This is a humorous post, but any advice is appreciated: I have been giving Luna finely chopped greens of different types mixed with her beloved Harrison's or alone in the morning to encourage her to actually eat them. Well today I tried mustard greens (a Southern standard; someone always has some in their garden) raw and chopped as well as about a teaspoon of cooked ones all sprinkled over her afternoon Harrison''s dinner. I wanted her to HAVE to dig through them to get to the pellets. Well, she pushed them aside, took a pellet withh some stuck on there and took a bite and squawked so loud and scooted away from her crock like something had bitten her! I mean, she won't go near her food bowl now, Harrison's or not. REally, I've seen 5 year old children do as much when the "Gross stuff" touches their favorite foods, but I didnt expect my bird to freak out at the taste of mustard greens! No success here. She hasn't returned to her bowl again this evening.
Allie
. She's getting baths in the sunshine even when I'm not well and that makes her VERY active! She even dunked herself in her water bowl on her own after I sprayed her the other day. She usually hates spray baths, but with her pin feathers coming in, I think she realized that day that it was a good thing she wanted more of!
), but she remains picky and stubborn as a 5 year old. My sister is having similar problems with her 5 year old human and food right now. I'm getting a skewer to see if that helps, but judging on how she avoids new toys for weeks before playing with them, I'm assuming food would rot on the thing before she got near it. Thanks for asking about us. We're hanging in there and having hope that we can still make a happy life together. I know she's getting better care than she had before.