The Coollapet Peek-a-Boo Forager is a shallow translucent trough that hangs in the cage with acrylic and wood over the opening, so food dropped inside has to be reached for rather than picked up.

Key Features

• Translucent body, so the bird can make out that there is something in there without seeing it properly - which is what keeps it working.
• Shallow trough shape holds a scatter of pellets or seed rather than a single treat.
• Acrylic pieces and dyed wood across the mouth give the bird something to move out of the way first.
• 25 x 14 x 6 cm - wide rather than tall, so it hangs against the cage side.
• Rinses out and refills in seconds.

Good To Know

• Fill it from the bird's own daily ration rather than adding extra treats, or foraging just becomes more food.
• Start easy. Fill it in plain sight the first few times so the bird learns what it is, then make it harder.
• Wash it and dry it fully between fills. Damp food in a warm bowl or tube grows mould within a day in this climate, and aspergillosis from mouldy food is one of the commonest killers of caged birds.
• Discard it if the plastic cracks - a cracked edge is sharp.
• A bird that stops playing, sits fluffed on the cage floor or goes quiet is showing the first signs of illness - birds hide sickness until they can no longer manage it. That is an urgent avian vet visit, not a wait-and-see.