Post by siobhan on Mar 9, 2018 14:39:38 GMT -5
Clyde has been chompy. Rocky has also been chompy and whiny and squawky and destructive (more than usual). And to put the icing on my bird cupcake, Ringo has become obsessed with one of her toys. She sits on it squawking and singing and whistling and talking and beating the ever-loving out of it All. The. Time. I actually had to throw a washcloth over it last night to get her to go to bed. She knew it was under the cloth, but she didn't know how to get the cloth off. She is so obsessed that I managed to cut her extra-long back toenail and she didn't even object because she was so busy. So I guess there's an upside. I've wanted to cut that toenail for weeks. The others stay manageable on their own most of the time but that one is a problem and she usually won't let me near it. Thank goodness Benjy, Freddie and Jade don't do spring hormones or if they do, they're discreet about it. Jade laid eggs last year for the first time but her behavior wasn't very different from usual. And I'm a little bit worried that she might be wearing Clyde down after 10 years. She goes into his cage every morning and because she's a morning bird and he is not, he gets mad and yells at her and I have to coax her out. Yesterday and today he didn't yell at her. If she presents me with eggs this year, I'm going to have to check and double check to make sure they're not fertile, I'm afraid.
