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Post by cnyguy on Oct 15, 2023 19:28:55 GMT -5
It seems that Ralph has invented a new game. For the last few days, he's taken to pushing some of his building sticks (the thin wooden dowels he likes to arrange and rearrange) onto the floor, one by one. Then he waits for me to pick them up and put them back on the bottom of his cage. The parrot's version of the old childrens' game of "pick up sticks." I have to admit that it's more fun for Ralph than it is for me.  |
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Post by Caseysmom on Oct 15, 2023 21:58:21 GMT -5
lol. Ralph is keeping you busy ! Good for him Casey doesn’t even like going to the bottom of his cage.
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Post by heatherg on Oct 19, 2023 0:50:30 GMT -5
Hmm, I had a ringneck who would throw all his toys out of his cage and then scream until I put them back. Willow is still scared of sticks.
I am glad Ralph keeps you busy!
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 19, 2023 19:23:34 GMT -5
Ralph is an expert at keeping me busy. He seems to be tired of playing "pick up sticks" and hasn't dumped his sticks on the floor for the last couple days. He still finds plenty for me to do though. |
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Post by biteybird on Nov 6, 2023 4:45:55 GMT -5
Maybe resurrect the drawer of silver spoons?  |
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Post by cnyguy on Nov 6, 2023 20:48:46 GMT -5
When Ralph goes into the kitchen to play, I always leave the silverware drawer open part way in case he decides to play with the spoons again. It's been a long time since he's shown any interest in them, but once in a while he perches on the edge of the open drawer.
This morning we (inadvertently) played a variation on pick up sticks. His building sticks are kept at the bottom of his cage when he's not building, and a few inches of them protrude through the cage bars. This morning when I was fixing Ralph's breakfast, he was climbing on the outside of the cage. He climbed down and attempted to perch on the ends of the sticks, and that didn't go so well. The sticks fell to the floor and Ralph almost followed. He jumped up to the open cage door and climbed up to the top, Quaker cursing all the way. No harm done fortunately, and Ralph learned that he can sit on the sticks inside the cage where they're stable, but it doesn't work on the outside where they're susceptible to falling.
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