HyperD wrote:People also suggest to "play" with the toys yourself
I've found this worked without a doubt with my Cockatiel. He wasn't even interested in playing with the balls we purchased for him. So I had him on the table and I started playing with them myself and seemed to work.
Now having said that he loves Legos! My son likes putting legos together and Jazz our Cockatiel loves taking them apart. I think this is the case because my son is always playing with legos, so the bird wants to do the same. Jazz now has his own Lego Police car and green sports lego car. My son builds his own lego projects while Jazz takes apart the two cars and then waits for my son to put them back together again so he can take them appart. Its funny because he really works hard at it too.
If he has a choice between the balls etc and the Lego Cars, Legos win every time. I should video this one day.
Cheers
Paul