Couple of Questions

[AUHeel]

So, Sherlock is coming up on 5 months old and he is slowly outgrowing some of his clumsiness. I have found him hanging upside down from the top of his cage recently on several occasions and he will walk across the top of the cage hanging upside down too.

But, he seems to be scared to death of walking on a flat slick surface like a coffee table or our hardwood floors. He has recently discovered the trick of hoping down off his play stand and exploring upstairs (carpeted) but if I even set him down for a second on the coffee table he totally freaks out, starts screaming and flapping away.

I had been thinking about getting him a platform perch for his cages since my Meyers used to love his platform perch and I think it helps to give their toes a break, but I just don't think Sherlock would use a wood or stone platform at this point.

Had anyone else seen this in their Grey? Is it just a stage he will grow out of?

 

[AUHeel]

Also, and this is going to sound weird, but Sherlock won't eat fruit. He will munch all day on Roudybush, loves raw veggies, and seemed to really enjoy the fresh sprouts that I started giving him today, but he just won't touch any fruit.

I've tried strawberries, grapes, banana, oranges and blueberries and he just totally ignores them.

He still hasn't eaten anything that he had to told with one foot while he chews on it, so I even tried dicing the fruit thinking that might help, but no luck. I've never seen a bird that would eat a variety of stuff that refused fruit so I'm scratching my head a little. Should I just not worry about it?

 

[Pajarita]

Just keep on offering the fruit and try a nice quarter apple stuck between the bars of his cage. And yes, he will outgrow the slick surface phobia (but most birds would much rather not step on slick surfaces). Just don't push him to it, let him overcome it on its own.

 

[baileysdad]

It took Bailey months to eat his fruit. We got there in the end though Keep persevering.

 

[Davinchi]

Do Greys like the flat perches? I have been contemplating getting one in my cage but wasn't sure.