My gcc won't play with toys

[Lavalleer]

So we've had our gcc for a week now and so far the only thing he really likes to play with is the computer mouse. He has a number of different types of toys but pays a passing interest at best with any of them. He is only 4 mo. old so we are trying to teach him to play with his toys but so far with little success. He has figured out the foraging toy I made using cupcake baking cups. As an aside, the only time he likes head scritches is when I'm typing on the keyboard. He has to get right in the way and demand to be petted

 

[JosienBB]

I think it's a bit early to make such a statement Target didn't start playing with toys until well over a month after she came to live with us.

My little conures only play with toys they can destroy. What kind of toys do you have for him?

 

[Lavalleer]

He has several shredder toys, he has some with small wooden beads, some with plastic beads and bells, and some with shredded fleece. He plays with none of them so far.

 

[Newbie GCC]

Try balsa, yucca, and straws. Roma is very particular, too. Those are softer and Roma can really destroy a stick of balsa quick!

 

[Lavalleer]

Thanks Heather I will try those.

 

[Monica]

Also - stick food in the toys! If it's a soft toy, like yucca or balsa, stick pieces of seeds inside the 'wood'! Other toys, decorate it with spray millet! Or other foods!

 

[Tweet]

Man, Sunny had the same trouble. I reward him with millet every time he touched a toy, then hid some in there with his toys. He got the hint. You counure can also still be adjusting a little, new toys and a new home can be scary. Did the owner ever say he played with his toys a lot in the past, sunny never touched his toys in the past to so it makes sense since he was partly not taken every well care of before I adopted him.

 

[Tweet]

Oh since he likes the mouse, maybe foot toys he would like?

 

[Lavalleer]

I found that he likes plastic beads as a foot toy. He has some star shaped ones that he enjoys playing with.

 

[Tweet]

Aren't those small, don't cant him choking! But great he found a toy!

 

[webchirp]

I have a cheekie who loves pony beads....his favorite thing ever.

TNT Toys - Toys For Small Birds - leather butterfly, leather teddybear, and he loves the triple play although I swear sometimes he gets it swinging he's going to knock himself out

 

[Verivus]

Rico, TGCC I've had since 6 weeks old and is now almost 3, only likes certain toys, and some toys he will ignore for months on end until finally destroying it in less than week. Currently there are only 3 toys he absolutely loves: his ball with a bell inside, his bells on his perches, and his popsicle-stick refillable shredding toy. Everything else is ignored, and he has lots and lots of toys. :/ Some birds are just picky, I guess.

 

[Lavalleer]

I found that he does like a cupcake paper filled with a couple of sunflowers and wadded up so he has to forage for them.