charmedbyekkie
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Our vet has commented that Cairo is incredibly food-motivated for a parrot. That may be true, since he's so eager to learn tricks for treats (going with a seasonal pun here).
Today we were trying to learn "put". And whenever he learns new tricks, he gets extremely excited (beyond the normal excitement for performing tricks). At one success, I rewarded him with a treat (a small portion of a husk-less sunflower seed). He took it and continued to run around on the table, then made a snort (sounded almost like a sneeze) and out came a treat! And it was wet with his saliva!!
He seems normal - he kept running, picking up, and tossing cups around. But wow! The little guy needs to slow down when he's pigging out.
How concerned should I be about this? I'm thankful he at least can cough things up instead of choking on it, but it's a bit scary to think if he doesn't have that reflex.
Today we were trying to learn "put". And whenever he learns new tricks, he gets extremely excited (beyond the normal excitement for performing tricks). At one success, I rewarded him with a treat (a small portion of a husk-less sunflower seed). He took it and continued to run around on the table, then made a snort (sounded almost like a sneeze) and out came a treat! And it was wet with his saliva!!
He seems normal - he kept running, picking up, and tossing cups around. But wow! The little guy needs to slow down when he's pigging out.
How concerned should I be about this? I'm thankful he at least can cough things up instead of choking on it, but it's a bit scary to think if he doesn't have that reflex.
