My Budgie doesn't play

[parsnipstew]

I'm a little worried about my little Avis. He doesn't play with any of his toys, he mostly sits, either alert or fluffed doing nothing? It's hard to coax him out for play when he's so unlikely to want to play anyway. We've had him for two weeks, and whilst he knew how to step up, and wanted to come out of his cage a lot (it was too small), since he's got a bigger cage he tends to prefer to ignore fingers for step up most of the time, and rarely leaves it. Is this normal?

[milliej]

Sometimes it takes them ages to get used to something new and some budgies are quieter than others too. Patience if you try to rush him he may take fright and it'll then take longer. You haven't had him terribly long really

[OP]

Let him do things at his pace. He may or may not play, but whatever he shoud become a great companion.

[parsnipstew]

He's got there in the end
He's finally learning that toys are fun, from pulling threads on his cotton spring spiral, to biffing his mirror ball (it's like a disco ball so i think the individual facets are too small for him to recognise as a budgie and get psychological issues).
He's also learning to come out and fly on his own too, though only first thing in the morning before work. In the afternoon and evening he won't leave his cage voluntarily, but hey ho

[Hezz]

He just needed to settle down and learn his new home. Glad he is happier, now.

[ffiscool]

It's very early days. Bailey was here over a month before he did anything other than just sit

It's a scary world for them initially