How food-motivated is this bird? (Meant to be funny)

[shinyuankuo]

I have been amazed by how selectively food-motivated Winston is. This bird is definitely a mixture of hungry/greedy beak and perch potato.

When we go Winston, he weighted around 453g (1 lbs). That’s when he was going through the conversion from seeds to chop/TOP. After a couple weeks, we weighted him at 465 g. He takes chop very well now, and he picks out TOP to throw away.

One night, after a 40g dinner and a few treats from training. This bird was again on a hunt to get more almond. He went to the floor to look for bits and pieces, and he ate a piece of his own poop. (Before that, he refused a vegetable stalk as an alternative treat.)

I mean, from his behavior you would think we’ve been starving him, but he is just a PIG! Oh, btw he weights 480 g now...

This week, we ran out of the last batch of chop. I made him a new batch with beets and sweet potatos. He was all excited for meals until he saw the red lump inside the bowl and gave a “wtf is that” eye.
I thought, “great! You can take your time again to get used to new food, so you can lose a little weight in the mean time.” He proved me wrong.
He still hates the new chop in its natural form, but he loves it frozen. Chomped down like a popsicle, and ate another whole portion.l

I guess the story ends with...yeah! The bird can eat too much, and we will certainly piss him off by limiting food portions.

 

[Laurasea]

Sounds like good eats at your place!

 

[tfw]

This week, we ran out of the last batch of chop. I made him a new batch with beets and sweet potatos. He was all excited for meals until he saw the red lump inside the bowl and gave a “wtf is that” eye.
I thought, “great! You can take your time again to get used to new food, so you can lose a little weight in the mean time.” He proved me wrong.
He still hates the new chop in its natural form, but he loves it frozen. Chomped down like a popsicle, and ate another whole portion.

That's funny....Kass is the same about Beets...except he won't take it frozen or fresh, warm or cold. I think he has a thing against red foods because he also hates strawberries.