For our 20th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Creative Foraging Systems Hide & Seek Refillable Canister. Like many of my previous foraging toys this one is technically made for birds, but it suits rats just as well. This foraging toy consists of a hard plastic outside measuring 4 by 6 inches, with a solid top and bottom and several large holes on the sides. It comes stuffed with fun foraging materials including loofah, chew blocks, pine cones, wicker balls, shredded paper, and several other fun chew items. Refills for this toy can be bought separately, or simply made yourself (I usually just place things like tissue paper, toilet tubes, wicker balls, treats, and whatever I think my rats will enjoy pulling out inside)
To use this foraging toy is fairly simple - you start by filling it with chew blocks, crinkly paper, toilet tubes, tissues, treats, and whatever else your rats will enjoy pulling out, and once you close it the rats have to maneuver the items and treats out of the provided holes. Now it comes already full, and the items it contains when you buy it include some chew blocks, loofah, pine cones, and several other fun to chew items. Some of these items can be easily removed by rats, but many of them are too large to remove at once and force your rats to chew them in bits through the available holes. This is my favorite part of this toy, because by preventing the rats from just easily removing everything they get more fun out of foraging in this toy. When it comes to refill, cleaning, and mounting, this toy is also quite nice. In particular I really like how it mounts to the cage bars - unlike other toys that use a wing nut or simply hang on chains, this toy instead screws directly onto the cage bars with a large acrylic screw. This not only makes putting the toy onto the cage easier, but it also makes it more durable than similar hanging foraging toys. This toy can also be slid directly off the mount, which means you don't even need to unscrew it to refill or clean it. But because of how easy it is to unscrew the back I usually just end up doing that - it only takes a few seconds, and the back can be fully opened which makes refilling it even easier. And as for cleaning this toy is fully made of hard plastic (acrylic) and so it can be washed and dried easily (or even washed in your dishwasher). As far as foraging toys go this toy isn't anything complex, but it serves its purpose well. In fact I prefer it quite a bit over the hanging versions simply because not only can it hold more toys and treats, but its also much sturdier, acts as a place for rats to sit on/sleep (the top is solid and large enough for a medium sized adult rat to rest comfortably), and is much easier to refill and clean than most of the hanging varieties. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/38kAFtw Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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