cneuhauser
New member
- Jul 9, 2020
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- Parrots
- Dusky Conure, Male Ekkie
Firstly, thanks to Dr Chris, for his insight and experience.
I previously wrote about some behavioral issues that started creeping up with my baby Ekkie. So, I'd gone back to hand feeding mashed sweet potato in order to curb some of the baby feeding desires, and hopefully get Comet back on track.
The hand feeding seems to be working. I'm sensing that he's calming down quite a bit more, and I'm getting back the more "soft spoken" Ekkie that originally came home with me; more content.
One of the more funny/laughable behavioral traits that have come to the forefront is Comet's communication with me on being "FULL". As I'm feeding him his mashed and water saturated sweet potato I can usually tell he's almost finished when he quickly bobs his head up and down; not sure if this is a physical necessity to move the food from the crop into his belly (making more room) or if this is truly a behavior but it's interesting.
The really funny part is that when he's really done eating, he stares at me for a couple seconds then darts back into his cage. Kind of like a little kid at the dinner table, who finishes then says "Ok I'm done with this, it's boring..."
The only concern I currently have is getting him to play with toys, he hasn't touched anything in his cage and even when I'm reading in my chair at night I'll grab one of his toys and start fumbling with it... but nope, can't get him interested. I'm hoping that eventually I'll be able to get him playing with the almost $1k I've spent on hanging gyms, free standing play gyms etc. I mean the bird is absolutely spoiled rotten. I see videos of Ekkies being little monkeys and climbing all over everything... Comet just doesn't seem interested in such things...
Any advice?
I previously wrote about some behavioral issues that started creeping up with my baby Ekkie. So, I'd gone back to hand feeding mashed sweet potato in order to curb some of the baby feeding desires, and hopefully get Comet back on track.
The hand feeding seems to be working. I'm sensing that he's calming down quite a bit more, and I'm getting back the more "soft spoken" Ekkie that originally came home with me; more content.
One of the more funny/laughable behavioral traits that have come to the forefront is Comet's communication with me on being "FULL". As I'm feeding him his mashed and water saturated sweet potato I can usually tell he's almost finished when he quickly bobs his head up and down; not sure if this is a physical necessity to move the food from the crop into his belly (making more room) or if this is truly a behavior but it's interesting.
The really funny part is that when he's really done eating, he stares at me for a couple seconds then darts back into his cage. Kind of like a little kid at the dinner table, who finishes then says "Ok I'm done with this, it's boring..."
The only concern I currently have is getting him to play with toys, he hasn't touched anything in his cage and even when I'm reading in my chair at night I'll grab one of his toys and start fumbling with it... but nope, can't get him interested. I'm hoping that eventually I'll be able to get him playing with the almost $1k I've spent on hanging gyms, free standing play gyms etc. I mean the bird is absolutely spoiled rotten. I see videos of Ekkies being little monkeys and climbing all over everything... Comet just doesn't seem interested in such things...
Any advice?