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Gizmo - Male Eclectus Parrot
Pebbles - Female Eclectus Parrot
Gizmo and Pebbles favourite treat by far is almonds. I broke out the almonds when I first started harness training, and although they loved them, Gizmo especially was certain that there was an endless supply, so 80% would end up on the ground.
In an effort to reduce cost and potential over feeding, I got the cutting board out today and cut a heap of almonds in half. Tonight I did a quick training session and giving them both half an almond each, they were both like "hey....what's going on!!". I was amused to see them carefully holding the half in there foot, and carefully removing small bits and turning it in there beaks, wasting very little.
You can especially see the focus in Pebbles eyes, and the fact that I could get such a close photo of Gizmo without him wanting to jump on the phone (a habit he has), shows how important almonds are to him.
In an effort to reduce cost and potential over feeding, I got the cutting board out today and cut a heap of almonds in half. Tonight I did a quick training session and giving them both half an almond each, they were both like "hey....what's going on!!". I was amused to see them carefully holding the half in there foot, and carefully removing small bits and turning it in there beaks, wasting very little.
You can especially see the focus in Pebbles eyes, and the fact that I could get such a close photo of Gizmo without him wanting to jump on the phone (a habit he has), shows how important almonds are to him.