Care tip of the Month - April

A hanging sock stuffed with treats is a great toy idea for a large parrot such as a Cockatoo, Macaw, Amazon or African Grey. Get an old sock and fill it with bits of ripped up egg box, strips of kitchen towel and cut up corrugated cardboard. These all give different textures for your parrot to chew on and find their treats amongst. Pour in some sunflower seeds, nuts and bits of millet spray (or whatever other treats they particularly like as long as they are dry so they don't stick to everything). Then tie the sock to the bars on the roof of the cage. This can keep parrots occupied for hours and can be particularly good for destructive parrots to get rid of some of their energy on! If your parrot is not sure what to do with it or doesn't seem interested then you can make little holes in it to get them started or move it to an easier place to get to (i.e. hanging next to a perch). Once they get the idea, you can move it to somewhere that is a bit harder to reach to make it more difficult for them and a bit more of a challenge.