For our 42nd foraging Friday I will be reviewing the 3-Layer Hexogonal Bird Food Bowl. This foraging toy is one that's originally made for parrots, but like with many of my other foraging toys it works just as well for rats. To use this toy is very simple - all you have to do is thread the metal chain through the hole in each ball half and star covering, then fill each ball half and hang the toy from the top of your cage. Make sure to put a star top on each ball half, as this is the best way to increase your rats foraging fun with this toy.
As for how the rats manipulate and use this toy they either need to push the star top to the side and pull out some treats, or they need to work out pieces of treats from the ball half slots. I'd recommend using larger treats for this such as fresh fruit or vegetables, since this is the best way to increase how much your rat must work at maneuvering bites of the treat out when using this toy. If you do decide to use smaller treats I suggest padding the inside with some tissue stripes or crinkled paper mixed in with the treats, because this will prevent the small treats from falling out of the larger slots while also promoting your rats to dig through the filler and foraging more in order to get to the treats. As for cleaning this toy is super easy to clean. It's very easy to assemble or disassemble, and is completely made of plastic with the exception of the metal chain. This is especially useful for tis toy because its so suitable for fresh food like fruits and vegetables, which can be wet or sticky and requires the foraging toy to be cleaned fairly often. So being able to quickly take it apart, clean it with soap and water, dry it, reassemble it, and refill it in under 5 minutes is very important and makes this a great foraging toy for these larger fresh food item. Overall I found this foraging toy useful for providing my rats with larger fresh treats and preventing them from just stashing them right away. My rats also took to this toy immediately, and really enjoyed digging through it to find different treats. Rats thrive on foraging and mental stimulation, and so its great to have a way to encourage my rats to forage more even when it comes to larger treats like fresh food. Link to this foraging toy: https://amzn.to/3cj697b Video showcasing this foraging toy:
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