Aussie Bottom’s Up (stainless steel)

Now made in Australia by me! I am making this toy with all stainless steel hardware INCLUDED and an acrylic pacifier instead of a bell at the bottom. The cups, lids and plastic gears are purchased from the original distributor of the Bottom’s Up (SuperBird) who creates their toy with nickel plated chain instead.

The Bottom’s Up is the most popular foraging toy in the range. Maybe because it is so great for smaller breeds of birds and for introducing the concept of foraging. It is easy to teach your bird to use and can also be made more difficult. Fill it with your bird’s favourite treats, and their normal diet, mixed with bird safe foraging substrate.

Your bird will need to lift the light, plastic lid of the Bottoms Up toy and reach their head into the cup to access their reward. The cups and lids move around freely on a long length of stainless steel chain. While your bird is learning to use the toy, you can sticky tape the lids open or partially open to make it easier for them. Then change to no tape, with the lids sitting loosely once your parrot knows that they can get the food with the lid lifted. You can even start sticky taping the lids closed once your parrot is really good at this toy! They will need to chew through the tape to open the lid! (avian vet recommended/safe).

To ‘mix things up’, you can use Mini Feather Weight Foot toys, vine balls and other items in this toy as well as treats. The later photos show the older version of the toy with these items in use, which can be purchased separately. Please ignore the bell in those photos, as bells are no longer used in this design.

The whole toy measures roughly 43cm long (including the acrylic pacifier at the bottom) and 6.5cm wide. All hardware has been upgraded to stainless steel from nickel plated. Please choose a hanging link from the drop down menu (or opt out if you already have spares).

To read in detail about how to introduce this toy to your pet who is new to foraging, check out this ‘how to’ document: Introducing the Bottom’s Up.