tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63098085259803725192024-02-07T00:06:40.179-05:00Scritchesyour source for all things parrotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309808525980372519.post-4396460642420576862019-12-02T19:46:00.002-05:002020-01-03T16:13:22.217-05:00Welcome to Scritches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">My plan for this website is to provide accurate and</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309808525980372519.post-56852213411733413552014-03-03T18:18:00.002-05:002020-01-03T16:12:38.828-05:00First Annual World Wildlife Day!<a href="http://worldwildlife.org/stories/world-wildlife-day-spotlight-5-species-threatened-by-wildlife-trade" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Links active once published"><img alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" src="https://www.weebly.com/uploads/3/6/3/5/3635030/4966868.jpg?327" style="border-width: 1px; margin: 5px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 3px;" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just heard about this today; otherwise, I would have posted it sooner.<br /><br />The World Wildlife Fund
marks today as the first annual World Wildlife Day by discussing some
of the endangered species around the world, including parrots.<br /><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 10;"></span><br />You can read the entire article <a href="http://worldwildlife.org/stories/world-wildlife-day-spotlight-5-species-threatened-by-wildlife-trade" title="Links active once published">here.</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309808525980372519.post-14600666370858774892014-02-18T18:19:00.000-05:002020-01-03T15:54:36.308-05:00Experiment!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">About a month ago I put a Hide 'n Sleep tent in the
cockatiels' cage. Cheb had expressed a lot of interest in Charli's, so I
thought he might want to sleep in one. Both cockatiels immediately got
to work, going in and coming out, scratching on the platform, and
chewing out a big hole in the fabric in the back. Perhaps they thought
it was a trap, I don't know. Anyway, it has stayed empty and neither
Flash or Cheb sleep in it. Once in awhile I'll see Cheb guarding the
entrance as if it is hiding a chest of gold, but he's good natured about
letting me peek inside.<br /><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 10;"></span><br /><span id="anonymous_element_51">Last
week I was feeling adventurous so I bought a little stuff animal
(pictured above) for the cockatiels. I was careful to get one with no
buttons or trim to chew off. I placed the critter inside the Hide 'n
Sleep, off to the side, and waited to see what the Dynamic Duo would do.
Would they be afraid? Would they think it was a </span> misfortunate foreign baby bird? Perhaps a misguided suitor for their attention?<br /><br />Turns
out, none of the above. They complete ignored the toy, not even
bothering to move it while they went about their busy work doing who
knows what in there.<br /><br />A few days later, though, I saw
that the forlorn little critter was on the bottom of the cage, still
smiling. Whether the cockatiels threw him out or he jumped I'll never
know.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0