Betrisher
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- Jun 3, 2013
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- Parrots
- Dominic: Galah(RIP: 1981-2018); The Lovies: Four Blue Masked Lovebirds; Barney and Madge (The Beaks): Alexandrines; Miss Rosetta Stone: Little Corella
Early on, I found my Beaks love to share a drink of water with me. They'll perch either on my hand or on the rim of the glass and have a good old drink. Then, they'll shake water all over us and fly off squawking happily. I've found this so cute, I've encouraged it.
Well, the other day the kids and I were playing with the Beaks when my son said 'How about a cup of coffee?' Not thinking of possible consequences, we all agreed to have a cuppa and he made us one.
The Beaks went ballistic! The pair of them went for the coffee mugs like dive-bombers and all they wanted to do was dip their beaks in and get at the brown coffee. It made drinking the coffee quite interesting because as soon as you took your hand off the mug, you'd have a bird right there, poking its beak in! It was the strangest thing! I've never seen the Beaks so animated as they were trying to get coffee.
I filled a spare mug with water, thinking they'd be happy to be distracted by that. Nope! All they wanted was the coffee. When my mug was empty, Barney stuck his head right in and actually licked at the bottom with his tongue.
Last night, they did it again, only not quite so violently. I actually allowed Barney to dip his bill into the coffee once it was cooled down, thinking he'd be put off by the flavour but he seemed to like the stuff and came back for more.
So, my question is, does anyone else's bird like coffee and why might this be?
PS. Since then, Barney has actually been displaying to my coffee mug whenever he sees it on the sink. He eye-pins and does his little courting dance from side to side, then he screams at it and flies off squawking. Is therapy in order???
Well, the other day the kids and I were playing with the Beaks when my son said 'How about a cup of coffee?' Not thinking of possible consequences, we all agreed to have a cuppa and he made us one.
The Beaks went ballistic! The pair of them went for the coffee mugs like dive-bombers and all they wanted to do was dip their beaks in and get at the brown coffee. It made drinking the coffee quite interesting because as soon as you took your hand off the mug, you'd have a bird right there, poking its beak in! It was the strangest thing! I've never seen the Beaks so animated as they were trying to get coffee.
I filled a spare mug with water, thinking they'd be happy to be distracted by that. Nope! All they wanted was the coffee. When my mug was empty, Barney stuck his head right in and actually licked at the bottom with his tongue.
Last night, they did it again, only not quite so violently. I actually allowed Barney to dip his bill into the coffee once it was cooled down, thinking he'd be put off by the flavour but he seemed to like the stuff and came back for more.
So, my question is, does anyone else's bird like coffee and why might this be?
PS. Since then, Barney has actually been displaying to my coffee mug whenever he sees it on the sink. He eye-pins and does his little courting dance from side to side, then he screams at it and flies off squawking. Is therapy in order???