Foraging Made Easy Class
You might have heard a lot of fancy buzz words…
around the avian community within the last few years, specifically the words “enrichment” and “foraging.” If you have been following our work for some time, or have been a client of ours, you would have also heard these words. We have even done an entire webinar just explaining these concepts that can be found here.
These concepts are ones that every parrot caretaker should know and utilize daily in order to meet their parrots needs and help them cope with captive life. Enrichment is simply defined as the modification of an animal’s environment to increase the environmental complexity to improve biological functioning (National Association for Interpretation, 2009). Foraging is simply the act of the animal finding food within their enrichment.
Foraging is used to enhance exploration and increase the animal’s personality, which is why we recommend it for animals who have a history of abuse and neglect, and for animals who are overall shy and fearful. It is also a known aid in decrease feather destructive behaviors like plucking and barbering. It is also a great tool to use in decreasing chronic screaming with all species, including cockatoos and macaws.
It also is a more natural way of feeding. It takes up more time of a bird’s day, decreasing the occurrence of them being able to rehearse undesirable behaviors including pacing, destroying, and breaking out of their cage, and even rehearsing hormonal behaviors. In the wild, birds will forage for their food for over 8 hours a day. In our care, they will eat anywhere from 30-90 minutes per day.
Offering foraging can also increase movement and activity, which can decrease pressure sores and help birds lose weight and gain muscle mass. All of this, and so many more benefits.
So, how do you do it?
Well, first, we do recommend checking out our introduction course Enrichment and Foraging Webinar. This will help give you terminology, concepts, and a good basic first start to get you going on your foraging journey. It is always important to have a solid foundation before you start building on the complexities of it. If you are already familiar with the topic, but you want to get some more foraging ideas, then this is the class for you! The Foraging Made Easy Online Group Class is an hour and fifteen-minute-long class that only goes over foraging ideas. It ranges from parrot toy foraging, acrylic toy foraging, fresh food foraging (which can also double as ideas to get your birds to eat some fresh foods), inexpensive foraging ideas, fast foraging ideas, and so much more! There are ideas for all sized birds, and even ideas how to modify an idea for all sized birds.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Your instructor will be the owner of Fluff and Feathers All Animal Training Melanie Canatella, B.S., CPBT-KA, and Fear Free Certified Trainer. She has hand selected her favorite tips and tricks for welcoming in a new parrot that she has used not just with her own flock, but with her residential, zoo, and rescue clients as well. These ideas and topics are designed to work for most individuals!
HOW LONG?
This class is about 75 minutes long. It is jammed packed with a lot of educational information!
DOWNLOAD INFORMATION
Once you purchase this class, a download of a file will start. This is our instructional file that goes over how to access the presentation, as well as the class link. It also includes some tips on how to get the most out of the recording and its information! If you have nay issues with the download, accessing links, or have any questions, please feel free to email is through our contact us setting, or directly at FluffNFeathersTraining@gmail.com
DISCLAIMER
This class is a generalized class that may not be applicable for every individual animal, caretaker, and trainer. Though we try to include as much information as we can, every possibility that we can, etc. it may not be the right plan for you. After watching this class, feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions, or if the training plan is not working as anticipated. We can help you through email, and if you want to have a private session, the cost of this class will be used as a credit towards your initial training session.
You might have heard a lot of fancy buzz words…
around the avian community within the last few years, specifically the words “enrichment” and “foraging.” If you have been following our work for some time, or have been a client of ours, you would have also heard these words. We have even done an entire webinar just explaining these concepts that can be found here.
These concepts are ones that every parrot caretaker should know and utilize daily in order to meet their parrots needs and help them cope with captive life. Enrichment is simply defined as the modification of an animal’s environment to increase the environmental complexity to improve biological functioning (National Association for Interpretation, 2009). Foraging is simply the act of the animal finding food within their enrichment.
Foraging is used to enhance exploration and increase the animal’s personality, which is why we recommend it for animals who have a history of abuse and neglect, and for animals who are overall shy and fearful. It is also a known aid in decrease feather destructive behaviors like plucking and barbering. It is also a great tool to use in decreasing chronic screaming with all species, including cockatoos and macaws.
It also is a more natural way of feeding. It takes up more time of a bird’s day, decreasing the occurrence of them being able to rehearse undesirable behaviors including pacing, destroying, and breaking out of their cage, and even rehearsing hormonal behaviors. In the wild, birds will forage for their food for over 8 hours a day. In our care, they will eat anywhere from 30-90 minutes per day.
Offering foraging can also increase movement and activity, which can decrease pressure sores and help birds lose weight and gain muscle mass. All of this, and so many more benefits.
So, how do you do it?
