Amazons have a tendency to be "perch potatoes" and even the most active zons do spend a good amount of time just kinda sitting there, resting, napping maybe a little preening but not a whole lot else. What amazons do have a reputation for is being winged pigs with the intelligence of a toddler. That makes zons great puzzle/foraging toy candidates, as they are highly motivated to figure out how to get a treat and smart enough to do so. I would try Marley with his favorite treat in a simple foraging toy and see if he plays with that! Also keep in mind, not every bird is a big chewer. Foraging, untying knots and baby rattles are Kiwi's favorite toys. He usually ignores wood toys. He'd probably be a lot less playful if we gave him a lot of wood toys, which he really doesn't like to play with. Keep trying new types of toys to figure out what Marley likes best and you may see him become a whole lot more active if you figure out what he likes to play with
but he seemed happy on his new huuuge perch today
: I see you have placed a piece of fruit on his rope perch, and that is actually a way of making him"forage". With the setup you have, you could hide fruit, nuts and seeds all over for him to have to retrieve to keep him occupied! "Playing" in and of itself isn't really a natural behavior. More, it's about keeping them occupied and happy by simulating natural behaviors. Thats why toys to chew up or toys where they work for food work so well for parrots. Since they are animals of higher intelligence and very tactile/see more of the color spectrum than us, they also do enjoy brightly color small objects like (large enough not to swallow) plastic buttons and beads and small baby rattles they can hold in their foot and explore with their mouth.
Knowing that you are in Dubai, I am not sure if you have the same types of toys we have available here in the US. Basically though, a foraging toy is just a toy that makes your bird "work" for treats. It can be as simple as wrapping some treats in toilet paper and stuffing them in the cardboard tool so the bird has to rip up the cardboard/paper to get the treat or complex store bought acrylic ones where the bird must solve a puzzle to retrieve the treat.
I don't think this company ships to Dubai (may be worth checking) but this page is their selection of foraging toys to give you an idea of what i'm talking about
FORAGING TOYS
I know you haven't had Marley very long, but it looks like your getting him a really nice "area" setup
He also loooves a piece of paper to play with and shred! He acted very frightened of the new toys but within a few days of having to see them and walk by them, he got brave and touched one - - that is all it took for him to see it wasn't going to hurt him. I don't know how much of a 'toy player' he was in his past, but he definitely enjoys them now!
