Reno, the scoundrel!

The other night, my wife & I were having a quiet evening, and suddenly she nudged me, and nodded toward our CAG Reno's cage.

There he was, with his beak through the bars, unlatching the lock on his cage door. The latch has a locking function, too, which was engaged...but he's already figured that out, too!

Last night, he did it again, with more creativity this time. He not only unlocked & unlatched his door, he grabbed onto the bars over the door & pushed the door open with his feet. Then, he pulled it closed again, went back to the latch, and closed & locked it again. He continued doing this, over and over, swinging the door far enough open to get it to stay securely lodged against the back of the couch, so he could come & go as he liked, without the door swinging open & closed until HE wanted it so!

Over the past few weeks, I've admonished my wife over not putting him away at night, as several times when I got up in the morning, he was out, happily sitting on the open door of his cage.

My wife, on the other hand, was adamant that she had, in fact, put him to bed & locked his cage door.

Well...mystery solved. We suspect now that he's been out often, & put himself away again, closing locking the door behind him whenever he felt like it. We figure his latest "demonstration" was just...showing off "See mommy? Look what I can do!"

Sneaky little guy, isn't he?? Scary smart, these guys!

Thats great.....at least he doesn't appear to be getting in trouble when he lets himself out...

I've had to install a lock on the cage door because BB has learned to open it. LOL

Naughty, naughty, naughty He looks quite guilty of some mischief in that picture too!

My dad's G2 is an escape artist as well. Only thing that keeps him in is the door chained shut with a padlock (and remember to remove the key or he'll open that too!).

Yeah.

Many years ago, I learned about that one...

Sally had a boing in the window with her favorite toys on it. Back then, I used to cage her during the day when I was at work.

I'd come home, thinking I was losing my mind. I could have sworn I cleaned up the area around her boing last night. I must be losing it...

I wasn't losing it. I came home from work early one day... WALKED IN THE DOOR... SHE IMMEDIATELY FLEW BACK TO HER CAGE, CLOSED THE DOOR AND LATCHED IT. It seems she had been letting herself out during the day, and locking herself back in, about the time I came home at night.

THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME I DECIDED THAT CLOSING CAGE DOORS WAS A USELESS EXERCISE...

Every single one of mine can work a latch. Short of a lock, they aren't staying in. Put on a lock, and the macaws start taking doors apart...

SO....

Birdman666 said:

Yeah.

Many years ago, I learned about that one...

Sally had a boing in the window with her favorite toys on it. Back then, I used to cage her during the day when I was at work.

I'd come home, thinking I was losing my mind. I could have sworn I cleaned up the area around her boing last night. I must be losing it...

I wasn't losing it. I came home from work early one day... WALKED IN THE DOOR... SHE IMMEDIATELY FLEW BACK TO HER CAGE, CLOSED THE DOOR AND LATCHED IT. It seems she had been letting herself out during the day, and locking herself back in, about the time I came home at night.

THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME I DECIDED THAT CLOSING CAGE DOORS WAS A USELESS EXERCISE...

Every single one of mine can work a latch. Short of a lock, they aren't staying in. Put on a lock, and the macaws start taking doors apart...

SO....

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For us, it was when Kiwi began removing the breeder door and flinging it to the floor to let himself out:54: He spent 90% of the day out anyways (and not always closely supervised), so it was a logical next step

I wish I could let BB go cage free. With 2 dogs in the house they would not be safe. <- BB I think would be fine lol He would torment the dogs. More than he does now

Hee hee what a character

Parrots are so manipulative of their environments! I've experienced similar to the OP, and witnessed loose screws removed to disable locks and latches!

One of BB's favorite Toys is a sheet of stainless steel / nuts and bolts inserted. He removes all and waits for a refill

Scott said:

Parrots are so manipulative of their environments! I've experienced similar to the OP, and witnessed loose screws removed to disable locks and latches!

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You must have loads of fun keeping a herd of goffins contained They are so very adept at lock picking.

That. Is. Awesome.

Kiwibird said:

Birdman666 said:

Yeah.

THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME I DECIDED THAT CLOSING CAGE DOORS WAS A USELESS EXERCISE...

Every single one of mine can work a latch. Short of a lock, they aren't staying in. Put on a lock, and the macaws start taking doors apart...

SO....

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For us, it was when Kiwi began removing the breeder door and flinging it to the floor to let himself out:54: He spent 90% of the day out anyways (and not always closely supervised), so it was a logical next step

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THAT WOULD BE SWEEPEA, TAKING HER TREAT CUP DOOR OFF, AND MAGGIE JUST FLAT WORKING THE HINGES HOLDING ON HER CAGE DOOR UNTIL THE DOOR FELL OFF AND COULDN'T BE PUT BACK ON...

Yeah. Okay, you can stay out, as long as you behave.

And for the most part, they have.

Last night we tried to capture Reno's escape on video. He was on to us, right away, and just sat there on his perch, chattering away happily. After a couple of hours we gave up, put the camera away, and went into the kitchen to make dinner.

Moments later, we heard the <click> and <clack> of his door unlocking & unlatching. We hustled back into the living room, and there he was, sitting on top of his open cage door, saying "Step up. Step up!" My wife went toward him, and he put himself away again. When she latched his door again, he said "Stop it! STOP IT!".

<Sigh>

Birdman666 said:

Kiwibird said:

Birdman666 said:

Yeah.

THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME I DECIDED THAT CLOSING CAGE DOORS WAS A USELESS EXERCISE...

Every single one of mine can work a latch. Short of a lock, they aren't staying in. Put on a lock, and the macaws start taking doors apart...

SO....

Click to expand...

For us, it was when Kiwi began removing the breeder door and flinging it to the floor to let himself out:54: He spent 90% of the day out anyways (and not always closely supervised), so it was a logical next step

Click to expand...

THAT WOULD BE SWEEPEA, TAKING HER TREAT CUP DOOR OFF, AND MAGGIE JUST FLAT WORKING THE HINGES HOLDING ON HER CAGE DOOR UNTIL THE DOOR FELL OFF AND COULDN'T BE PUT BACK ON...

Yeah. Okay, you can stay out, as long as you behave.

And for the most part, they have.

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I can't count how many times I have found Amy on top of her roof...banging her bells...only to see her nummy bowl door wiiiiiiddddeeee open :52: I could have sworn I closed and latched it when I filled that bowl up,,,:54:


Jim