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Post by cnyguy on Aug 1, 2014 19:44:25 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, I posted on the old Forum about Ralph's sudden fascination with the dishwasher. If you haven't read that post, it's still posted here. Ralph's interest in the dishwasher hasn't abated. Every time he comes out of his cage we must include a stop in the kitchen at least to look inside the dishwasher. I now have to leave a yellow plastic salad bowl on the top rack since Ralph always checks to see if it's still there, and sometimes uses it to play tapping games (he taps on the bowl three times with his beak, so I have to tap three times with my finger). I also have to leave at least one clean spoon in the silverware basket for Ralph to remove.  I suppose that anyone who has never lived with parrots would think my elevator doesn't quite go to the top floor  but most (if not all) of us here indulge our parrots, often in unusual ways and probably understand. |
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Post by msdani1981 on Aug 1, 2014 21:32:20 GMT -5
LOL!! OMG, that's hilarious! What does he do if the bowl and/or spoon isn't there??  |
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Post by siobhan on Aug 1, 2014 22:01:15 GMT -5
We understand completely. I have to wear my old glasses (not my contacts, not my new glasses) around Clyde because A) he doesn't approve of the new ones or no glasses and B) he's obsessed with preening my eyebrows and if I don't hold him close enough so he can, he grabs the glasses and pulls himself closer and scratches the lenses with his beak. I don't want the new glasses scratched up, so ... I wear the old ones. When I feed the fish and snails I can't walk past Jade with the food in my hand unless I hide it or offer it to her. She doesn't WANT it, but she insists I offer it so she can reject it and throw it at me.
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Post by Caseysmom on Aug 1, 2014 22:44:19 GMT -5
lol, that is cute, Casey isn't that much of a helper in the kitchen, but she does have the squeaky cupboard door down pat!
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Post by biteybird on Aug 2, 2014 0:11:44 GMT -5
Just make sure Ralph isn't tearing chunks off the rubber seals that go around the edge of your dishwasher. Bonnie (a.k.a. Bugger Bird and Her Rudeness) does that if we're not looking and she has done it to the seals on the fridge, too...
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Post by cnyguy on Aug 2, 2014 20:26:05 GMT -5
LOL!! OMG, that's hilarious! What does he do if the bowl and/or spoon isn't there?? He gives me a quizzical look and says "Aaaccckk?" Which is also what he's been doing since I ate the one tomato I've harvested so far from the plants on my balcony. I had it sitting on top of the refrigerator, and Ralph was interested in inspecting it. Now he thinks it should still be there. He'll just have to wait until the next tomato is ready to pick. |
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Post by cnyguy on Aug 2, 2014 20:29:27 GMT -5
Just make sure Ralph isn't tearing chunks off the rubber seals that go around the edge of your dishwasher. Bonnie (a.k.a. Bugger Bird and Her Rudeness) does that if we're not looking and she has done it to the seals on the fridge, too... He did start nibbling on the rubber gasket, but I stopped him by telling him "That's bad for parrots." He learned early on that when I tell him that, it's a good idea to find something else to do. The first time was when Ralph tasted a bar of soap in the bathroom and discovered that it wasn't very good to eat.  |
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Post by oteyspeople on Aug 4, 2014 11:23:05 GMT -5
Quakers do like their world well ordered according to their own dictates. How do they survive in the wild without humans at their beck & call?
Gary, we also use a similar phrase for our critters. "Not safe for a dog, parrot, bunny, hen, etc." Works for everything but the hens. They are a little dense. I've got one that would ride on the garden tiller if I let her.
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Post by siobhan on Aug 4, 2014 16:54:16 GMT -5
I've tried the "Dogs can't have (fill in the blank)" and it doesn't even slow them down. I've tried, "Chocolate makes doggies' ears fall off" and they don't care. I've told Greta, my tiel who loves coffee, "Coffee is BAD for birdies!" and she wants coffee anyway.
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Post by cnyguy on Aug 4, 2014 19:48:28 GMT -5
I think that the soap incident caused Ralph to think "maybe this guy knows something after all." Sometimes, he'll still make like he's going after something he shouldn't-- like the soap-- just to get me to say "That's bad for parrots." For all their virtues, chickens don't have the reputation for being the smartest inhabitants of the barnyard. I guess yours, oateyspeople, are trying their best to uphold that reputation. I can just picture a hen riding on the tiller...  |
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I suppose that anyone who has never lived with parrots would think my elevator doesn't quite go to the top floor 
but most (if not all) of us here indulge our parrots, often in unusual ways and probably understand. 
