Pajarita wrote:Great news! It seems that he has learned to trust you and that is, most definitely, the first step for any good relationship!
It's not actually unusual for an IRN not to be enthused by nuts because they are not really part of their natural diet and if he is already getting high protein food (millet and pellets), there is no physical 'need' for him to be driven to gorge on them.
That's actually an interesting tidbit to know! Thank you Pajarita
It isn't of course a big issue or anything, but I'd like to coax him to at least try and nibble on a few nuts. He will sample almonds from time to time but they don't seem to be high on his list of treats either. The rest of the nuts we've tried he just chucks away - so I was wondering that maybe I should sit next to him and munch on a few. More than often if he sees me wolf down a particular veggie and he has it in his bowl too, he will go and pick it up, bring it to the front most perch of his cage and enjoy it in front of me. Actually in general, he has a habit of eating when he sees us eat too. We normally eat at our din table and also watch random things on the comp. screens, and always and without fail, little Simo will grab which ever thing he wants to eat at the time and kind of eat with us. I've actually been wondering is this a bad habit? Or a good thing? I think I read from somewhere that this can be considered a form of bonding but as usual, I'm still a newbie to bird keeping so I'm just making sure he isn't developing a bad habit!
Other than that I forgot to mention that Simo sometimes likes to be a little poop and "jump scare me" when I'm concentrating on a book or a smartphone. He'll peep out of nowhere and makes me jump - and he's done this more than once so I think he just does it for his amusement. I don't honestly mind as it amuses me
Sometimes when me and the husband naps and he sees it, he does the same - purposely wakes us up. It isn't so much of a nuisance but rather a source of amusement to us. However, he ONLY does this when we both nap. When only I nap he'll just get to the closest perch to that side of the cage and observe me, and gently and silently peeps at me and observes me. I hope this isn't a problematic behavior. Otherwise he is completely silent and independently plays with his toys (and sometimes watches us watch some cartoons for a while. I think it's the colors that fascinate him. Otherwise he's a real sweetie and plays independently. I hope none of this is an issue. (I read that macaws in particular enjoy scaring their owners in much the same ways for just fun
It isn't much of a problem for us as it's mostly amusing than anything!
