wildside50
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- Jul 5, 2016
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I have a Sun Conure who is less than a year old. He is a wonderful companion. He isn't flighted (yet) but he still tries to fly to my wife and me to be near us. If he lands on the ground he'll simply climb on our toes and be perfectly contented to be near us. For whatever reason he will always choose my wife's shoulder or buried in her shirt, but he demands being on my fingers exclusively. No idea what that is about, but it's fine.
My concern is that he doesn't really have a playful bone in his body. He hates trick training (and I'm not predisposed to force the issue) and while he's an active chewer, he won't play on a flat surface to save his life (good luck teaching a bird to roll over on a perch!).
Instead he SEEMS perfectly content to just he near us. He'll sit perched on my finger for hours. If I give him a treat he'll eat it. If I pet his neck he'll fluff out and close his eyes. But if I leave him alone he'll just sit there on my finger and chill.
Is he happy or bored? Am I making a mistake by trying to introduce stimulus to a contented companion, or am I not tring hard enough to stimulate him?
My concern is that he doesn't really have a playful bone in his body. He hates trick training (and I'm not predisposed to force the issue) and while he's an active chewer, he won't play on a flat surface to save his life (good luck teaching a bird to roll over on a perch!).
Instead he SEEMS perfectly content to just he near us. He'll sit perched on my finger for hours. If I give him a treat he'll eat it. If I pet his neck he'll fluff out and close his eyes. But if I leave him alone he'll just sit there on my finger and chill.
Is he happy or bored? Am I making a mistake by trying to introduce stimulus to a contented companion, or am I not tring hard enough to stimulate him?