momo
09-06-2009, 05:37 AM
Hey all.
In June, Elmo laid two eggs and she seems to be going through the motions again.
She's into paper shredding to the extreme. And she's fussy with her shredding because she only wants cardboard thickness, newspaper is no longer sufficient. Which means, She has tried to rip the covers off all of my uni books. :very_sad:
I (tried my hardest) have barred her from paper. We had been good for the months after she laid her egg. I was able to have her forget about eggs by giving her other things to do. More tree branches, hiding millet with in the tree branches, different toys, rotating toys. Moving her food bowl around her giant mansion, which gives her about 10 minutes of trying to find where mummy hide it. She used to love throwing her cat balls around and chasing them. She could have done that for hours.
I am at my wits end. She is willing to kill me for cardboard. I can see it in her eyes.. :x
I want to be give her time out of her cage, but she's on constant look out for paper or nesting areas. She will dive in our shirts and jumpers and when we don't allow her too she will bite us until we bleed.
I'm at my wits ends on what to do about her nesting behaviour. I felt like I have tried and tried to discourage it. Though I do admit, I do give her a tiny piece of cardboard to have some peace. Which probably isn't helping but its the only thing that stops her from ruining my homework.
She's began doing the swishy dance on her toys too. I've taken away the toy she swishies on the most. She stopped it for a few days but has turned her attention to other toys.
I feel like no matter what I do, I just can't win??
Is there anything else I can do to discourage her? Do I just let her chew it and ride the wave of the egg? I want to have out of cage time, for as long as she wants but I don't have the time to watch her every move. Before I didn't have too, she is (I know the Elmo is still inside) a good girl.
What do I do? :very_sad:
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edit - I just re-read it there's no way I'd rehome her, she's mine for the good and the bad, I meant what do I do in terms of the paper chewing/possible egg?
In June, Elmo laid two eggs and she seems to be going through the motions again.
She's into paper shredding to the extreme. And she's fussy with her shredding because she only wants cardboard thickness, newspaper is no longer sufficient. Which means, She has tried to rip the covers off all of my uni books. :very_sad:
I (tried my hardest) have barred her from paper. We had been good for the months after she laid her egg. I was able to have her forget about eggs by giving her other things to do. More tree branches, hiding millet with in the tree branches, different toys, rotating toys. Moving her food bowl around her giant mansion, which gives her about 10 minutes of trying to find where mummy hide it. She used to love throwing her cat balls around and chasing them. She could have done that for hours.
I am at my wits end. She is willing to kill me for cardboard. I can see it in her eyes.. :x
I want to be give her time out of her cage, but she's on constant look out for paper or nesting areas. She will dive in our shirts and jumpers and when we don't allow her too she will bite us until we bleed.
I'm at my wits ends on what to do about her nesting behaviour. I felt like I have tried and tried to discourage it. Though I do admit, I do give her a tiny piece of cardboard to have some peace. Which probably isn't helping but its the only thing that stops her from ruining my homework.
She's began doing the swishy dance on her toys too. I've taken away the toy she swishies on the most. She stopped it for a few days but has turned her attention to other toys.
I feel like no matter what I do, I just can't win??
Is there anything else I can do to discourage her? Do I just let her chew it and ride the wave of the egg? I want to have out of cage time, for as long as she wants but I don't have the time to watch her every move. Before I didn't have too, she is (I know the Elmo is still inside) a good girl.
What do I do? :very_sad:
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edit - I just re-read it there's no way I'd rehome her, she's mine for the good and the bad, I meant what do I do in terms of the paper chewing/possible egg?