Neko, my female
is a little over a year old now and she has about 15 or so tricks that she does reliably now, including being potty-trained, fetches, plays dead two ways, is flighted and can recall. She usually picks up a trick after two or three sessions and gets really good after the fifth or so session. She's very eager to please and often will do tricks on her own to get my attention to solicit treats.Lately however, she seems to have gotten even smarter, trying to outsmart me. First example is with going potty. She is used to going to her potty spot when let out of her cage. Done properly she gets rewarded with a treat. However, sometimes being out for a while I will ask her to go potty again. She'll go to her perch and fake pooping to trick me. I understand sometimes she just doesn't have to go on my command, but i can't help but think she is trying to outsmart me.
Another example is sometimes my wife gives her a treat by holding up the seed jar to her where she pokes her head in and picks out one seed. One seed is normal. But lately she is actually somehow hiding an extra seed in her beak while showing us that she only took one out. Crazy i know.
I didnt think birds were capable of being dishonest, or in this case, outsmarting their human companions. Sneaky sneaky.
