For our 16th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Featherland Paradise Creative Foraging Systems 4 Corner Cage Mount. This foraging toy is originally meant for birds (although like many bird foraging toys it is also perfect for rats!), and it consists of 4 drawers on a spinning square mount. Each drawer opens in a different way, with 2 having lids that must be lifted up (one opens outwards, the other opens inward), a 3rd drawer having a lid that must be slid outwards, and the 4th drawer also slides but sideways in a diamond shape. This foraging toy mounts using a large acrylic screw on the bars, making it easy to attach and remove as need be.
In terms of use, this toy is pretty simple. Your rats have to open up the drawers to get access to the food inside. The challenge really comes in the different drawers though - rats don't have great vision, so they can't really tell the different drawer mechanisms apart. So if you rotate the drawers or if the rats rotate the drawers then they essentially reset the challenge with each drawer being an unknown that they must once again figure out how to open. This variability, both in how the drawers open and how the mount rotates, solves the main issue I had with a past drawer toy I reviewed which was that once open, the drawers don't close, removing a lot of the challenge. Even though this foraging toy's drawers also don't close just the fact that it contains so much variability means that it still poses a lot more challenge than the hanging drawer toy that I reviewed for Foraging Friday #14 ever could. Cleaning wise and refilling wise this toy is also great, as all you have to do is open the drawers for full access to refill and clean them. And unlike the previous drawer toy there is no way for water to get trapped behind the drawers, meaning you can rinse it without issue. Overall, this foraging toy is super fun for the rats, and easy maintenance for their humans. It can easily be attached or removed from the cage bars, and the drawers are easy to refill and clean. Its variability makes it quite the challenge for rats as well, and this combined with the visual challenge of not knowing which drawer opens which way will keep even advanced forager rats on their toes! Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/2ABnZl7 Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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