For our 18th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Trixie Pet Product Snack Board. This fun foraging toy is quite simple in concept, with the circular pan containing several holes where treats can be placed, along with a lid piece to cover each hole. In order to get to the treats inside your rats must pull off the lids, exposing the treats underneath and allowing them to eat them.
As far as floor foraging toys goes, this toy is one of the simplest ones out there. This makes it great for introducing new rats to foraging, but a bit simple for more experienced foraging rats. You can somewhat increase the difficulty by adding in some crinkled paper or tissues to each hole and sprinkling only small treats inside so that your rat must dig for them even after taking off the lid, but otherwise what you see is what you get and its difficult to make this concept more than mildly challenging even for rats that are just beginning to forage. Quality wise the metal pan is a nice change when compared to similar foraging toys. The lids are made of hard plastic though, and while it won't hurt the rats to gnaw on them this can destroy the lids pretty quickly if given the chance. Because of this I recommend sticking to using this toy outside the cage during free-range (where you can supervise), as once the lids are gone its basically just a food dish. As for cleaning and refilling this toy is fairly easy to take care of. To clean it you just have to remove the lids, wash them, and wash the pan separately. And to refill them you again just have to remove the lids, fill the holes, and then replace the lids. This makes it an easy toy to get out and use within a few seconds, which is definitely a big plus especially considering that most rats will empty it out pretty quickly. Overall this foraging toy is both easy to maintain and fun for rats to forage with. Its not complex by any means, but its a good way to get rats started on foraging and even rats used to more complex foraging toys can benefit from some easier foraging once in a while. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/2ASnnb8 Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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