So as I have posted in the past, Zeus has a designated “carrot eating place”.  Every meal, I go into the kitchen, and open the crisper drawer.  Zeus comes running in, and I hand him a piece of carrot.  Then I follow him into the living room carrying his greens, and he jumps into his cage to eat his carrot while I put out the greens.

Occasionally I feed him celery, which requires chopping before I feed it.  I’ll give him his carrot and let him go back into the living room, to presumably go into his cage to eat while I chop celery.  But unless I follow him, he won’t go in!  He’ll circle the living room looking for me, holding the carrot in his mouth the whole time.  It’s only when I enter the living room, and walk over to his cage, that he’ll THEN go running into his cage and eat his carrot.

Any clue why he waits for me?  I do find it adoreable, especially when he’s searching the living room for me with this chunk of carrot in his mouth. .  I’m just curious if there’s a specific reason he wants me to come with him, before he’ll go into his cage and eat.  Am I the “lookout” or something, to make sure no one steals his carrot?  Or does he want to make sure I am bringing along his greens?  Or something else?