For our 19th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Trixie Pet Products Mover Toy. Like many of my rats foraging toys this toy is intended for dogs, but works just as well for rats. The way this toy works is by combining a bunch of different foraging activities into one. For example you can put treats in the drawers, and to get them out the rats either have to push the lever forwards or pull on the string. You can also hide treats under each of the blue squares, which the rats need to push aside to get to the treats. Finally, you can place the two mini "towers" over any of the indented holes (with treats inside), and to get to the treat your rats must push the pieces off the board to get underneath. You can even place these "towers" next to the blue squares, preventing the rats from moving the squares aside until they knock off the tower.
With all these activities this dog toy makes a fun foraging challenge for rats. While pushing the squares aside or knocking off the towers should be pretty intuitive to them, working out how to remove the drawers or working out the right sequence of actions when the tower is places in between the squares is more of a challenge. My rats took to this toy fairly readily, and were very excited to figure out just how the drawers worked. They needed a bit of help fully extending one of the drawers, but after that they picked it up pretty quickly. Cleaning and refill wise this toy is easy to maintain. To refill it you simple need to place treats into the indentations, then cover them (or in the case of the drawers push them in). And to clean it you can simply remove the 2 tower pieces, then wipe everything down and let it air dry. Overall this toy is a lot of fun for rats, and easy to maintain on our part. Like most dog toys its best used during free-range under supervision, as the rats could chew up the towers or chew off the drawer string if left unsupervised. Unlike most floor foraging toys though it offers a lot more variety to the foraging activities, making it fun to reuse in a way that simpler toys can't match. Link to this foraging toy (blue): https://amzn.to/2VjzIvY Link to this foraging toy (pink): https://amzn.to/31ia9iY
Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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