mrjsk
Hatchling
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Post by mrjsk on Mar 3, 2016 8:59:55 GMT -5
Hey everyone! I am after some creative ideas on what to do with Chuck outside of his cage. In all fairness he is hardly ever in his cage (only to sleep, eat, when nobody is home). He likes to come sit with us, run around on the floor, climb all around the outside of his cage, get into everything and just be mischievous. Chuck is doing really well. Am so, so pleased how well he has settled. He either doesn't talk at all or he just doesn't shut up for hours.. chatting and LAUGHING! "Chuck want some" he wants some of EVERYTHING What fun things do you guys provide for your bird outside of their cage???
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Post by Caseysmom on Mar 3, 2016 9:39:06 GMT -5
Casey has food and water set up on the top of her cage, well a water dish on top and a food dish clipped over the side. She also has a cage top climbing perch that I am working on getting her to use more. Each mealtime I add a small plate on top with something she likes to join in and eat with us. I also hung a new foraging toy from it she has fun working st. Everyday she joins me hanging out on the shower door to get a steam bath or spray. She is content to hang out on top just munching and keeping watch out the window. I have never encouraged Casey to run around on the floor, that is how she was hurt as a baby when her first owner stepped on her. Plus my dogs would be running away hiding if she was down bothering them. I do love it when they laugh with us.... And yes Casey is always saying want some when she sees us getting food!
Hopefully others will come by with more ideas.
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Post by julianna on Mar 3, 2016 14:38:43 GMT -5
To keep Oscar busy, we play with a towel... like put your hand under it and wiggle your finger .... Oscar will try to attack it but never really does. Also... he loves to tear things... cardboard... newspaper, my clothes.
We will also play fetch. I have a little plastic ball and if I roll it towards Oscar,he will throw it on the floor and I fetch it back... lol
He loves to explore the cupboards and has found one that he really loves... the one with the can food in it. He will walk around in there and tear off the labels and thinks it is really fun.
Find things around the house that are not too big in size and that you are not going to need anymore and try to amuze Chuck with them. You might be surprised by what he takes to. Oh yes... we also play peek a boo.... I am sure you know how that game goes... lol
Good luck
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Post by aaron on Mar 3, 2016 15:30:53 GMT -5
For us, keeping Cupcake interested is just involving her in everything that we do. She is generally either on a shoulder, on her food station, her cages, or on a nearby object (fish tanks (sigh), water cooler, etc)... We talk to her about what we're doing, invite her to follow us if we are heading into a different room, and periodically give her rubs/focused attention/treats... We watch her to make sure she doesn't decide to get into something she's not supposed to get into, remove her if she does, talk to her about it... She really just wants to be part of everything that's going on. Sometimes I'll sit there with her and play with her toys to try to get her interested (she only sort of cares), or drum on the water cooler with her (she'll dance a little), etc... but really, the most important thing to her is feeling included. We get an earful if for some reason she feels like she's been excluded, that's for sure
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Post by Angela on Mar 3, 2016 21:05:53 GMT -5
Like Aaron's Cupcake, Skye pretty much just follow us around and stays with us. He is usually on a shoulder or if we are sitting at the table, he'll just explore the table or fly to his cage or fly to the windowsill. He's happy as long as he can see us!!!! I have a table top play gym and he sometime plays on that too. As I said it's really just hanging out with us and exploring the house as long as he can see us!
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Post by easttex on Mar 4, 2016 6:50:17 GMT -5
When you're looking for ways to get Chuck to entertain himself, I second Caseysmom's idea of foraging toys. In the wild they'd be looking for food nearly all day, and this can help keep them busy. You can start with something as simple as partially covering a treat with a tissue. It may take him a while to figure things out once they are completely hidden, but eventually you can introduce more challenging contraptions.
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Post by beccilouise on Jun 11, 2016 5:50:35 GMT -5
Hello! My Maya has a play stand that we bought from her store. It cost me £90 which is expensive, but it is sturdy, with wheels for easy movement and has lots of places to hang toys. Maya spends a lot of time with me on my shoulder or on the back of my chair (I sit sideways so she can see me) but it means she can still play independently while in the room with us and have the freedom of the room. Maya's cage is in a different room to give David some peace and quiet, but the play stand is good because, with wheels, it can be wherever I am in the house and Maya can be on it or on me depending on what she chooses
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Post by Donna R on Sept 6, 2016 20:00:12 GMT -5
I like to hide on my Quaker, Charlie. I keep calling his name until he finds me, I do not cut his wings. I like to think it's good excercise.
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Post by quakerdad1955 on Sept 7, 2016 22:14:30 GMT -5
my quaker, coco likes to fly around the house and be nosy. he even lands on top of my computer screen to get my attention sometimes he even likes to hide and let me walk and looking under furniture to find him. after a short time, he will squak and come to me. never a dull moment with a qp in the house.
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