as most of you know, and for those that do not Prince and Bruno are fully flighted but my poor baby oxy is clipped . i had planned on keeping oxy flighted but after his second escape, on his return it was straight to the vets for a check up and regrettfully a good clip (at the time he was my only bird).
well its been over 5months since then and still very limited flight for my darling and i feel terrible because prince and bruno fly so beautifully. im not here to beat myself up for a poor paniced decision but to tell you how he makes me suffer for it..... its really cute.
so i have 2 cages and a play gym in my lounge room. 1 cage is their main cage, sleep, lock away etc etc,the other is called the "jungle" cage, most of the time its full of palm leaves that they love playing and climbing on aswell as chewing. The jungle cage is Oxy's favourite place and when the leaves are in he will chew and play all day. When he has had enough and wants me or to go elsewhere he will perch on the front of cage and stretch out forward (he will do this on the main cage too). when i see this i will get up, go to him for him to step up, he will then scurry to my shoulder and stay there until i sit down, then he will climb onto the play gym or scurry across the longes and fly to the main cage. Well that is what happens when he isnt playing games with me.... it seems most of the time he will do the come get me pose, ill get up go to the cage. when i get about a step away he will quickly scurry to the back of the cage. when he does this ill laugh at him, tell him he is a terrir and go back to what i was doing. A few minutes later he will do it again and again.
I figure this is his way of punishing me for having him clipped and he finds it amusing to have his slave go up and down up and down.
I think it is really cute and thought i'd share.