sunnysmom
Ripping up the road
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So I am back to working from home after being back in the office for about a year. The birds have been really good about it overall. Even Elvis. This morning though, Elvis was extra wound up. Even though we were playing, I guess I wasn't giving him enough of my undivided attention. So, he started throwing spice jars out of the cupboard. Once they hit the floor, Elvis considers them toys/enemies. And I KNOW not to pick them up. But I thought I could distract him with his sock. Wrong. You can't fool a cockatoo. Even though he was on the other side of the room and I was trying to kind of hide it with my body, as soon as I picked up one of the jars, Elvis was on it. Literally. He is hanging off the spice jar and my finger at the same time. Luckily, he was flapping his wings and taking most of his body weight off of my finger. So I only got a little cut. I really thought it was going to be bad- it wasn't. Not sure if he was trying not to bite hard or if I was just lucky.
Then, he wanted no part of going back in his cage. Which he's usually really good about in the mornings. I tell him the "babies" (the cockatiels) want to come down and see him. And he usually goes in without a fuss. Not today, he wanted NO part of it. I would get him to his cage. He would look in it like he was going to go in and then just fly away. Eventually, I got him to go it.
So, next I was working upstairs. And I hear this weird Elvis screaming. Not his normal scream. I don't want to enforce the screaming by checking on him but then I think, I better check on him. I go downstairs to find a half blue bird. He apparently decided to take a bath in his water dish (so yes, water everyone. And soggy pellets kind of gross me out). And then rub against his blue toy. He was very proud of himself. LOL.
I can't even imagine what's going to happen when I let him out to play this evening.....
Then, he wanted no part of going back in his cage. Which he's usually really good about in the mornings. I tell him the "babies" (the cockatiels) want to come down and see him. And he usually goes in without a fuss. Not today, he wanted NO part of it. I would get him to his cage. He would look in it like he was going to go in and then just fly away. Eventually, I got him to go it.
So, next I was working upstairs. And I hear this weird Elvis screaming. Not his normal scream. I don't want to enforce the screaming by checking on him but then I think, I better check on him. I go downstairs to find a half blue bird. He apparently decided to take a bath in his water dish (so yes, water everyone. And soggy pellets kind of gross me out). And then rub against his blue toy. He was very proud of himself. LOL.
I can't even imagine what's going to happen when I let him out to play this evening.....