Eclectus Parrot At Play – A Messy Situation
How does my Eclectus Parrot, Taco Belle who will soon be a twenty-year-old Eclectus hen, play? Not very lady like, I must say! With lots of exuberance, that’s how she plays. Whether its a cardboard tube cut into 2 in round pieces, or a ball of cane filled with colorful, crackly cellophane paper, or hot peppers, the strategy is the same, search out and destroy. Pounce on it, grab it in the beak, pound it on the floor, throw it across the room, cage or table, chasing right after it, leaving a trail off cardboard bits, cane pieces, hot pepper skins (she did have to take time to eat the goodies). There are also colorful crackly cellophane remnants strewn all over the floor. The game of search and destroy works up a good appetite, good thing some toys have editable parts, wrapped almonds or hot peppers are favorites.
Now in the event a reed ball filled with blue and yellow paper shreds is flung to the floor from a table top of cage top, and the human fails to retrieve that ball in a timely manner, it must be caught before it escapes. Taco will fly down to the floor after her quest. The wind from her wings causing the ball to continue to hop, skip and jump across the floor which then requires that she waddle, head down, feathers and wings held tight to her body moving as quickly as possible to catch the ball that has run amuck. There is no escaping this determined red bird on her mission. The mission, search and destroy, and in every case the mission (always successful) is executed with growls (hubby taught her to growl) and squeals of great glee.
As the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains, painting the azure blue sky in hues of bright orange, yellow and pink another day of successfully executed missions end. Ms. Taco, relaxes on the shoulder of her favorite person of the day for a cuddle and confirmation of a job well done, before settling down to a warm dinner. Then its off to bed for a good nights sleep in preparation for another day of exciting adventures, missions and new toys, (perhaps a pink and blue cane wrapped pine cone will be in her future). So ends the day of play in the life of an Eclectus.
How does your parrot play? Please tell me in the comments how your parrot plays!
If you are interested in learning more about the Eclectus parrot, please visit FaceBook Page Eclectus Parrots as Companions. This is a very knowledgeable group of Eclectus owers ready to help!
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