The trill I'm talking about is is "baby noise". It's the first sound he could make, and is also used in conjunction with bouncing his head up and down, to get his parents to regurgitate into his crop.
When I first started interacting with him, he would trill when taken from his nest-box, for a few minutes until he realized that this isn't a feeding but something else. At most, he would keep it up half an hour between being interested in the outside world.
When weaning started, he was more insistent around his previous feeding time, but he learned the new schedules.
Now, since I brought him home Tuesday and he's settled in a bit, he trills constantly when he knows anyone is around. Meanwhile, at dinner time (last remaining formula feeding) he will help himself to pellets while waiting for dinner to be ready (and indicating his impatience!) and then I'll set him down at his dry food bowl and he'll eat more pellets.
So, I know he's not hungry: If I give him food he is not interested. He doesn't want interaction, and actually grabbed the bars to stay in his cage rather than come out! A short time after dinner he settles in to roost for the night, and in this instance he had made up his mind to turn in or be out with me.
So, he doesn't want anything from us, but still trills which is supposed to mean "feed me". Now once he settles in to roost for the night he'll be quiet once he relaxes and finishes preening. But I wanted to illustrate that in this instance he did not want food or interaction at all.
What does it mean? I'm guessing it is a regression to more infantile behavior so he can re-form a family unit with his parronts, and this is a contact call or beacon of some kind. Any insight? And how should we respond?
When I first started interacting with him, he would trill when taken from his nest-box, for a few minutes until he realized that this isn't a feeding but something else. At most, he would keep it up half an hour between being interested in the outside world.
When weaning started, he was more insistent around his previous feeding time, but he learned the new schedules.
Now, since I brought him home Tuesday and he's settled in a bit, he trills constantly when he knows anyone is around. Meanwhile, at dinner time (last remaining formula feeding) he will help himself to pellets while waiting for dinner to be ready (and indicating his impatience!) and then I'll set him down at his dry food bowl and he'll eat more pellets.
So, I know he's not hungry: If I give him food he is not interested. He doesn't want interaction, and actually grabbed the bars to stay in his cage rather than come out! A short time after dinner he settles in to roost for the night, and in this instance he had made up his mind to turn in or be out with me.
So, he doesn't want anything from us, but still trills which is supposed to mean "feed me". Now once he settles in to roost for the night he'll be quiet once he relaxes and finishes preening. But I wanted to illustrate that in this instance he did not want food or interaction at all.
What does it mean? I'm guessing it is a regression to more infantile behavior so he can re-form a family unit with his parronts, and this is a contact call or beacon of some kind. Any insight? And how should we respond?