Cardboard Cruncher - Medium Foraging Bird Toy

The Cardboard Cruncher is a shredding and foraging favorite designed for medium birds who love to explore textures and tear apart their toys. Two layers of durable cardboard, separated by a loofah sponge, combined with a natural bael pod and other tactile elements provide endless opportunities for shredding, chewing, and foraging.

With its larger size, this toy encourages interactive play while offering enough variety to keep your flock engaged. Birds can hide treats within the cardboard layers or loofah for a fun, rewarding challenge. Handmade with safe, natural materials, the Cardboard Cruncher provides hours of entertainment and enrichment for curious beaks. This comes in tiny, small, medium and large sizes!

Approximate Dimensions: 10”H x 3”W x 3”L
Size: Medium
Type: Foraging

Previously Known As: "Cressi Cruncher"

BirdTricks Exclusive Toys - Handcrafted with Safe, Natural Materials

All of our BirdTricks Exclusive toys are made with your flock’s safety and engagement in mind. Each one features a selection all-natural materials—including (but not limited to) jute, sola, mahogany, corn husks, palm leaves, and balsa—to provide a variety of textures and enrichment. Even our BirdTricks tags are made from veggie-tanned leather, offering an extra non-toxic source of fun. Each design is handmade in the USA by our small but passionate team.

Help Your Bird Learn to Play

Not all birds naturally know how to play with toys—some need a little encouragement. If your bird seems unsure or even scared of toys, don’t worry. Once they understand what toys are for, their instincts will take over! Use these resources to help your bird build confidence and curiosity with new toys:

• Teaching Small Birds To Play With Toys (Video)

• To the Birds Who Won’t Play With Toys (Video)

• Help! My Bird Won’t Play With Toys (Blog)

• How To Forage: A Tips and Tricks Guide (Free Download)

Safety Reminder

Always supervise playtime with any bird toy. While we use the safest materials possible, no toy is 100% risk-free. Monitoring ensures the benefits of mental stimulation and beak exercise outweigh potential hazards. Be sure to also remove a toy from the environment if your bird does not play with it as intended, or if it destroyed to a point where what's left becomes hazardous. 

International customers: Please review our International Shipping Policy before purchasing. This product is available to most international countries.