Funny eclectus stories

[darkchi]

This is a place to write about some of the funny things our birds do. You know those silly or ingenious things our birds do that make us laugh or smile that the non-bird lovers in our lives don’t seem to understand why we find it so amusing.

Here are some examples

There will be a place to write about these moments at the top of each of the breed forums. So get those stories rolling…. Oh yeah, stories that have pictures always gets a couple extra brownie points.

 

[Robyn]

My eclectus parrot Jack destroyed my laptop today. I was at work at the time. My younger son ( aged 15 ) thought he would let Jack out for a little while. What my son didnt realise was that Jack needs some supervision. He came back into the kitchen to find my laptop like this ........

 

[Spiritbird]

I hope you can get it fixed. Our birds just seem to know what they should not be doing and then love doing it.

 

[antoinette]

OMG Jack.........you destructive little creature, but that is why we love them so much. Guess the keys looked good enough to nibble.
When I buy Mishka a new toy, and my 2 teenager sons complain, I tell them, rather let her destroy her own toys than YOUR STUFF.
I actually got a fright when clicking on the picture, it looks "not so good" Hopefully the keys can be repaired and replaced, and that's the only problem.
Let us know !!!!!

 

[parrotqueen]

I found my keyboard like that recently, but I managed to ix it pretty easily. I hope that's how it goes for you!

I hope your son learned from this...

 

[Robyn]

I hope my son has learned from this also. I think though my son would have got a huge shock. He was trying to do the right thing by Jack but he didnt realise Jack cant be left alone with certain things, funny now lol but not when I found it lol

 

[antoinette]

A lesson learnt the hard way.
Any idea how badly damaged the laptop is?

 

[Robyn]

My husband has put most keys back in place, sme cant go back because of missing bits underneath. Quite a few of the keys are still coming off and some need pressing quite hard to work. Its not very good but am able to use it.

 

[antoinette]

LoL At least you are able to use it. Each time you hit a key, think of Jack.

 

[Aussie Ben]

Sorry to see your laptop there. Luckily my ekkie hasn’t ripped up my keyboard...Yet. Although, he likes to add his own opinions to my reports by randomly running across the keyboard. Frustrating…sorta, Funny…extremely He'd probably do a better job than I do.

Anyway, I don’t know if anyone else has a bird that does this:

Before he got his lovely new home on the back patio, Eddie used to live inside. Nearly everytime we started up the vaccum to clean up all his mess, straight into his water bowl he would go. I mean literally… he'd dive into it and splash water everywhere within about a 2 meter radius. At first I thought maybe the vacuum was irritating him, but now I think he just does it to make more mess so we hang around and clean it up . He only acts like this when in his cage, anywhere else he couldn't really care less about the vacuum, silly bird makes me laugh

 

[antoinette]

Anyway, I don’t know if anyone else has a bird that does this:

Before he got his lovely new home on the back patio, Eddie used to live inside. Nearly every time we started up the vaccum to clean up all his mess, straight into his water bowl he would go. I mean literally… he'd dive into it and splash water everywhere within about a 2 meter radius. At first I thought maybe the vacuum was irritating him, but now I think he just does it to make more mess so we hang around and clean it up . He only acts like this when in his cage, anywhere else he couldn't really care less about the vacuum, silly bird makes me laugh

What a clever little guy you have there !!!!!
Sure must be hilarious to witness him going "crazy".
I reckon he loves having you near his cage, and if this is what it takes, to make you staying a little longer so be it LoL

 

[Aussie Ben]

Haha, well I was vacuuming around his cage this morning and he was having his morning fly while I was doing this. Then I put him in his cage for breakfast. A few minutes later I hear a lot of clanging and banging. So when I go out there to investigate, what do I find?….Yep just like clockwork I now have a very wet little birdie, checkout the photo.

I have tried a few methods in the past for bathing him, but trying to squeeze into a bowl half his size seems to be his preferred method. Oh well, at least he is clean now . And its the first sunny weather we have seen in a week so he should dry off easily.

 

[Robyn]

Never heard of that one ben lol. They do the strangest things and it makes us love them more !

 

[caliopi]

I have a cleaning lady who comes twice a week and she was the one who alreted me to Puffins reaction to the vaccum. She thought she imagined it the first time and it was a coincidence the second time but when he did it for a third time she thought she would mention it to me.

As soon as she started to vaccum Puffin would run up to his swing and watch her and swing and chatter as he watched. He would watch as she moved his cage and as soon as she put the cage back he would flip himself upside down and flap his wings like a mad thing and squeal loudly as all the debris from the bottom of his cage flew out onto the clean floor!

She got the better of him though, now before she vaccums she gets him a piece of fruit and he forgets about what she is doing LOL.

 

[Aussie Ben]

She got the better of him though, now before she vaccums she gets him a piece of fruit and he forgets about what she is doing LOL.

I think the bird may have got the better of her as he has figured out how to get himself a nice piece of fruit LOL

Glad to know I’m not the only one who has an ‘exciting’ vacuum. I think it may be something to do with the noise as I see similar behaviour when it rains as well. Being under the veranda, the rain is similar to the vacuum noise.

 

[antoinette]

He sure has a mischievous personality LoL
Loved the picture !!!

 

[etse20]

I was vacuuming around his cage this morning and he was having his morning fly

Is he trained for free flight outside? Wow...I read about that and know it needs some serious training.

 

[Mel]

I think the Vacuum is an ecky thing, I read somewhere it reminds them of thunder, being rainforest birds they get excited because it means the rain is coming - may explain the water? Shadow just screams REALLY loud and flaps her wings

 

[Aussie Ben]

I was vacuuming around his cage this morning and he was having his morning fly

Is he trained for free flight outside? Wow...I read about that and know it needs some serious training.

He has all his flight feathers, but he is not allowed to fly outside. We are lucky enough to have a 60sq meter enclosed veranda. He has perches located in various locations around the veranda and in the house and loves to fly back and forth like a maniac in the mornings. He is a very good flyer and is 'almost' recall trained. One day I want to take him outside, but on a harness to be safe. I could never trust that something wouldn't spook him, causing him into flying away into the wild blue yonder.

I think the Vacuum is an ecky thing, I read somewhere it reminds them of thunder, being rainforest birds they get excited because it means the rain is coming

Sounds like a logical explanation for this particular antic. Almost makes me want to vacuum more as it is sooo funny to watch

 

[J & K]

OMG, Oscar loves the vacuum. He chases it and tries to be louder that it.

This is my story......

Last year we would leave Oscars cage open at the top as he would stay in his cage. We tried to see if he would leave it by going away for 30min, then 1hr, then 2hrs. He would stay in his cage. We would go out on weekends with his cage open and when we came back he would be snuggled in his cage looking all innocent. One day we tried turning on the TV and it didn't work! I did some trouble shooting, looked at the back and found out that the little bugger was chewing the AV cables and chewed them in half. Looking all innocent? Yea right. The cage stays locked now, not only because the TV (I thought was funny) but we now have a spunky cat.