For our 30th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Featherland Paradise 3 Sliding Doors Drawers. This foraging toy is technically made for birds, but like many bird foraging toys it also works great for rats. To use this toy you simply have to open the sliding doors on each level (each of the 3 drawers has a sliding door on a different side), fill the inside with treats and/or tissues/tissue paper/crinkled paper, close the sliding drawers, then hang up the toy using the large clip at the top. I'd also recommend removing the leather straps when you first get this toy - you can untie the straps by undoing the loose knot made with them through the bottom loop on the metal skewer supporting the drawers. As for the rats in order for them to use this foraging toy they have 2 options - the first is to use their paws to reach into the drawers through the hard plastic grates and pull out treats, while the second is to actually slide the grates open for full access to the drawers. My drawer's grates seem to be pretty difficult to slide (not hard for a human, but quite difficult for a small rat), and so for the most part my rats use their paws and teeth to help pull out any treats and crinkled paper that I placed inside the drawers through the grates. They did occasionally open the entire drawer by fully sliding the grate, but this usually seems like an accident and they are much more likely to simply reach through the grates with their paws to remove the insides of each drawer. Cleaning and refill wise this toy is also great - like a lot of acrylic bird toys its easy to clean and dry, and also easy to load, making it a quick and fun foraging toy to pop in the cage at any time . To refill each drawer you just have to slide open the grate, fill it up, and then slide it closed. And to clean the drawers you can easily soak, scrub, or even wash this toy in a dishwasher, then either towel dry or air dry it fully and have it immediately ready for use again. Overall this is a fun toy for rats and its pretty comparable to the Featherland Paradise 3 pull out drawers bird toy that I've reviewed in the past. Both toys are fun for the rats to use and easy for us to refill and clean, making them some of the better foraging toys to use inside the cage. Overall I prefer this toy to the 3 pull out drawers one simply because my rats usually don't open the drawer grates on this toy, making them work longer to remove all the treats/nesting material from the drawers. One of my main problems with the 3 pull out drawers foraging toy was that once the rats opened the drawers they could just sit there eating treats with no extra effort, so its nice that this toy requires them to (somewhat) keep working for the treats instead. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/3bIgbfM ​Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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