Did he molt the tail? It can seem to take *forever* for it to come back in. My #2 bird molted backwards this year, starting with the tail quite early in the year. Now he's getting along to his body and face. Very strange. This is just the end of his first year with me, and I know his prior situation was stressful and funky. His tail is back in by now. Meanwhile, my #1 bird has just recently started molting, with down and a contour feather here and there, much more normal. I think my #2 has some weird stuff going on and I expect he will be more in synch next year. They are housed together. Where in the world are you? What season are you having now?
Also, is he missing just the long two, or the complete fan of tail feathers?
When Rocky came to me he seemed not to know what toys were for, save his immediate interest in the jungly plastic cat toy. Here are some links to toys he came to like early on:
He slowly destroyed this one - a very successful toy!
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=17163
He quickly learned to dismantle this one - both a good and a bad thing. I replaced it with a Jungle brand skewer that was harder to take apart and bought him a stainless steel eye bolt (easy to hang) and a number of plain stainless nuts and wingnuts. On the one hand, I have to collect the nuts from all over and be careful not to throw them out in the paper, but on the other hand they're not so expensive. If you do this, insist on stainless steel and read the label. Zinc is also silver coloured but bad for birdies. You will be bursting with pride the first time you see your bird has removed a pile of nuts from a bolt.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=8797
Not a toy, but handy when you make or hang stuff - see which style you prefer.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=24869
This one got destroyed quickly. Fortunately, easy to make your own.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=12594
These are his #1 fave wood for chewing. They must contain birdie crack. Sometimes sold in the rodent sections.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=7549
This is exactly like that instant hit cat jingle ball, except instead of jingles (easily removed and possibly a danger) they have paper inside. Just recently I found someone had stuffed a feather through this ball - no idea who, but it was a Ringneck......
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=28366
He really enjoyed putting stuff in and out of this, until he got bored and never looked at it again. Now I put forage in there and I recall one of them once stuffed his whole body in there for a swing ride..... I removed the coloured fluff at the top.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=13301
This kind of thing is good, but I started small, with the one that's just a little broom, so he wouldn't be scared.
http://www.petsmart.com/bird/toys/all-l ... d=36-14009
He also really liked a big stainless steel bell on a stainless chain, big links, till he one day got tired of it.
Maybe Rocco will like something like these.