Yesterday our red rump chick made his inaugural flight. When I brought the chick out of the cage for his lunch, he slipped out of my hands to explore. Instead of running around the table, he took a couple steps and took off. He fluttered against the window a couple feet away, then did a U-turn and was almost to the door when I did a mid-air catch.
Getting him to eat is now a challenge. He has pretty much rejected the feeding syringe but is only starting to feed himself. He did not like the spoon much better than the syringe. It seems his current preferred method is to lick the goo off my fingers. It is a messy process. Hopefully this phase does not last too long.
In the past week he has also learned to get up on the perch and sit on a finger. But he is still having issues when it comes to turning around on the perch or getting off it gracefully.