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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Oct 15, 2015 10:04:29 GMT -5
How much MORE work I would get done without my little helper  |
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Post by aaron on Oct 15, 2015 15:11:40 GMT -5
Haha... tell me about it. I've nearly given up on working from home at this point because Cupcake demands so much attention. Mr P sure is a cutie, though  |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Oct 15, 2015 15:40:16 GMT -5
Does he work a 9-5 day? Does he get a lunch break? Does he get holidays/sick days off? He is obviously very dedicated to his work. You should be thankful you have such a loyal employee  I also get very little done when Shah is "helping". |
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Post by julianna on Oct 15, 2015 16:45:06 GMT -5
Soooo cute. I can see he has pin feathers also... poor little ones. Apparently they do actually hurt the bird so it is better to try not to remove them. Once in a while if Oscar is very still... I can get a hold of one or two and gently squeeze the pin feather and you can feel them break. But if he moves and I am trying to do this... I am told very quickly "LAY OFF".
Geezz.. I wish I still had a delete key. lol
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Post by biteybird on Oct 18, 2015 4:40:20 GMT -5
Haha, no delete key, Julianna? You're lucky your computer is still useable. Mine is missing ESC, F1 and F4 keys and Delete is loose (I stuck BluTack on the back of it, not very effective though). When Bonnie lands on my laptop, like Sharyn I get virtually nothing achieved - that's because Bonnie's favourite pasttimes are prising off the computer keys, sitting on the top edge of the screen (facing outwards with her tail obscuring the centre of the screen) and pooping down the screen at regular intervals...cheeky little creature. I guess it's the nature of the beast. |
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Post by aaron on Oct 18, 2015 9:46:18 GMT -5
Cupcake will destroy keyboards if given the opportunity. I've replaced *many* laptop keyboards in this house. We are all very well trained to close laptops immediately if we step away for a second. We don't let her anywhere near them. I am quite certain she knows we don't want her on our laptops (or phones) but she definitely doesn't care |
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Post by julianna on Oct 18, 2015 16:12:13 GMT -5
OMG biteybird... and I thought Oscar was spoiled... lol lol
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 18, 2015 20:23:49 GMT -5
I don't know how any of us would manage without the help of our feathered assistants. I often say to Ralph "You're such a big help for such a little parrot."  |
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Post by siobhan on Oct 20, 2015 16:12:30 GMT -5
I set up a crochet corner in Ringo's room. She's usually very independent and is quite happy just to talk to me and occasionally come over and bounce off me a few times. But ... as soon as I start crocheting, she MUST have my COMPLETE attention. If necessary, she will try to unravel the crocheting. She's become Velcro Birdy. Very un-starling-like behavior. I can only assume it's the crocheting that's the problem. It's one thing to ignore Mommy when Mommy is begging Baby to "come play with me!" It's quite another when Mommy's playing with yarn and Baby isn't involved in the activity. Playing the flute, which I also do in her room, doesn't elicit the same behavior. She sits on my shoulder or arm and sings along and doesn't interfere with the actual playing at all. I know better than to try to do ANYTHING in the Birdcage with Clyde. He absolutely must boss every and all jobs.
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Post by Jan and Shah on Oct 20, 2015 19:00:46 GMT -5
Siobhan, I cant believe you get time to crochet!
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Post by julianna on Oct 21, 2015 13:18:48 GMT -5
I know how you feel Siobhan... I am not allowed to hold anything while Oscar is around or I get the "don't touch that nip". It is really bothersome when I am trying to write a letter or read a book.... Oscar has to have whatever I have so most of these activities are saved for my bedroom.
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Post by siobhan on Oct 21, 2015 17:05:20 GMT -5
Clyde won't even allow sips from my drink. He objects to coffee. He absolutely attacks my Mountain Dew. Perhaps he's a health nut and thinks Mountain Dew is bad for me. LOL Greta (RIP) used to sneak sips of coffee, so I stopped taking coffee into the room and my Dew glass is a tumbler with a lid that none of them can get into to steal sips. I don't think it's the tumbler he hates so much as that I have to have a free hand to take a drink and he and Benjy both firmly believe my hands are perches and are not to be used for anything other than perches as long as they wish to use them as perches.
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Post by biteybird on Oct 30, 2015 2:44:02 GMT -5
Don't get me started on drinks. Bonnie used to like wine when she was a baby, but now she's defected and her brain cells prefer my mother-in-law's creamy cappuccino drinks. At least she does seem to enjoy sipping chamomile tea, though, which is an advantage when she's been overly feisty.
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I also get very little done when Shah is "helping".
