My silly Red Belly!

[Lisa's Tiki]

Shilo, my Red Belly was CONSTANTLY knocking her food bowl down after she was finished eating and making a HUGE mess on my floor which was not making me too happy! I tried everything to keep her from doing this but nothing seemed to work, so I bought her SS bowls that sit in those rings that are bolted to the side of the cage. Well first day out, she learned she could crawl under the bowl and push up and knock it out - "Hey look at what I can do Mom! Thanks for the cool new toy!!!!!!" Soooooooooooo, I lowered the bowl so she couldn't get up underneath it, but I come home from work and low and behold she figured out another way to get the bowl out of the ring and toss it to the bottom of her cage! Finally I thought of a fool proof way to stop this! I took another ring from another bowl and I placed it directly ontop of the bowl. I think I probably ticked her off but hey my floor is a LOT cleaner now! Only problem, I have to loosen the top ring each morning, slide it up and switch the bowls then slide it back down and tighten it. This morning the little bugger would NOT get off the top ring - she didn't try and stop me from lifting it up, but she sure as heck was giving me a hard time when I tried to lower it!!!!! I swear birds are WAY too smart for their own good!!!!!!

[becca623]

Lol, I agree they are too smart for their own good and ours.
Gabe got himself wrapped in the sisal rope on a toy not long after I got him. He nearly hung himself. Scared me half to death. Lately he's started pretending to be trapped by his toys in order to get my attention. The first time I believed him so I opened his cage to help him. He stepped right up on my hand like haha sucker. Earlier today, I left him in there to play by himself because I'm trying to teach him independent play. He did it 4 or 5 times in a row. He sticks his beak through this ring and acts like it's stuck. He reminds me of the boy who cried wolf. He's also learned how to open his cage door and the c clamp I have on it to reinforce it. He never does it when I'm looking. Last night when I got home he was hanging out on the outside of his cage looking all proud of himself. I asked my hub if he let Gabe out. He said no. He thought I had left it open for Gabe. I won't even start on all the tricks my eclectus has played. That bird is way too smart for my puny human brain.