Chocobo not changing color?

[Raxion]

Last night before bed, I fed my chocobo 8 pears, hoping he would start turning green. I awoke to find that his color had not changed at all. He was still Desert Yellow.

I then fed him another pear (single) to see if maybe i did it wrong. 6 hours later, not a single change once again. Still Desert Yellow. What am I doing wrong?

[Rufalus]

Mine is not changing color either. Can only guess it needs dozens of fruits to even go up one notch on the color scale.

[Ultimatecalibur]

You need to feed your Chocobo enough fruit that you get the message "[Chocobo's Name] is beginning to grow new feathers!" Every further appearance of that message will be the chocobo changing to a different color.

[Raxion]

You need to feed your Chocobo enough fruit that you get the message "[Chocobo's Name] is beginning to grow new feathers!" Every further appearance of that message will be the chocobo changing to a different color.

I see. So feeding it only 9 fruit was just a waste? I'll just stick to selling the fruit then. I'd rather make gil over having a different chocobo. I thought I could get away with feeding just a handful, and selling the rest.