Amanda_Bennett
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When I got her I had to break her from wanting to only eat if she could share my plate of food or eat off my fork. It was relatively simple to do, I just put her food on a dessert plate and put it on the shelf of her cage. She gets her "dinner" which usually consists of chop and some fresh fruit/veggies and then as I walk by on my way to my chair with my plate I give her something safe for her off my plate (usually chicken, fish, or bread) This has worked well for us for just over a year now and she has never stolen anything off my plate.
Last night as I stood there holding my plate and giving her some sweet potatoes and a piece of corn on the cob she leaned out so far she almost fell on my plate, snagged a small piece of my steak and ran to the top middle of her dome top cage! She knows I can't reach her if she stays in the middle of the top. Usually she will come to me when I put my hand up and ask her to, but not last night. She sat there watching me and wolfing down her ill gotten steak as fast as she possibly could all while making her "yum yum" noises.
It was a small piece (I'm glad I cut my steak small before I take my plate into the living room to eat) and by the time I set my plate down and got a stool to step on she had it gone, so there was no getting it back.
I can't believe how far she leaned out and down and how fast she grabbed it and was gone! I will have to keep my plate farther away from her when I share from now on. I know steak isn't good for her, but I am glad it wasn't something toxic to her!
Last night as I stood there holding my plate and giving her some sweet potatoes and a piece of corn on the cob she leaned out so far she almost fell on my plate, snagged a small piece of my steak and ran to the top middle of her dome top cage! She knows I can't reach her if she stays in the middle of the top. Usually she will come to me when I put my hand up and ask her to, but not last night. She sat there watching me and wolfing down her ill gotten steak as fast as she possibly could all while making her "yum yum" noises.
It was a small piece (I'm glad I cut my steak small before I take my plate into the living room to eat) and by the time I set my plate down and got a stool to step on she had it gone, so there was no getting it back.
I can't believe how far she leaned out and down and how fast she grabbed it and was gone! I will have to keep my plate farther away from her when I share from now on. I know steak isn't good for her, but I am glad it wasn't something toxic to her!