Bird Enrichment idea #13 (view all)





The Bottle
updated 07/29/08 11:58AM

Difficulty: easy

Materials:
* Water bottle
* Pickup stick
* Treats

Description

A good way to recycle a water bottle. The pickup sticks were picked up at the dollar store. They are an especially good find because they are a clear tube with a bright colored string inside. Which means a bird can work at getting a hold of the string and pulling it out. If Eli had pulled out all the pickup sticks, the peanut would have fallen to a cut out on the side of and at the bottom of the bottle. But he preferred the quicker route of making his own cut out next to the peanut. This enrichment is fast and inexpensive to make.


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