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Hi everyone,
I’m hoping someone out there can help me understand my little boy a bit better.
So here’s the thing, can birds simply just have a grumpy personality? He doesn’t show any happy body language and he doesn’t want to play any bird games. He doesn’t dance or like peel-a-boo or hide and seek. He just seems to enjoy sitting on my knee or the sofa arm rest or on top of his cage and “watch over the apartment with disdain”.
Can they just be grumpy little things and that’s simply who he is?
Could I be doing something wrong?
A little background on Pi:
I got Pi about 18 months ago when he was 2 weeks old and reared him myself by hand. He’s on a pellet diet with fresh veg available and he gets seeds as treats every few days or so. He has 7 toys of various textures and colours which get rotated so
they don’t get boring and full range of the apartment. When I go out I leave a series playing on my laptop for him and my dog so they don’t get lonely and Pi’s night hours are from 9pm to 9am.
We have our own way of communicating, he lets me know when he wants to be in his cage if he’s been out for a while, he lets me know if he’s lonely and wants some attention and because he’s particular about scritches on his head and neck there’s a certain way I have to ask him first.
He’s happy to sit on my shoulder or knee for hours at a time, watching tv with me, preening himself, running about, I’m the only person he seems to tolerate so I’m not worried we’re not bonded properly or that he’s not “tame enough”.
I just want my boy to be happy...
Any advice would be appreciated greatly.
Lily & Pi
I’m hoping someone out there can help me understand my little boy a bit better.
So here’s the thing, can birds simply just have a grumpy personality? He doesn’t show any happy body language and he doesn’t want to play any bird games. He doesn’t dance or like peel-a-boo or hide and seek. He just seems to enjoy sitting on my knee or the sofa arm rest or on top of his cage and “watch over the apartment with disdain”.
Can they just be grumpy little things and that’s simply who he is?
Could I be doing something wrong?
A little background on Pi:
I got Pi about 18 months ago when he was 2 weeks old and reared him myself by hand. He’s on a pellet diet with fresh veg available and he gets seeds as treats every few days or so. He has 7 toys of various textures and colours which get rotated so
they don’t get boring and full range of the apartment. When I go out I leave a series playing on my laptop for him and my dog so they don’t get lonely and Pi’s night hours are from 9pm to 9am.
We have our own way of communicating, he lets me know when he wants to be in his cage if he’s been out for a while, he lets me know if he’s lonely and wants some attention and because he’s particular about scritches on his head and neck there’s a certain way I have to ask him first.
He’s happy to sit on my shoulder or knee for hours at a time, watching tv with me, preening himself, running about, I’m the only person he seems to tolerate so I’m not worried we’re not bonded properly or that he’s not “tame enough”.
I just want my boy to be happy...
Any advice would be appreciated greatly.
Lily & Pi