Allee
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The top of Harry's new cage is the flock's favorite hangout. Harry has just recently decided it's a safe place to visit and stretch her wings.
Sammy is a big boy now and has outgrown his flight cage. The small gauge wire doesn't stand up well to a busy quaker beak. Sammy is a messy boy, keeping the flight cage clean for him was a daily challenge. Another problem, Sammy insisted on barricading his doors every evening, I hated ruining his building designs but every morning I was forced to destroy his artwork to release him from his own construction site.
Soooo, Sweet Pea got a new room! We set up the flight cage and it took our girl almost five minutes to move in and make the cage her own.
Sammy got a new place with 3/4' bar spacing, heavy gauge bars, bigger doors and better food dishes. Sammy's a happy guy with a sweet nature. He readily accepts change, more so than most quakers. I thought he'd love his bigger, better room. We set it up next to his girl, Harry's place.
For the first time since he moved in a year ago our little sweetheart was seriously depressed. He stopped building, his favorite pastime. It was hard to watch. It was the bigger bar spacing that broke his heart. When he tried to build, his sticks would fall through the larger spaces. It must have been terribly frustrating.
Sweet Pea had no intention of returning her new space. Not even for Sammy and she's pretty fond of him.
Dude, stop being a baby! What's not to like?
I was desperate to help Sammy find a way to practice his art in his new space. I attached a small grate to the back of his cage hoping he could use it as a base. Then I attached a plastic basket next to a rope perch and hung his bucket of sticks next to it. Sammys dad tried to help too, he harvested some curly grapevine twigs thinking Sammy could weave them into the bars better. Sammy Sticks Construction Company took a real hit after the move. Finally, he surprised me with a brand new project.
Sammy's back to his normal happy self and up to his old tricks!
Awww Sammy, you make me smile!
Sammy is a big boy now and has outgrown his flight cage. The small gauge wire doesn't stand up well to a busy quaker beak. Sammy is a messy boy, keeping the flight cage clean for him was a daily challenge. Another problem, Sammy insisted on barricading his doors every evening, I hated ruining his building designs but every morning I was forced to destroy his artwork to release him from his own construction site.
Soooo, Sweet Pea got a new room! We set up the flight cage and it took our girl almost five minutes to move in and make the cage her own.
Sammy got a new place with 3/4' bar spacing, heavy gauge bars, bigger doors and better food dishes. Sammy's a happy guy with a sweet nature. He readily accepts change, more so than most quakers. I thought he'd love his bigger, better room. We set it up next to his girl, Harry's place.
For the first time since he moved in a year ago our little sweetheart was seriously depressed. He stopped building, his favorite pastime. It was hard to watch. It was the bigger bar spacing that broke his heart. When he tried to build, his sticks would fall through the larger spaces. It must have been terribly frustrating.
Sweet Pea had no intention of returning her new space. Not even for Sammy and she's pretty fond of him.
Dude, stop being a baby! What's not to like?
I was desperate to help Sammy find a way to practice his art in his new space. I attached a small grate to the back of his cage hoping he could use it as a base. Then I attached a plastic basket next to a rope perch and hung his bucket of sticks next to it. Sammys dad tried to help too, he harvested some curly grapevine twigs thinking Sammy could weave them into the bars better. Sammy Sticks Construction Company took a real hit after the move. Finally, he surprised me with a brand new project.
Sammy's back to his normal happy self and up to his old tricks!
Awww Sammy, you make me smile!
