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Junior sometimes likes the wood toys. I always rotate toys. He does love to eat doors and furniture. I do on not leave him unsupervised anymore although he will usually not eat any furniture if i leave him on his cage open. He hangs out the cage. It seems like he will get into the occasional toy for a little while. I will try the strips. I do put a cardboard box on the top of his cage and he likes to tear that up. He has looked a bit better I think since covid we were home more. The TV is a great idea. It would be weird design given his position in the living room when you first walk in to our house, but maybe put it on the side. I used to keep a radio on. Do you keep the buckets in the cage? In my mind boredom likely is a culprit of the picking, as well as hormonal/jealosy reasons. Do you put buckets in his cage?

He may be bored. Do you keep the tv 9n for him, my birds watch a parrot dvd all day while I’m working. They also have toy buckets with toy pieces, wood, balls etc wrapped individually in paper with the ends twisted for them to forage with, sometime I wrap treats in there also. Lots and lots of toys for him to tear apart and wood to chew up. It is hard once they start plucking it can become a habit. I have one that started plucking last ear and it’s because she is the lowest on the totem pole and doesn’t get enough attention..my other two sometimes bully her away from the table when we’re eating......it’s sad, but I do the best I can in giving her special alone time...😞

Two of my greys love to tear up cardboard strips. I usually cut the plain flaps off boxes I've received. Keeps them busy for a little bit. Does he like to destroy wood toys? All 3 of mine LOVE that activity. All three love the perch swing that has 3 hanging stainless steel bells. They actually grab onto the side of the cage, pull themselves towards the bars and then let go to make themselves swing.

Thank you for the feedback on foraging. Yes, I have tried some foraging toys. I have one in there now. I always try to rotate the toys around. However the paper on the food is a good idea, and maybe I will see if there are more foraging toys on amazon or the like. It is unavoidable in my schedule that there will long periods of time where he is alone in his cage. the toys seem to keep him busy for minutes or an hour, but the periods of time are much longer than that sometimes. Ironically, sometimes he plucks less when I am gone for a couple of days. I bought a senegal parrot in part hoping that at least the calls of another bird in a cage across the room will keep him company a little. But one way or the other I am committed to that bird. He's been with me about 15 years now since he was a baby.