Way back in December our friend Jen sent the dogs presents and she didn't forget Bucky in the goody box. Parrots being the smart and wary creatures they are, Bucky wasn't going to go anywhere near his toy though! However he got a huge kick out of the screaming chimp toy right away.
Then on March 7 Bucky decided the toy was benign and he spent a joyful afternoon attacking and destroying it. When it was all reduced to shreds and crumbles, and those crumbles had fallen below his cage floor, he walked back and forth, clucking and chirping and looking down, wishing he had it back again! (You have to forgive him for watching Days of Our Lives while he was playing.)
Two days ago I came home with a purchase in a pretty sturdy brown paper bag. Never one to let something go to waste, I thought Bucky needed a new challenge, now that his Christmas toy was history. I rolled the top of the bag to keep it open, tossed a couple of birdie bread chunks in the bottom of it, plus two well-loved (chewed up) bits of wood toy, and stuck it in his cage.
He spent one day looking at it and walking around it. The next day he started poking holes in it. He spent HOURS contemplating the inside of it! The light from the window made it bright inside, which I think looked inviting.
Yesterday he really started attacking it! And this morning I had to run upstairs due to all the racket he was making and found him INSIDE the bag! He'd already dragged one toy out. He was having a great time!
Which he then ended with an extended Paper Bag Cave Meditation.
