Experiences at the kitchen table at 5:00 or so in the morning...
Chewing...
One can tell this is a "birdhouse."
Everywhere you look in my house there are signs of bird... Poop stains on the throw rugs, dried poop on the hardwood floor, moulted downy feathers floating in the air currents, and - most of all - chew marks.
The tops of the doors have chew marks in them. The table top has beak shaped gouges. Shirt collars are all shredded and shower curtains have detached hooks from investigative beaks...
Chewing is the bane of every parrot owner. And chewing is what every parrot loves to do...
Although it could be "trained out" chewing is what parrots love to do - and chewing occupies the time when their loved ones are gone. Instead of getting into other mischief, happy huts are destroyed, perches are wrecked, and toys are rendered to shreds...
Recently I discovered popsicle sticks.
My wife was eating an ice-cream bar and set the stick down on her plate when she was finished. Gari immediately ran over and picked up the stick - then she ran to my shoulder and promptly started chewing. The popsicle stick occupied her for several hours... She chewed and turned and chewed and dropped - flew down and picked up and chewed again...
She didn't grow tired of the stick even at bed time...
The next morning the stick was as interesting as it was the previous evening... It is now hanging from her clothespin treat holder on her outside perch and she is still occupied with it.
Maybe there is some residual sweetness from the ice cream. Or maybe it is because of the softness of the wood...
Whatever it is - I'm going out to purchase a box of popsicle sticks later today...
What a wonderufl toy!!
Everywhere you look in my house there are signs of bird... Poop stains on the throw rugs, dried poop on the hardwood floor, moulted downy feathers floating in the air currents, and - most of all - chew marks.
The tops of the doors have chew marks in them. The table top has beak shaped gouges. Shirt collars are all shredded and shower curtains have detached hooks from investigative beaks...
Chewing is the bane of every parrot owner. And chewing is what every parrot loves to do...
Although it could be "trained out" chewing is what parrots love to do - and chewing occupies the time when their loved ones are gone. Instead of getting into other mischief, happy huts are destroyed, perches are wrecked, and toys are rendered to shreds...
Recently I discovered popsicle sticks.
My wife was eating an ice-cream bar and set the stick down on her plate when she was finished. Gari immediately ran over and picked up the stick - then she ran to my shoulder and promptly started chewing. The popsicle stick occupied her for several hours... She chewed and turned and chewed and dropped - flew down and picked up and chewed again...
She didn't grow tired of the stick even at bed time...
The next morning the stick was as interesting as it was the previous evening... It is now hanging from her clothespin treat holder on her outside perch and she is still occupied with it.
Maybe there is some residual sweetness from the ice cream. Or maybe it is because of the softness of the wood...
Whatever it is - I'm going out to purchase a box of popsicle sticks later today...
What a wonderufl toy!!
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It's great when you can find a cheap toy that they really enjoy. My Dusty (BE2) really enjoys chewing those "dolly" pegs, and you can make them more interesting by slipping something else to chew between the two "legs".Posted 08-31-2009 at 01:50 PM by maggy
