For our 37th foraging Friday I will be reviewing the Featherland Paradice Bird Triple Foraging box foraging toy. Like many of my rats foraging toys this foraging toy is meant for birds, but it also works just as well for rats. This toy consists of 3 large boxes (the pictures are very deceiving, each box is huge and nearly the size of a small rat!) hanging on a thin rope with wooden blocks in between them. To prepare this toy for use you can either just hang it up as is, or you can add some extra foraging incentive and fun by placing treats inside each box through the bird cutout window.
As for the rats when it comes to playing with this foraging toy they have 2 main options. The first is to ruffle around in it through the bird cutout window, grabbing any treats and pulling out the tissue paper stripes inside the nest with. The second is to chew up the cardboard and tissue paper stripes, which they will most likely eventually nest with. Either way this toy will likely be chewed up pretty quickly, because rats just generally love chewing up cardboard and tissue paper. As for refilling and cleaning those are very easy with this foraging toy. Cleaning wise this toy is fully destructible and so it likely won't last between cage cleanings. Even if it does though since it is a hanging toy it shouldn't get too dirty and so there is no extra cleaning that you have to do with it. As far as refills go you can easily stuff in some tissue, tissue paper, crinkled paper, and other foraging materials, along with stuff in some treats like cheerios or Gerber puffs through the large bird cutout window. Once the boxes have been destroyed they can be left on the cage floor for the rats to finish chewing up and nest with, or even used to fill other foraging toys. Overall this is a fun foraging toy that caters to rats needs to nest with and chew up cardboard, tissues, and any other soft materials, while also allowing you to add an extra foraging aspect by including treats as well. This toy won't last you long, but its a lot larger and higher quality than I expected for a bunch of cardboard boxes tied to a string, and my rats have definitely enjoyed destroying theirs. This is one of those foraging toys that you could probably make yourself pretty easily as well, and its a great example that a foraging toy doesn't have to be complex to be fun for rats. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/2K1Pj0F Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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