Our ringneck Simo is doing wonderfully. We moved recently and we noticed a positive change in his general behavior and attitude - our new place has huge windows and is very lovely and bright during the day time, even during the winter. He isn't right next to a window, but he most certainly has a very good view and likes to sit on his perch and observe the streets while "singing". His body language is positive & content so perhaps we managed to place his cage in a perfect place? Though he's developed a strange new habit - that is, making soup. He will take all of his food, carry it to his waterbowl, meticulously chop it up with his beak and drop it in. He then lets it be for a while and will eat out of the "soup" later on, after what ever he put in it has become nice and soggy. It's also really funny to see him take a huge piece of pepper and dunk it in before eating it.
I did some research and found out that this is quite a common thing, so I'm guessing it's not something we should be overly worried about? I did also read that sometimes in nature wild parrots will sip water from tiny reservoirs that have all sorts of plants and such in it. We do change his water when we notice, much to his annoyance.
Albeit I'm sure this is relatively harmless I'm wondering if he's trying to tell us something, like if he'd like some actual soup?
Well, changing his water isn't much of a big deal for us but we're now going to try and offer him some form of gloopy food every day. He does receive self made smoothies, gloop, and things like that but not absolutely every day. Maybe if he has some on offer every day, even if just a bit, this might stop?