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Stanley, my daughter's bourkes parakeet, :i.momo:is perfect in every way just as he is, but he seems to wish to be more like our linnie and senegal.
They both will get a piece of food and then sit on the side of the dish and eat it all, holding it with their feet. Stanley has decided he NEEDS to be able to hold his food over the side of the dish while he eats, too, but holding food with his feet is not natural for a bourkes, and as many things as he has picked up that are atypical from them, he hasn't figured out yet that they are holding the food with their feet.
He seems so disappointed when his treats fall. He stares at them for many moments. He is getting more talented at holding foods in his mouth while he takes various bites, but he still needs to just learn to use his feet if he is going to try to act like the other birds.
Isaac, the splendid, can and does pick up toys in his feet, but he has no compunction to imitate the other birds when he eats. He just buries himself in his bowl and eats until he is ready to pop.
They both will get a piece of food and then sit on the side of the dish and eat it all, holding it with their feet. Stanley has decided he NEEDS to be able to hold his food over the side of the dish while he eats, too, but holding food with his feet is not natural for a bourkes, and as many things as he has picked up that are atypical from them, he hasn't figured out yet that they are holding the food with their feet.
He seems so disappointed when his treats fall. He stares at them for many moments. He is getting more talented at holding foods in his mouth while he takes various bites, but he still needs to just learn to use his feet if he is going to try to act like the other birds.
Isaac, the splendid, can and does pick up toys in his feet, but he has no compunction to imitate the other birds when he eats. He just buries himself in his bowl and eats until he is ready to pop.