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So we often get a request from our Grey, Corey, to "Look Around". Corey is typically on top of her cage when she makes this request and she usually has an idea of where she wants to go in the house. It's interesting to me that while she can get up on her cage if she is down on the floor, she just won't get down from her cage on her own. We are probably very lucky this is the case since we don't worry about what will happen if she is left alone on top of her cage because she just stays on or in her cage. She has always been interested in the dryer [and the washer]. We have a front loading washing machine and she likes looking at the clothes being washed through the window. So recently she wanted to see the washer and dryer and indicated that this is where she wanted to go by shifting her weight so that I would take her to that part of the house. This time, there were no clothes being dried in the dryer and when we got there I opened the door to let her see inside. Being the opportunist that she is she quickly took advantage of this event and hopped off my hand and perched in the dryer to check it out. Fortunately, it was fairly boring inside the dryer and so I could convince her to step back on my hand after this brief interlude. She sometimes makes comments on our tour, like: ooh! or scary. We have various tours around the house that I take with her. Often, she wants to find my husband: her favorite person [my husband foolishly thinks that "looking around" is a very boring activity]. So, I thought I would report on one of "our" more favorite African Grey activities. Do you guys have any activities that your Greys like to do that you can share? Thanks, Terry