Ollie has been settling in well, and we are having a lot of fun with him! I have built him a big pvc playstand for the living room. He likes hanging out on it most of the time. I also put a ladder for him to climb down to the floor, and he really seems to love running around on the floor. He doesn't seem to get into trouble, aside from chewing on the kitchen floor mats. He seems like he would rather walk than fly, but the other day I left him upstairs because he wouldn't step up for me, and by the time I got downstairs he had flown after me and landed nicely on the floor of the living room and climbed right up onto his playstand.
His favorite thing in terms of toys are his bells and he loves to chew on toilet paper. I set him up with a new roll to demolish every few days, and he works hard at shredding it all up! He doesn't seem interested in the toy with wooden beads. Is it important that I get him to start chewing on wood? The ladder on his playstand is wood, but he doesn't seem to be chewing on it or the wood toy.
I needed to go out of town for a few days and had my mom babysit Ollie at my house. They did fine, but Ollie was mad at me when I got back and bit me pretty hard, and I am not sure, but I think he cursed at me! He has calmed down now, and seems to trust me again. I haven't started any trick training yet, but I am still planning to look into it. And the bag of Zupreem is getting low, so I am planning on picking up a bag of the Harrison's from the vet in the next week or so. He seems to eat mostly everything I stick into his food bowl, so I am not too worried about getting him eating it.
Ollie likes to talk to my feet, and rub his beak on my toes. I hope this it ok, and he won't get any weird germs from my feet. He does all kinds of cute clucking sounds, and some opera style singing. It is so cute. Another strange thing that I noticed is that his eye color seems to be changing. When I first brought him home, his irises were a very, very pale yellow, nearly white. Now his eyes are getting darker yellow, with the outer portion of his iris almost orange. I wonder if it is related to some kind of deficiency that is getting corrected with his new diet, and access to sunlight.
His favorite thing in terms of toys are his bells and he loves to chew on toilet paper. I set him up with a new roll to demolish every few days, and he works hard at shredding it all up! He doesn't seem interested in the toy with wooden beads. Is it important that I get him to start chewing on wood? The ladder on his playstand is wood, but he doesn't seem to be chewing on it or the wood toy.
I needed to go out of town for a few days and had my mom babysit Ollie at my house. They did fine, but Ollie was mad at me when I got back and bit me pretty hard, and I am not sure, but I think he cursed at me! He has calmed down now, and seems to trust me again. I haven't started any trick training yet, but I am still planning to look into it. And the bag of Zupreem is getting low, so I am planning on picking up a bag of the Harrison's from the vet in the next week or so. He seems to eat mostly everything I stick into his food bowl, so I am not too worried about getting him eating it.
Ollie likes to talk to my feet, and rub his beak on my toes. I hope this it ok, and he won't get any weird germs from my feet. He does all kinds of cute clucking sounds, and some opera style singing. It is so cute. Another strange thing that I noticed is that his eye color seems to be changing. When I first brought him home, his irises were a very, very pale yellow, nearly white. Now his eyes are getting darker yellow, with the outer portion of his iris almost orange. I wonder if it is related to some kind of deficiency that is getting corrected with his new diet, and access to sunlight.
