MnB sticking necks out ;~)

In their very grey-way, which is to say only as much as they have to to get a treat....

That having been said, they are definitely a big hop from where they were last year.

This week I put a pot saucer (12" in dia) on top of their cage with sanitized sand....then I placed wrapped nuts in the sand...they got all of those...then I put in unwrapped unshelled nuts in....they buried some in the sand along with beads....I don't know how much investigation Blessing did but for sure Miracle got them all.

I keep reading that I should only give one or two nuts a day...but right now they need to get big goodies or they will do nothing at all.  During training sessions I try to give the most minimal amount of biscuit or cracker with almond butter.

Targeting is going fine ...but they are not willing to go much further in their reaching than right where they are standing. So progress there is slow....

In fact "progress is slow" is our watchword!

I have a little tv table next to the cage where I cut up my treats and have my stick and clicker...yesterday I "caught" miracle going down the side of the cage to raid the goodie table...and it is funny because I have never ever scolded them for anything but I can tell
by the way she scurries back up that somehow she must figure the table is off limits to birds. Maybe it is a matter of territoriality--and she sees that as my territory?

I decided to try palm oil again in their morning food because I read somewhere that it is good for feather pickers....they are taking to it ok but I think I still need to put a little pb in it.

I'm not sure what is going on with Blessings feather picking...maybe at a standstill...but she is still bothering her neck because it continues to be bright pink....her chest and back are growing pack....but will she pluck them again.  She does have lots of moments of shaking in fear (?)....today I brought my nordic trak closer to the door and she was so visibly shaken that I pushed it back,

Right now it is very late but they are both preening. They almost always preen when I am in the room sitting and typing.

Also they sometimes do more exploring when I am in the room.

I want to build them an outdoor aviary and have been looking up info on that...on the other hand how likely will they be to go in it???