it has been a little over two weeks since Ellis came into our home. his honeymoon period is just about over. since coming into our home, he seems a bit timid when approaching me (when i am luring him with a treat) but when i approach him, he seems quite calm and confident of himself. to show this, he would start preening himself as i stand next to him on his cage - no aggressive movement whatsoever.

it is also clear that he favors my husband more. if i get to close to Ellis while my husband is in the room, he would come and try to attack me (walks over to me with an open beak; he doesn't try to fly-attack me). so i keep my distance if my husband is in the room. one reason why Ellis likes my husband so much, is because my husband is the better whistler. Ellis LOVES to play whistling games with him. Ellis would whistle a tune and my husband would whistle it back to him. this can go back and forth for a few minutes. there was one time when my husband initiated this game with a weird tune....and Ellis copied it back perfectly. that was amazing! Ellis also gets really excited and makes happy squeals when my husband enters the room.

Ellis is not much of a talker, although he does mumble a bit sometimes. He does like to mimic (smacking lips, some laughing, trying to learn kissing noises) and whistle.

He also doesn't really show much interest in being touched. Ellis has not allowed my husband or myself to touch him, but he easily steps up for us on a hand-held perch. my husband has tried to offer him his arm to step up on, but Ellis just walked away. we'll see. I will be starting Ellis on some targeting exercises and see how he does with some training.

Ellis loves corn and beans. he also has been munching on the zupreem fruit blend pellets, but still mostly eats his seed mix. the conversion to pellets will take time.