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#Repost @panchopaz (@get_repost) ・・・ Hermoso o que... 🗻 #theparrotproject #miopestudio #Tungurahua #canon #volcanes #montañas #streetphotography (en Quito, Ecuador)
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WAIT ok funny story, I followed you because I thought you were another bird blog, and I answered the poll because I thought you were just curious about your followers, BUT after reading the description and looking up MDD, I actually identify with that a lot? (I don't like to self-diagnose and I don't want to be disrespectful and claim to have it); so that was a funny coincidence.
Haha, welcome to the flock, birdie!
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Poll: also female :)
I'm in the market for some foraging toys for my caique. Any suggestions? There are so many on the market I'm feeling a little flooded. Maybe I'm not crediting her enough, but some of them seem rather difficult / complicated to get out (ex: the rings of fortune foraging toy). I don't want to frustrate her to the point of her not getting a reward, but I don't want to as simple as spearing food on a kabob, or stashing seeds in her coconut hut.
I’ve looked at that toy so many times and contemplated getting it but never do because I feel it may be too heavy for the birds, but Zee was able to open a drawer forager intended for large birds so maybe I’m not giving her enough credit..Â
Don’t underestimate the enrichment that skewering food can have! It’s obviously a simple task but it’s intended more as a fun way to make veggies interesting, eating fruit on a dish can get boring so it’s really more of a way to make parts of their day new and fun for them!Â
With toys that seem too complicated, they always will at first.  Part of the fun of foraging is teaching them how to solve the puzzle, with drawers you leave the drawer open to start then slowly close it a bit more each time to give it to them so they slowly learn to pull the drawer open on their own.  It may seem like a daunting task for the bird at first but it’s totally possible for them given some time, this goes for any forager.  My best advice would be to look at what your bird already knows and find things that add an additional component to that or even plainly modify the toy they have (ex. wrap the treat with paper towel so they have to unwrap that after getting it out of the toy).  If you know they’re used to finding treats inside clear plastic toys go for ones that aren’t clear, find ones that use similar concepts (i.e if they have to push pieces in their current toy find ones that also involve pushing) so you can gradually work up to different process as each toy will add a new concept they need to figure out.
The important thing to note is that foraging doesn’t always have to be hard, it’s not always about how long you can occupy them for as much as it is the experience.  Zeebster can tear through some of these toys is half of a second, is it challenging? not anymore. Is it still a great skill that she gets to apply on a regular basis? you betcha! Is it still a great way to encourage natural behaviours? Definitely! She still has a lot of fun doing those things, her knowing the solution doesn’t make it any less fun.
Pick up a variety of things, even if they look a bit too hard toys can always be altered to help encourage learning (leaving them partially done), and if they’re easy there’s always something to make them more difficult (wrap the treat, put string around a moving component).  Another point I may add is that what we think may be easy for them is not always the case, things that look different may not trigger that same response for them to use that same set of skills they have and sometimes there’s toys that require a whole new skill but it just seems way too simple for us (because we know the answer!) whereas the bird still has no idea what skill is needed to solve it. (as an example Zeeby can twist open containers and pull out drawers but she can’t figure out how to simply push this one toy over to make treats fall out, I thought it would be easy since pushing is easier than twisting and unlocking but she doesn’t know that skill association so it’s hard for her!).
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My caique isn't a huge fan of baths- she never takes any, whether being put in a shallow water dish or near a faucet, and doesn't like being misted. I thought I'd try putting a shower perch in with me, as many people report having success that way, but I'm not sure where is the apporpriate place to put the perch in the shower, or what is a good temperature for her. Any thoughts on this?
I have a whole bathing tag and shower tag that goes over ways to get birds interested in bathing if you’d like to check that out. Introducing birds to showering is a very slow process for many, start with her just in a travel cage by the sink so she gets used to the noises and the steam before having her in there so the experience can be gradually introduced. You’ll want the perch somewhere where the lighter portion of the stream hits in, not right up near the harsh stream which could knock them off the perch or hurt them if your bird is smaller.  Only the end of the perch should be in the water, the other half should be completely free of water contact so they can walk in and out of the stream as they please rather than being forced in to it.  In the beginning you won’t want it touching any of the stream since they won’t be used to the shower yet, place them somewhere high where they can feel comfortable and just experience the steam, get used to the sounds and things like that.  Once they’re fully comfortable you can move the perch so part of it is in the stream.  A good judge for temperature I like to do is shove your face straight in the stream, if you hesitate it’s likely too hot, you think your face will get burned so you won’t want that on them either.  If you can touch it and have it be a comfortable temperature, just warm, then it is more appropriate for them.  If you choose to shower with them be sure to move them up and away from your splash zone, either move the perch way up high or pop them up on the curtain rod (wrapped in the towel just in case the metal is galvanized) so none of your soap and shampoo can get on them.