Siobhan
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Rocky is very needy (duh, he's a 'too, LOL) and does not approve of my leaving his sight when he knows I'm home. In order to spend time with the other birds, I have taken to rolling him on his "taxi" -- a perch on wheels that his daddy made for him -- and take him in the other birds' rooms. Oddly, for a bird who wants to sit in my lap 24/7, he is quite content to sit on that taxi and let me play with the other birds and for the most part, is as quiet as a mouse. When they start whistling and chattering, he does, too, but he's copying what they're doing. In my starling's room, he sometimes ducks when she flies overhead, but it's the same otherwise. He sits there quietly and lets me play with her, and only occasionally makes a remark or copies one of her sounds. The other birds look at him but don't get close, and he doesn't try to get to them. I wouldn't leave him with them unattended, but it seems to work quite well to take him with me. They're happy they're getting attention, he's happy because he's included, and nobody has to listen to screaming.
What I don't understand is, why he's okay with sitting there on his perch while I play with the other birds and not with him. Any other time, he's trying to get to me and shrieking his displeasure if he can't get to me. I mean, I don't ignore him. I talk to him and I pet him and kiss his beak every so often, but most of my attention is on the others.
What I don't understand is, why he's okay with sitting there on his perch while I play with the other birds and not with him. Any other time, he's trying to get to me and shrieking his displeasure if he can't get to me. I mean, I don't ignore him. I talk to him and I pet him and kiss his beak every so often, but most of my attention is on the others.