Those little Dickenses!

Today was cage-cleaning day. Since I'm the only one that can handle the birds without being taken advantage of, I sit with the cage-less bird and Mom does the scrubbing and hosing. Cricket's came first because it's the easiest. I put a towel on my recliner because he's not potty-trained nor does he want to be! So, I'm doing a word puzzle while he's scuffling around in my hair. Then I hear all these chirrs and squeaks. So, I turn around to look at the top of the chair -- he's nowhere to be seen. The sound comes from another direction. I turn the other way, and I see a little Cricket head peering out at me from under the towel!

Callie's cage is a real production, since it's so big and heavy. We took her out so that we could remove all the toys that don't need to be "car washed" and she sat on my recliner. Then I helped Mom get the main part of the cage onto a trolley so she could wheel it outside. I crossed the room to go open the garage door, Mom tilted the trolley to roll, and Callie took off. I held the door so Mom could get outside, then went to look for my wayward 'too. Callie? Cal-lie! She's not in the living room. Maybe she wandered into the foyer? No, she found the highest (read "safest") spot. There she was at the top of the stairs!! All the way up to the second floor!!

So, I had my two good laughs for the day, thanks to my little feathered clowns.   

Sounds alot like my house. Craziness with birds

Yep, they are nutters. Ducki was doing laps around the house (we have a circuar floor plan). Guess who's getting clipped next week?

Chris - have you had the honor of a Cricket-in-shirt yet? Tell him it's like playing under a towel, but with more Mom and a built in heater

I have tried, Andrea. But he's such an excitable little thing that he doesn't sit still for long and tends to crawl right back out. I'm trying to just enjoy him for the hyperactive creature that he is.   

maybe you should try in the evenings when he's (maybe) calmer and sleepy. That's how I got my first Duck-in-shirt - he decided that my shirt made a better tent, crawled in, and went promptly to sleep. Took forever to coax him out - first because he was so darn cute and I didn't want to disturb him and then because he just like it in there . Tickly

That's a good idea. He's starting to complain about his nightly cage cover, so maybe I can do some soothing in-shirt time and then put him back to bed.