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Post by julianna on Feb 21, 2015 14:44:22 GMT -5
I remember someone had mentioned that we dress sometimes for the birds... lol... and I mean that literally. Today I was thinking about it and how true that is for me. Oscar prefers me in dark colors cause if I wear orange or red, he does not want to sit on my shoulder and will try to nip the material.
This morning was funny. I am sitting on the couch in my black Nite shirt and Oscar goes to his cup of toys and brings one toy over to me. I thought he was bringing me a present... NOT! lol.... It was a thick piece of a plastic twist so ... he stood there with it in his mouth... waiting for me to pick him up... which I did and then he crawls onto my shoulder and tries for a good 15 minutes to tuck the plastic under my Nite Shirt. He finally succeeds and then he starts chomping on the Nite Shirt to get at the plastic that he just put there. It was really funny to watch cause every time I turned my head to talk to him he would give me that stare that says.... do not touch my stuff.
I let him be until he gets tired of playing and crawls down to go back on the coffee table and of course he left me a nice present. Not only the piece of plastic but a nice big hole in my shoulder.... lol... OK... that is about the 5th Nite Shirt he has chewed so if anyone ever visits me... it better not be in the morning cause you will find me wearing clothes that look like they should be in the garbage. lol....
At least Oscar had fun. |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Feb 21, 2015 18:47:30 GMT -5
You gave me a much need laugh. That Oscar is a character. He has you really well trained  Welcome to quaker slavery. |
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Post by aaron on Feb 21, 2015 19:57:35 GMT -5
Hahaha... so funny. I don't have a single white t-shirt that doesn't have holes all over it. She has destroyed all of them. I used to wear them with a zip-up hoodie sweatshirt over them, and it was Cupcake's favorite thing to be inside the zipped up sweatshirt and rip holes all over the t-shirt while in there... Eventually I stopped letting her do it because it seemed to be making her hormonal... but not before she ruined every single undershirt that I own. At least they are just undershirts and I can still wear them under my work shirts. Haha.
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Post by cnyguy on Feb 21, 2015 21:03:19 GMT -5
if I wear orange or red, he does not want to sit on my shoulder and will try to nip the material.
If I wore anything orange, I'd get the Quaker alarm call from Ralph. Two or three years ago, I received an orange Syracuse University sweatshirt as a gift. It's hung in the closet ever since, never worn.  Thanks to a neighbor, I have a large collection of "parrot shirts." My neighbor contributes to a lot of charities, and they often send her T-shirts that she won't wear, so she gives them to me. Most of them I wouldn't wear regularly, but they're perfect for Ralph to chew on or poop on.  |
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Post by biteybird on Feb 21, 2015 21:37:35 GMT -5
if I wear orange or red, he does not want to sit on my shoulder and will try to nip the material.
Most of them I wouldn't wear regularly, but they're perfect for Ralph to chew on or poop on. And there we have a perfect summary of QP behaviour. Bonnie has ruined a few tops of mine by chewing holes in them. Dani, maybe I should rename her 'Chewy'. |
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Post by easttex on Feb 22, 2015 6:22:02 GMT -5
When I am holding Peppy he will reach out and munch on my sleeve, and I figure "that shirt/sweater is gone", but so far he hasn't actually created any holes. I don't know how he does it, because it certainly sounds like he is destroying it. I should just be grateful, but it's a mystery.
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Post by aaron on Feb 22, 2015 10:46:00 GMT -5
When I am holding Peppy he will reach out and munch on my sleeve, and I figure "that shirt/sweater is gone", but so far he hasn't actually created any holes. I don't know how he does it, because it certainly sounds like he is destroying it. I should just be grateful, but it's a mystery. Cupcake can do this too... But the problem is that if she gets excited her ability/desire to control her chewing intensity goes out the window. But she will go for days not making a hole despite frequent munching... And then suddenly destroy a shirt with no warning. |
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Post by julianna on Feb 22, 2015 13:12:27 GMT -5
I finally got a little smarter yesterday. Another chewy thing that Oscar loves is the rivets on my jeans. I now own 4 pair of jeans with all the rivets and buttons gone. I got one new pair.... and figured out a way to give Oscar what he wants and keep my jeans on too. I got my husband to give me some of his old jeans that he does not wear anymore. Yeahhhhh... I cut the legs off and kept the tops for Oscar. Last night he started on the first button and this morning voila!!! He was so proud of himself when it came off. Now he still has about 6 more rivets to tear off these jeans... and that is fine. At least mine still stay up.
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Post by woz30 on Feb 23, 2015 14:23:22 GMT -5
Doesn't matter what color shirt I wear, Beamer has chewed holes in every T shirt I have. Sometimes I wear a towel around my shoulders to keep harm from my shirts I want to keep in one piece. I feel like going to Renaissance fair & getting some chain mail & see how he would like that LOL.
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Post by aaron on Feb 23, 2015 16:48:50 GMT -5
Haha... chain mail isn't a bad idea.. LOL
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Post by easttex on Feb 24, 2015 5:47:27 GMT -5
Sometimes I wear a towel around my shoulders to keep harm from my shirts I want to keep in one piece. I used to do that with my lovebird. He liked best to be somewhere between my clothes and my skin, but also liked riding around on my shoulders. One day a gentleman came to repair my furnace, and I had put my bird in his cage but had forgotten about my "cape". I started to explain, but without batting an eye he dryly said "oh, I thought you were a superhero". I thought that was pretty witty. |
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