bluebirdlady
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- Feb 10, 2020
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Hi Everyone! I have a 16 year old blue quaker nicknamed Syd. I am thankful to have grown up with him since he was about 3 or 4 months old (can't remember). As he has gotten older he doesn't want to play with toys. He sits all day on his perch and sleeps while fluffed up. I took him to the avian vet and did bloodwork, exam, fecal stain, the works. After many $$$ later, all the tests came back negative. I am thankful to have a healthy little bird.
I have been watching a lot of youtube videos of Birdtricks, and they say that birds should be playing with their toys and being active. I am not sure how to get this little one engaged with toys. I want to enrich his life but I am not sure what to do. I try to trick train with him at least twice a day to give him some activity. He is flighted so we work on recall flights (indoors only) and simple tricks like waving or stepping up.
Can anyone offer any advice on how to enrich his life and get him to start playing with toys? A few months ago I bought some woven toys made of dried grass and stuffed them with sunflower seeds (only gets these during trick training) his favorite treat. He will pick out the seeds but won't destroy the toy. Once the seeds are gone he doesn't seem interested in playing with the toy.
Sorry this post is so long. It's my first time making a thread so I wanted to be thorough.
I have been watching a lot of youtube videos of Birdtricks, and they say that birds should be playing with their toys and being active. I am not sure how to get this little one engaged with toys. I want to enrich his life but I am not sure what to do. I try to trick train with him at least twice a day to give him some activity. He is flighted so we work on recall flights (indoors only) and simple tricks like waving or stepping up.
Can anyone offer any advice on how to enrich his life and get him to start playing with toys? A few months ago I bought some woven toys made of dried grass and stuffed them with sunflower seeds (only gets these during trick training) his favorite treat. He will pick out the seeds but won't destroy the toy. Once the seeds are gone he doesn't seem interested in playing with the toy.
Sorry this post is so long. It's my first time making a thread so I wanted to be thorough.