Buy A Paper Doll
02-19-2007, 09:35 PM
Melody had recently "renovated" their last cozy (read: put a window in it rendering it unsafe) so I wanted to find something they could hide in that was a little more sturdy.
Elle keeps posting the most adorable photos of her lovies hanging out in a coconut so off I went to find a coconut toy for my birds.
I found coconut swings in one store. Perfect! I bought two and hung one of them up in the cage. Now, my birds are very adventurous and have never ever had a problem with a new toy. That is why I didn't bother with an introductory period with the swing. Normally they respond to a new toy by climbing all over it. But for some ungodly reason, they decided that the coconut swing was eeeee-vil and proceeded to scream. For a day and a half. :x
Now, Melody tends to scream a lot when she's, shall we say, hormonal. :roll: So I tend not to give her screaming a whole lot of thought. I give her and her cage a quick inspection to make sure there isn't a reason for her to be screaming; if all is well, I just let her scream. She usually gets over it after a day or so. Well .... after a day and a half of screaming on her part and half a bottle of Aleve for the headaches that followed, hubby and I finally figured out ... it's the @$%! coconut.
I took out the coconut swing. Life is (relatively) quiet once again. Lesson learned: Not all toys are allowed to come inside the cage right away, even with adventurous birds like M&M!
Elle keeps posting the most adorable photos of her lovies hanging out in a coconut so off I went to find a coconut toy for my birds.
I found coconut swings in one store. Perfect! I bought two and hung one of them up in the cage. Now, my birds are very adventurous and have never ever had a problem with a new toy. That is why I didn't bother with an introductory period with the swing. Normally they respond to a new toy by climbing all over it. But for some ungodly reason, they decided that the coconut swing was eeeee-vil and proceeded to scream. For a day and a half. :x
Now, Melody tends to scream a lot when she's, shall we say, hormonal. :roll: So I tend not to give her screaming a whole lot of thought. I give her and her cage a quick inspection to make sure there isn't a reason for her to be screaming; if all is well, I just let her scream. She usually gets over it after a day or so. Well .... after a day and a half of screaming on her part and half a bottle of Aleve for the headaches that followed, hubby and I finally figured out ... it's the @$%! coconut.
I took out the coconut swing. Life is (relatively) quiet once again. Lesson learned: Not all toys are allowed to come inside the cage right away, even with adventurous birds like M&M!