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Eating Problems or just being a bird

Asalar

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Well, my IRN has been with me for at least a month and his quarantine is ending tomorrow but the last two days he started dropping the treats I give him 95% of the time and, if it was only treats it would've been fine but, I changed his diet from all seed to fruits and, vegetables which then he only eat apples from it and, treats. When given a treat he will pull it out of my hand then just drops it.

This is my first time with IRNs and, also my first with training and, taming a bird that is not a baby.
My cockatiel does the same but he's just afraid of everything and, only eats from his food bowl but this IRN ate from my hand and, I trained him but, it's only these two days, also he looks healthy and, normal and, we've made a lot of progress with tricks and, being not afraid of my hand.

thanks in advance also, I really like this bird and, I don't want to lose him so hopefully, he's not sick.
 

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My Jardine's takes food from me and drops them (unless it's his favorite foods, Nutriberries and Almonds). I take it as he is trying to be polite but doesn't actually want what I'm giving him :lol:
 

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Maybe that's what he's thinking but, 1 month for me is still too short of a period to tell that. Also picking out only apples from his food bowl is not good for any parrots health I think.
 

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Those things must have lost value in your bird's eyes because they are things that are readily available in his diet.
 

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But they are treats for training I guess that's true if he only eats treats and apples as his main diet.
 

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Correct, eating apples only is not good. Don't feed treats in their main bowl, only give them when they earn them. If he won't eat veggies, have you considered a pellet diet? My Jardine's doesn't eat a lot of veggies so I rely on pellets to complete the diet
 

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I only feed him treats when he's training. I put pellets in his food bowl and, he didn't eat so I tried with apples and, again he only ate the apples.
 
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