Here are some new pictures of his also. They were taken yesterday. There is one of his current cage set-up, the cage cover I made for his cage, and of him perching on my finger.
I have been working on hand taming him lately. As long as I move my finger slowly in his cage towards him, he will not run. I place my finger against his chest as I ask him to "up up". When I start to move with him on my finger he does panic a little. Most of the time I put him back on another perch, but sometimes I take him out. I need to work on getting him more comfortable about getting out of his cage since he seems to panic a bit on that still.He has been eating better now. He eats his morning and evening mash a little. He loves his seeds the most, but it has been days since he has had dry seeds. They are all sprouted now. I am working on sprouting some mash for him instead of cooking them. It will take time to figure out when to start sprouts so I can make a batch of mash at a time and freeze the extra for future use. He has been eating Beak Appetit Apple Carrot Harvest for the past few days/nights.
My order from EucProducts in CA came a few days ago. I placed a custom order to get 2 branches, chew sticks, leaves (on sticks), and gum nuts. He worked with me to get me what I wanted. I plan to place orders again in the future.
I like the idea of the cage being more natural instead of filled with lots of plastic colorful unnatural stuff. I plan to turn my birds cage into a huge foraging activity. He will eventually get a play gym too which will be another foraging and exploring area.
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