Well, first, we do recommend checking out our introduction course Enrichment and Foraging Webinar. This will help give you terminology, concepts, and a good basic first start to get you going on your foraging journey. It is always important to have a solid foundation before you start building on the complexities of it. If you are already familiar with the topic, but you want to get some more foraging ideas, then this is the class for you! The Foraging Made Easy Online Group Class is an hour and fifteen-minute-long class that only goes over foraging ideas. It ranges from parrot toy foraging, acrylic toy foraging, fresh food foraging (which can also double as ideas to get your birds to eat some fresh foods), inexpensive foraging ideas, fast foraging ideas, and so much more! There are ideas for all sized birds, and even ideas how to modify an idea for all sized birds.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Your instructor will be the owner of Fluff and Feathers All Animal Training Melanie Canatella, B.S., CPBT-KA, and Fear Free Certified Trainer. She has hand selected her favorite tips and tricks for welcoming in a new parrot that she has used not just with her own flock, but with her residential, zoo, and rescue clients as well. These ideas and topics are designed to work for most individuals!
HOW LONG?
This class is about 75 minutes long. It is jammed packed with a lot of educational information!
DOWNLOAD INFORMATION
Once you purchase this class, a download of a file will start. This is our instructional file that goes over how to access the presentation, as well as the class link. It also includes some tips on how to get the most out of the recording and its information! If you have nay issues with the download, accessing links, or have any questions, please feel free to email is through our contact us setting, or directly at FluffNFeathersTraining@gmail.com
DISCLAIMER
This class is a generalized class that may not be applicable for every individual animal, caretaker, and trainer. Though we try to include as much information as we can, every possibility that we can, etc. it may not be the right plan for you. After watching this class, feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions, or if the training plan is not working as anticipated. We can help you through email, and if you want to have a private session, the cost of this class will be used as a credit towards your initial training session.
You might have heard a lot of fancy buzz words…
around the avian community within the last few years, specifically the words “enrichment” and “foraging.” If you have been following our work for some time, or have been a client of ours, you would have also heard these words. We have even done an entire webinar just explaining these concepts that can be found here.
These concepts are ones that every parrot caretaker should know and utilize daily in order to meet their parrots needs and help them cope with captive life. Enrichment is simply defined as the modification of an animal’s environment to increase the environmental complexity to improve biological functioning (National Association for Interpretation, 2009). Foraging is simply the act of the animal finding food within their enrichment.
Foraging is used to enhance exploration and increase the animal’s personality, which is why we recommend it for animals who have a history of abuse and neglect, and for animals who are overall shy and fearful. It is also a known aid in decrease feather destructive behaviors like plucking and barbering. It is also a great tool to use in decreasing chronic screaming with all species, including cockatoos and macaws.
It also is a more natural way of feeding. It takes up more time of a bird’s day, decreasing the occurrence of them being able to rehearse undesirable behaviors including pacing, destroying, and breaking out of their cage, and even rehearsing hormonal behaviors. In the wild, birds will forage for their food for over 8 hours a day. In our care, they will eat anywhere from 30-90 minutes per day.
Offering foraging can also increase movement and activity, which can decrease pressure sores and help birds lose weight and gain muscle mass. All of this, and so many more benefits.
So, how do you do it?
Well, first, we do recommend checking out our introduction course Enrichment and Foraging Webinar. This will help give you terminology, concepts, and a good basic first start to get you going on your foraging journey. It is always important to have a solid foundation before you start building on the complexities of it. If you are already familiar with the topic, but you want to get some more foraging ideas, then this is the class for you! The Foraging Made Easy Online Group Class is an hour and fifteen-minute-long class that only goes over foraging ideas. It ranges from parrot toy foraging, acrylic toy foraging, fresh food foraging (which can also double as ideas to get your birds to eat some fresh foods), inexpensive foraging ideas, fast foraging ideas, and so much more! There are ideas for all sized birds, and even ideas how to modify an idea for all sized birds.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Your instructor will be the owner of Fluff and Feathers All Animal Training Melanie Canatella, B.S., CPBT-KA, and Fear Free Certified Trainer. She has hand selected her favorite tips and tricks for welcoming in a new parrot that she has used not just with her own flock, but with her residential, zoo, and rescue clients as well. These ideas and topics are designed to work for most individuals!
HOW LONG?
This class is about 75 minutes long. It is jammed packed with a lot of educational information!
DOWNLOAD INFORMATION
Once you purchase this class, a download of a file will start. This is our instructional file that goes over how to access the presentation, as well as the class link. It also includes some tips on how to get the most out of the recording and its information! If you have nay issues with the download, accessing links, or have any questions, please feel free to email is through our contact us setting, or directly at FluffNFeathersTraining@gmail.com
DISCLAIMER
This class is a generalized class that may not be applicable for every individual animal, caretaker, and trainer. Though we try to include as much information as we can, every possibility that we can, etc. it may not be the right plan for you. After watching this class, feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions, or if the training plan is not working as anticipated. We can help you through email, and if you want to have a private session, the cost of this class will be used as a credit towards your initial training session.