Original Foraging Wheel - Interactive Creative Parrot Toy Reviews

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The Foraging Wheel is one step up from the entry level Foraging Sphere Toy. It attaches to the side of the cage with ease. The wheel has prongs which fit in the gaps of the cage bars. Once positioned you screw the nut part on.
The wheel has five compartments, watch as your bird has to spin the wheel to collect their treats from the small hole at the front. If your Parrot is new to foraging toys, let them watch you place the treats inside.

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“My CAG is normally wary of new things but if food is involved she will love it. She now prefers her food using this than putting it in her bowl. it keeps her busier for longer throughout the day. The only this is she soon figured out how to unlatch the puzzle area from the holder and laugh while it crashes to the floor of her cage. She will then sit and wait for you to reattach it and the game can continue. The abuse she has given it and it not even chipped or cracked once show the strength of the plastic. Easy to attach and detach. Even for parrot.Easy to clean.Definitely recommend for a starter foraging toy.”

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Posted 10 years ago

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“If only i had got full chance to analyze this, I believe this may have been a decent product.....HOWEVER, product arrived faulty which after the initial 48 hours of being in the cage, made it easy for my pet to dissemble the wheel at his own will. I purchased this for my african grey parrot. \eho has always been a smart parrot, finding the weaknesses in anything and finding a way to use it to his own gain. The bolt that holds this procust together came with half the thread damaged / cross threaded. so the bolt does not tighten properly, leaving approx 1/2 a mm of play, this is however enough for George to get his beak behind and using his strength, rip the rest of the bolt from the nut, leaving the front of the wheel unsecured and easilly removable. I am going to see if i can source another nut and bolt for this myself, and then hopefully George may get the use from this. however until this, it just a nice shelf ornament. Dont get me wrong I believe that should I be able to source a new fastening mechanism, I believe this will Keep george's mind active, However this also should not come fault out of the box.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Although the wheel is made from very strong material, and thus is suitable for my Grey, the poor design means that within seconds of putting it in the cage he detaches the wheel from it's mounting and throws it to the floor of the cage. Would not recommend unless someone can advise how to fix it so that the wheel stays put !”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Our African Grey enjoys this and spends many hours with it. It can come apart for cleaning/filling. He enjoys spinning it to get his favourite food.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“Its a good thing to have. My african grey love it.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“I bought one of these as one of the first foraging toys for my Green cheek conure and Cockatiel.The wheel is well made and would easily withstand rough treatment from birds of this size for years, I would be more than happy to give it to a medium sized bird without fearing it would get destroyed easily as well.The wheel is alot easier to attatch to the side of the cage than other similar toys I have come across as it has a large plastic screw type attatchment to secure it, which also makes removal easy. The toy can be taken apart by unscrewing it for ease of cleaning.The wheel is split up into compartments and there are two holes to allow the bird access to the food, It isn't really suitable for anything much larger than a peanut though. Small seeds/pellets can be used with the wheel, if you over fill it they may drop out and the last few may be just out of the parrots reach. I haven't found that they jam the wheel up at all, unlike with a similar toy my conure has, and it spins easily.My conure took about 30 minutes to figure it out and my 'tiel about 2 weeks. It has turned out to be a favorite toy so I bought a second one so they don't have to take it in turns.I think the price is a little high, it put me off buying one to begin with but I'm glad I got them now.”

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Posted 11 years ago

“My Billy Bob (African Grey) really like this toy, keeps him busy. There is but...You cant put seeds or really small pieces of food into it. While he is turning it comes out thru hole.”

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Posted 12 years ago

“My 2 african greys go through their toys very quickly so I bought this to keep them amused. They love it and do squabble over who's turn it is . They figured it out after a couple of weeks but I like all the compartments as I can put in different nuts and some bread sticks . Kiwi takes time lining up the slot to her favorite nut but then Mango comes along and spins the handle randomly its very funny to watch . I use to leave it in all the time and fill it once a day but Kiwi figured out how to un hook it and would throw it to the ground if it was empty. I now put it in at night time when I want them to go back inside their cage which use to be a big mission of me chasing them around the room as they kept on flying now when I put this back in, They climb back into their cage on their own straight away worth the money just for this . I am scared they will break it and its not easy to clean which is a shame but I would recommend it .”

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Posted 12 years ago