A Parrot in the wild is a captivating creature to behold. Gregarious, vocal, beautiful, and free-spirited, it is easy to see why we have such a strong desire to make them a part of our families and our lives. The truth of the matter is that many of the Parrots in our home are only a generation or two removed from their wild counterparts. Wild Parrots spend the majority of their mornings and afternoon in the search for and preparation of food, an activity known as Foraging. They must fly long distances in order to find available food sources throughout their ranges. Once found these food sources need to be ripped apart, dug up, rooted out, stripped, and otherwise modified in order to access the tasty morsels inside. Compare that to a pet Parrot, with free access to a food dish and few opportunities to exercise its foraging instinct. This relative lack of activity sets up the perfect situation for the development of common behaviour problems, such as aggression, excessive screaming, feather destruction/mutilation (picking) and generalised fearfulness (phobias). As many as 80% of companion Parrots may experience these behaviour problems. One way to overcome or prevent these problems is to introduce foraging into your Parrot's life in the home.The exciting thing about foraging, is that it provides tremendous psychological benefits to our Parrots, with very little time or financial expenditure from us. Countless manufacturers have developed lines of foraging toys for all sizes of companion parrots and we also recommend a variety of satisfying and easily destroyed toys you can make in your own home.