellets worked perfect!)
3. twist the papertowel to make a small enough part to fit into a hole and stick it into one of the wiffle ball holes
4. fan out the papertowel
5. fill as many or all of the holes of the wiffle ball and enjoy!
you could also put treats in the middle after you fill about half of the holes (so they don't fall out the bottom). This works best as a foot toy etc (not hanging) because sometimes the treats break out of the papertowel and fall through the other side.
Why we (monster and I) love it: it's a good foraging toy and takes some good thinking skills at first, it also is a good foot toy (monster doesn't like her foot toys much), and it's good for shredding and making a disaster!
I don't know how good it is for small birds... we only have a macaw size wiffle ball and none of our smaller birds like foraging "toys" so much (more just the eating part)
Posting it for use here!
I did this for monster and loved it for multiple reasons, it was a good foraging toy, and a good foot toy for her. I also was able to use cheap materials (used whiffle ball, paper towel).
1. quarter a full sheet of paper towel (or half a half-sheet)
2. stick treats large enough to go into the wiffle ball holes but be a close fit into the middle of the paper towel - if there are multiple treats stack on top of eachother (harrisons coarse pellets worked perfect!)
3. twist the papertowel to make a small enough part to fit into a hole and stick it into one of the wiffle ball holes
4. fan out the papertowel
5. fill as many or all of the holes of the wiffle ball and enjoy!
you could also put treats in the middle after you fill about half of the holes (so they don't fall out the bottom). This works best as a foot toy etc (not hanging) because sometimes the treats break out of the papertowel and fall through the other side.
Why we (monster and I) love it: it's a good foraging toy and takes some good thinking skills at first, it also is a good foot toy (monster doesn't like her foot toys much), and it's good for shredding and making a disaster!
I don't know how good it is for small birds... we only have a macaw size wiffle ball and none of our smaller birds like foraging "toys" so much (more just the eating part)
