Buying (or making) a portable play stand for your avian friend is a great way to make spending time with your bird a little bit easier (and more fun!). It gives your bird a mobile place to sit, eat and enjoy your company - in every room of the house (without having to buy extra cages, carry around heavy playtops or risk any damage to furniture - at least minimizing the risk). Sarabi absolutely loves her new playstand, where she can sit and make as big of a mess as she likes (to her owners joy). It is also a great stand that can be used for bird training, for example training the command "step up" or teaching the bird to do "the eagle" (stretching its wings o
n command). This morning Sarabi was given a slice of watermelon to eat in the food bowl attached to her playstand. She took the word water-melon a little bit too literal though and tried to bird bathe on it. I could not stop laughing! She kept hunching into the bowl, ruffled her feathers, flapped her wings, did the crazy chicken dance and threw chewed off pieces of watermelon around the entire room (see pics).
Observe: If you are going to construct your own playstand and tend to use sticks and branches from outside as material, don't forget to clean and sanitize the branches well (to remove potentially harmful germs) and remove any pointed or sharp parts that could injure your bird!
No comments:
Post a Comment