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Post by cnyguy on Mar 20, 2015 20:07:36 GMT -5
I've often mentioned how Ralph likes to look in the silverware drawer in the kitchen, and take inventory of its contents (especially his own stainless steel spoon).  Tonight, he decided to find out what it was like to actually sit inside the drawer:  Later, he removed several spoons from the drawer and put them on top of the cabinet, then put some of them back in the drawer (though not necessarily where they would usually be).  Fortunately, he waited to poop until he was back on my shoulder and didn't leave any "little blessings" on the flatware. |
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Post by biteybird on Mar 20, 2015 21:22:32 GMT -5
This reinforces my view that Ralph is in a league of his own amongst Quakers (etiquette-wise). Bonnie poops wherever she likes - this includes cutlery, hanging pots, benches, you name it. She has tried to remove cutlery from the drawers, but the handles are bulky (Stanley Rogers 'pistol-grip') and too heavy for her to carry. Otherwise we'd be missing some!
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Post by Jan and Shah on Mar 20, 2015 21:32:30 GMT -5
I love hearing about Ralph. He is the complete opposite of Shah.
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Post by rickygonzalez on Mar 20, 2015 23:45:21 GMT -5
Lol, that's classic!!!! Thanks for sharing, I needed a good laugh tonight!
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Post by easttex on Mar 21, 2015 6:48:13 GMT -5
Oh, Ralph, you are a prince of a Quaker! |
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Post by biteybird on Mar 21, 2015 6:56:18 GMT -5
Gary, perhaps you could open your own business...the 'quaker whisperer'?  |
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Post by aaron on Mar 21, 2015 12:05:44 GMT -5
Ralph is quite a civilized individual!! Cupcake may have waited to poop but there's no way any of those spoons would have made it back in the drawer.
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Post by julianna on Mar 21, 2015 14:03:39 GMT -5
ha ha ha... good picture. Oscar always gives the silverware "the eye" but hasn't touched any yet.
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Post by biteybird on Mar 21, 2015 19:14:08 GMT -5
Our silverware is safe for now, but Bonnie loves flying up to her wall shelf (this is sort of her little cave/cubby house behind the silver photo frame) with lighter objects like vegetable peelers and pens/pencils. We have the pens in a holder and she takes them out one by one, flies around with them and drops them in different places. Once the holder is empty we go around the house and pick up all the pens & put them back in the holder...and so it goes.
Ralph looks adorable sitting in the drawer. I wonder what he would do if there were TWO stainless steel spoons instead of one? Would he know which was his?
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Post by cnyguy on Mar 21, 2015 20:31:28 GMT -5
When Ralph came out of his cage for his evening playtime tonight, he could hardly wait to get back to that drawer. We spent over half an hour there. Ralph removed all the spoons that were in the drawer and piled them up on top of the cabinet-- his own plus six of the tablespoons and three soup spoons from my everyday William Rogers stainless set (the rest are in the dishwasher and will be washed and put back in the drawer tomorrow) and two spare sugar spoons (which are usually used with grated Italian cheese). He was going to start pulling out forks, but I thought better of that and removed them from his reach. The butter knives were just a little too heavy to carry. When he had enough of that game, we had to go to the refrigerator to find the bag of fresh peas and munch on a few of them. I think Ralph just has the idea that my shoulder is the place he's supposed to poop, since he's so accustomed to doing so.  |
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Post by siobhan on Mar 21, 2015 22:13:32 GMT -5
I am pleased to report that Clyde has finally agreed to warn me when he has to poop and to cooperate by letting me hold him out over the linoleum floor in the bird room before he lets go. He is, unfortunately, the only one. Maggie pooped on me three times in 10 minutes yesterday.
Clearly Ralph is a Quaker of discerning taste and perhaps wants to be a butler, which could explain his interest in cutlery. Have you tried offering to let him set the table?
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Post by cnyguy on Mar 22, 2015 19:41:26 GMT -5
Have you tried offering to let him set the table? Not yet, but I'll ask him tomorrow if he'd like to try. I suspect that if he wants to set the table, I'll end up with six spoons and nothing else. He definitely prefers spoons. |
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Post by siobhan on Mar 22, 2015 19:44:23 GMT -5
But if you're having soup, that would be fine, wouldn't it?
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Post by Jan and Shah on Mar 22, 2015 20:52:48 GMT -5
Or dessert |
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Post by biteybird on Mar 23, 2015 2:11:27 GMT -5
Obviously you must change your diet, Gary, and completely eliminate any food that requires knives/forks. It couldn't be simpler! |
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Tonight, he decided to find out what it was like to actually sit inside the drawer:
Fortunately, he waited to poop until he was back on my shoulder and didn't leave any "little blessings" on the flatware. 
