Petri's Teaching Box

[Synirr]

I got Petri this toy so we'd have another way to interact when he's out of his cage... you know, something to keep him busy. It's basically a little acrylic box that has coin slots on one side, with acrylic coins and shapes and you teach them to put the coins in the "bank". He sure does love his new toy!
The box might be a bit big though

"Hmmm, what have we got here?"

"Fun!"

"Thanks mom! "

The shapes are his faves

And here he is beginning to learn the trick... he knows he has to do something in order to get his treat (a sunflower seed, his fave,) and he knows it has something to do with his coins, but he's not sure what yet
He will go around touching every colour of coin one by one and looking at me like "Do I get my treat now??"... but he doesn't know he has to wait for me to give the command! Haha

"Ok, I do what now?"

"'TOUCH the disk' you say? Like this?"

"Yaaaay, seed!"

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

I want to have one too !

 

[wuvmybetta]

!!!!!
You just have to make a short video once he gets the hang of it!

 

[Synirr]

Will do
He did it perfectly in front of my mom today, I was so proud... now she doesn't think I'm crazy for trying to teach him . It's so funny... he knows when he does it right and I say "GOOD BOY!!!", he instantly spins around and waits for me to hand him his treat.
I also want to get a clip of him trying to talk, but he doesn't do it much so that might be an impossible task... he sounds like a squeaky little chirping robot man

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Cutie. What type of bird is he? I take it he is not a pterodactyl (is he named after whatever that movie was land before time, methinks?).

 

[Synirr]

He's a Pacific parrotlet
He was already named when I got him (pre-owned, lol... they probably got rid of him because he's a turd ) but yeah, probably named after the little guy in the Land Before Time. I just think of it as being like a petri dish... hence naming the female I got Joule, so she'd have a science-y name to match! Too bad he hates her... I may get another male to go with her and Petri can live alone like he apparently wants.

 

[Bloo]

Ahhh how cute is that ?!

 

[snowyangel]

Aww such adorable picture. He looks like a baby, a very cute one!

 

[Synirr]

Got a video of it
http/arsenic-tea.com/petritrick.MOV

Ugh, I sound like a total goof in recordings . The birdy babytalk doesn't help either, hehe

 

[wuvmybetta]

awww,that's just too freakin' cute!
His lil waddle