Wild parrots spend hours daily foraging for food - providing foraging enrichment to captive parrots addresses their most fundamental behavioural need and prevents destructive and self-harming behaviours.
Parrot foraging enrichment addresses the most fundamental mismatch between wild behaviour and captive environments. Providing unlimited food in a dish solves the hunger problem while creating the behavioural problem of a highly intelligent, motivated animal with no meaningful activity for most of its waking hours. Foraging enrichment can occupy hours of activity, addressing boredom and frustration simultaneously. The welfare improvements from foraging enrichment are well-documented and the practice is recommended by all leading companion parrot welfare organisations. Implementation is simple and inexpensive - the barrier is owner knowledge and habit change.