I'll try to answer tomorrow; in a hurry right now. But as far as toys go; it's a given that he will ignore it for the first while that it's in his cage/area (maybe even be scared of it). But don't be discouraged, this is normal. Part of the routine.
So those kinds of perches are great (even though they extend from one side to the other). I use sooo many of those perches. Just from outside, cut them to size, clean them, and stick em in. Sometimes the birds even like taking off the bark from the natural ones so it's a great "toy" option too. To encourage more movement you're rather going to do stuff like spread out his water and food dishes (you can even put in multiple, each with only a bit of food in them), or hang small sprigs of millet in different places in the cage. ChomskyPom has given great advice on how to deal with the whole "new toy" issue.Yup, sunny sleeps on the soft perch. Ive tried mushing millet into fruit and veg-no luck. I got the bird safe perch from my yard; the onlu issue is that style of perch can only extend from one end to the other thus making movement too easy. I dont want to install a natural wood perch only for it to fall and for sunny to get scared. Also how do I install new toys and things without him getting scared?
And for the toy thing ive tried playing with them in front of him but hes not intrested.
I apologize for spelling-this was done on a phone.
Could you just grab a couple pictures of him for me?He's just kind of chilling all poofy on the edge of the desk now...
He's pracitcally half asleep for some reasonI would let him chill there for a few minutes, let him calm down, then see if he will eat millet. He's probably not eating rn cause he got startled.
How long has he been there? Does he look ok - do his eyes look normal, does he respond to movement and such with moving his head or eyes? He could have banged his head; in the next little while you're gonna want to watch closely to make sure he didn't get hurt. Hopefully he'll go back to his cage and eat and drink. For right now I would let him stay where he is and maybe just move some seeds towards him to see if he wants to eat.He's pracitcally half asleep for some reason
is he hiding his fear?
Hmm ok but if you move your hand closer to him does he wake up and move a little as he normally would? Just trying to gauge his reactions here. This happens a lot! First flights are always scarey for birds but they're a necessary and great step. Oh, saw your edit okeyes look like he's going to fall asleep. i'm really sorry i couldn't watch him it was so sudden i didn't know what to do
at this hour he's usually pretty sleepy
he walks awayHmm ok but if you move your hand closer to him does he wake up and move a little as he normally would? Just trying to gauge his reactions here. This happens a lot! First flights are always scarey for birds but they're a necessary and great step.