Change in behaviour -growing up ?

[Talaya]

hi all,
just after some advice or expertise.
so I’ve had my boy about 8 months & he’s always taken to me better & thats ok, we worked through his dislike of my husband & friend.
He will wander off and do his own thing, play & forage but if I move to leave, he’s instantly in flight onto my shoulder.
In his cage we have a flat corner perch, when he’s in there, he peers at me with one eye through the bar down at his feet, he can stand up, but he chooses to lean down and use the little space. Then I walk out of the kitchen area whilst he’s there, he will drop his wings slightly and quiver them. I’m guessing this is begging? & has now also started to shout loudly if I leave the room.
He also seems to have stopped playing with his cage toys and just sits on this perch and watches me.
I know it’s ‘love’. But I’m concerned he doesnt want to play anymore. Just gaze from the corner…. shall I change his toys around ?
We did reduce his meals last week from 2 main & 2 snack.. to 2 main & 1 lunch snack. I do weigh him and he has been a pretty constant weight for about 7 weeks. So I know he not starving away
grateful for everyones experiences x

ive added a pic of him after lunch..in his cage gazing at me. He did have a good swing on his swing today, now he’s back to gazing making his question mmmm mm mm sounds.

 

[wrench13]

All I can say is that my little Amazon also went from playing, violently, with his cage foot toys for the first few years, lets say 3 years. THen he went into shut down mode inside his cage. Outside of it, perfectly happy, playing, singing, destroying toys, etc. Its only within the last 3 months that he has started to play again with his foot toys inside his cage. SO for a good 4 years, nothing inside his cage tempted him to play. Weird.

 

[Talaya]

All I can say is that my little Amazon also went from playing, violently, with his cage foot toys for the first few years, lets say 3 years. THen he went into shut down mode inside his cage. Outside of it, perfectly happy, playing, singing, destroying toys, etc. Its only within the last 3 months that he has started to play again with his foot toys inside his cage. SO for a good 4 years, nothing inside his cage tempted him to play. Weird.

Thanks Wrench. He did have a swing on his rope swing today the first he’s done for a while. (I wish I could video it it’s so funny. It’s like a child trying to get as high as he can, or he does it the ‘wrong way‘ and goes side to side pumping his little legs)