msdeb
Member
- Dec 22, 2013
- 153
- 5
- Parrots
- Charlie the birdie, yellow naped amazon and little bird, a monk parrot , and Polly -yellow crowned amazon
welcome to cage cleaning day! Or, as Charlie likes to call it, lets make mom yell "no!" all day. Today is the deep cleaning day, unlike the usual change papers and wipe up our messes everyday cleaning. Cages, free stands, under cage mats, all toys, perches, etc. gets pressure washed, stuck into the dishwasher, scrubbed and dried in the sun (it's raining today of course) This operation happens every 3-4 months. The bird area (or you could say the whole house, except the bedroom) gets deep cleaned, aired out and scrubbed by a madwoman ( that would be me) bent on destroying all of Charlie's "art" and "toys". Walls are scrubbed from those hard-to-reach far flung food marks that mom can't see behind the cages and toys. All of the toys are taken away, leaving Charlie nothing to play with except all of mom's stuff. Cages are taken away and Charlie must suffer from being forced to hang out on his favorite free stand until the cage is done. And then the madwoman takes away his favorite free stand! Of all the ill conceived ideas! Charlie's secret stash of wood splinters and toy confetti is discovered AND disposed of much to his dismay. Of course the only way to take all this is by retaliating by getting in the way and going to "no-no" places (like the never used fireplace) "What do you mean that picture above the mantel doesn't need beak marks?" "Are these things breakable if I fling them off here?" "Well can I waddle my trouble-making self into the kitchen and play in the cabinet?" "OOH, I haven't chewed on this wall in a while!" "If you didn't want me to play with it, why did you take my toys?" But at the end of the day mom gives him back all his stuff and we have a lovely cuddle.