For our 15th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Featherland Paradise Creative Foraging Systems, Tilt A Wheel Cage Mount Bird Toy. This bird foraging toy consists of a hollow circular inner tube which can be filled with treats, and 2 fair sized holes on each side which the rats can pull the treats out of. It mounts to the cage at an angle and sideways, so that to get the treats to one of the holes the rats must spin the toy in a horizontal fashion. Its almost the opposite of the bird food tumbler I reviewed before, with that toy needing to be rotated vertically while this one needs to be spun horizontally.
In terms of use my rats seem to really enjoy this toy, quickly catching on to rotating it even faster than they did with the vertical food tumbler. Their paws fit easily into the 2 large holes, allowing for easy access but also preventing them from simply sticking their snoots in by being too small for that. This ensures that they use the toy as intended, and once the holes no longer have any treats in reach the rats must spin the toy in order to shake more into reaching distance from the holes. I really like that this toy includes an action that the rats must perform repeatedly in order to get the treats, especially since the action is fairly unique among foraging toys (so far I've only found a very few foraging toys that use this spinning motions, and all the others include vertical spinning instead of horizontal spinning as seen with this toy.) I also like how sturdy the toy is, because when I first got it I wasn't quite sure how well the bar attachment would hold up, but from my experience so far its actually held up a lot better than some of the smaller foraging toys have. Unfortunately while I do really like this toy I also feel it has a few downsides. My main issue with it is just that it can't be opened. One thing I love about the vertical bird food tumbler is that the food spout comes out, allowing easy access for refilling and cleaning. But in this toys case if you want to open it you would have to unscrew it, an arduous task and not something I want to do for normal refilling. And since the only other access to this toy is through the 2 smaller treat dispensing holes that is how I've had to fill it. The other issue I have with this toy is just its sheer size. If you have a large cage then its not too bad, but if you have a smaller cage then this toy is going to take up a good foot of space, which is no small area. The marbels inside this toy also are worth a mention, as they are quite loud when they clank together and cannot be removed. My rats don't seem to care, and I don't mind them too much, but if you sleep or work in the same room as your rats then them using this toy could be quite annoying just due to that clanking sound when this toy is being used. Overall I really like this foraging toy, and my rats seem to really enjoy having another turning foraging toy to interact with. Like several other foraging toys that I've reviewed I do think there are a few improvements that could make this into a better foraging toy, but all things considered I think its a fairly good foraging toy. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/3gvGckt Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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