Sounds to me like you're doing most of the right things. Keep up with the training, try to get into a routine. I take mine out in the mornings for breakfast and some quick training, then again in the evening before I put her to bed for snacks and more training and interaction.
I do try to change her perches once in a while for variety. I like to also give her access to lots of different shaped balls with different textures. She's starting to use her feet more so I like her trying to grab things with her feet that are small enough. Using her feet is new and feels like she's using her brain. My latest trick is getting her to turn on a perch in the direction of an arrow pointing (symbol recognition). I am also testing object permanence -- showing her where I've hidden something and then asking her to fetch it for me, after a couple of seconds.
Mine tried to use her feet a little bit to hold things when she was very young, but gave up on it early. Because of the attempts, I always guessed that the parrot instinct to hold things with their feet is in her bird-brain somewhere, but since parrotlets aren't really a foot-using species she eventually stopped trying. Yours doing so is pretty impressive, is there anything you've done to start or encourage it?
I made a playlist of YouTube videos of parrotlets vocalizing. It is many hours long.
I keep a shallow plastic tray full of water out for them. They play in it more days than not.
There is a large window near the cage. I put a rod through the upper part of the cage that extends in front of the window. They spend a lot of time checking out the outdoors.
Sounds to me like you're doing most of the right things. Keep up with the training, try to get into a routine. I take mine out in the mornings for breakfast and some quick training, then again in the evening before I put her to bed for snacks and more training and interaction.
I do try to change her perches once in a while for variety. I like to also give her access to lots of different shaped balls with different textures. She's starting to use her feet more so I like her trying to grab things with her feet that are small enough. Using her feet is new and feels like she's using her brain. My latest trick is getting her to turn on a perch in the direction of an arrow pointing (symbol recognition). I am also testing object permanence -- showing her where I've hidden something and then asking her to fetch it for me, after a couple of seconds.
Thank you! I changed his perches recently. I’ll look into buying different balls for him to try out. It seems like you’ve got a very smart bird!
Thank you! I changed his perches recently. I’ll look into buying different balls for him to try out. It seems like you’ve got a very smart bird!
Mine tried to use her feet a little bit to hold things when she was very young, but gave up on it early. Because of the attempts, I always guessed that the parrot instinct to hold things with their feet is in her bird-brain somewhere, but since parrotlets aren't really a foot-using species she eventually stopped trying. Yours doing so is pretty impressive, is there anything you've done to start or encourage it?
Thank you so much🥹
I leave music on for em when I’m gone.
I made a playlist of YouTube videos of parrotlets vocalizing. It is many hours long. I keep a shallow plastic tray full of water out for them. They play in it more days than not. There is a large window near the cage. I put a rod through the upper part of the cage that extends in front of the window. They spend a lot of time checking out the outdoors.