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Nancy B

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Fred is a cutie. I always said an RB2 was my fantasy bird. Now that I have a G2, I don't know if I can handle 2 cockatoos (and the fiancé says absolutely not) but they are so, so pretty.
I can't imagine Elvis with another too...my Fred could learn a lot from him...no thanks! Haha! You would get home and find a kitchen like on Jumangi! Lol Or maybe a RB2 would calm Elvis down, Fred is pretty laid back. The last couple days he's been on an independent streak. He wants to be with us but hasn't really wanted to be handled. He's been giving kisses, but no cuddles lol.
 
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Or maybe a RB2 would calm Elvis down,
I don't know...Elvis was not happy about meeting Milton when he was here...he did take a shine to Buddy, though. E let her preen him...:p
 

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What kind of bird is Buddy? I thought that was the cutest thing ever!
Buddy is a Nanday Conure...a grumbly Nanday Conure...she's grumbling and eating as I post this...it's her two favorite pastimes...;)
 

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Yes! There's another member that has a bowl with like a steel frame that he pushes into it from the outside! I can't remember if he bought it or if its something he made though! I will see if I can find it!
That was me. And his cage is built that way. It might be something you can retrofit to your pre-existing doors though if you’re handy enough.

Problem is, he can’t get the bowl out but that doesn’t mean he can’t use his beak as a shovel to quickly irradiate the food from the bowl:rolleyes: Which he loves to do.
 

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Dexter has made a habit of chucking his food/water at me, but he has to open the doors from The outside first! No help from me.
 

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I just realized my phone somehow auto corrected to saying “irradiate” the food. That sure would be interesting if he could do that with his beak hahaha

I meant to write eradicate:lol:
 

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That was me. And his cage is built that way. It might be something you can retrofit to your pre-existing doors though if you’re handy enough.

Problem is, he can’t get the bowl out but that doesn’t mean he can’t use his beak as a shovel to quickly irradiate the food from the bowl:rolleyes: Which he loves to do.
Thanks. I'll have to see if I can figure something like that out.
 

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I had the day off work due to the flu. This is ONE day of shovel beak throwing his food onto the floor while on his living room gym. Whether on his gym or in his cage, food must find its way to floor :rolleyes:. I clean it every night after he goes to bed. Today is a bit worse since he’s been out all day and he eats on his stand (although this is how it looks every Saturday and Sunday haha). But if it’s not his gym it’s his cage. He’s giving me the look of “someone broke in and spilled all my food, Dad”.

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I had the day off work due to the flu. This is ONE day of shovel beak throwing his food onto the floor while on his living room gym. Whether on his gym or in his cage, food must find its way to floor :rolleyes:. I clean it every night after he goes to bed. Today is a bit worse since he’s been out all day and he eats on his stand (although this is how it looks every Saturday and Sunday haha). But if it’s not his gym it’s his cage. He’s giving me the look of “someone broke in and spilled all my food, Dad”.

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Elvis is a food thrower too.
 

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Put a perch directly across the top of the bowl...a smaller one so they can still get into the bowl but big enough so that they can't get the bowl out and low enough so that the bowl can't come out but high enough so that the bowl can freely move in and out with the feeder door. This is great for the food throwers too!:)
 

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Put a perch directly across the top of the bowl...a smaller one so they can still get into the bowl but big enough so that they can't get the bowl out and low enough so that the bowl can't come out but high enough so that the bowl can freely move in and out with the feeder door. This is great for the food throwers too!:)
That's a good idea too. Except he likes to bury his clips in his food. I'll have to see if he can still do that with the perch there. He'll literally spend an hour burying and unburying his clips. Not sure why but anything that keeps him happy.......
 

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That's a good idea too. Except he likes to bury his clips in his food. I'll have to see if he can still do that with the perch there. He'll literally spend an hour burying and unburying his clips. Not sure why but anything that keeps him happy.......
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

He definitely keeps you on your toes doesn't he! Maybe you need another cup just for burying stuff in with rocks or something!:)
 

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

He definitely keeps you on your toes doesn't he! Maybe you need another cup just for burying stuff in with rocks or something!:)
I've thought about trying to make him something. I really probably need to just get his room completely bird proofed so he can play all day outside his cage. He's a busy boy.... Of course, I also suspect there is no "bird proofing" when it comes o Elvis....
 
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