r/linnie

Just really curious what your Linnies like.

Trying to get inspired by others variations.

Mine go ham for apples, rarely touch any greens, wont touch boiled eggs and don't like paprika.

I have a linnie who was a rescue who came to us very sick. He had aggression issues from hormones and is now on low fat pellets for this. He will eat nothing else. How do I get past his aggression? He came to us from Petco (adopt for free situation, he has FLD) a very aggressive little man and we found the root cause to be neglect and later hormones. He gets triggered moving items about his cage like toys and has a lot of insecurity about asking him to do things like step up etc. The sound of the clicker triggers him and he screams. Seeing a target stick? He lunges, fans his tail, and screams, goes for it almost like he wants to kill it. I have trained many a parrot but he is not food motivated in the absolute slightest and just doesn't want to/is not willing to work for millet but won't try anything else. I have had him since Februrary 8th, 2026, going on 5 months. He screams and lunges... at buckets, at me, at any item passing by, targets, any insect he sees fly by he absolutely loses it. He is a lot! I want to help him feel more secure and less scared. I give him treats and speak softly any time I come nearby but he is just absolutely terrified and has no jackpot treat. I am unsure what to do at this point!