JillyBeanz Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 I put Harvey's new foraging toy in his cage on Monday. It's a coconut with bits cut out the side and then covered over with card (bad description, but keep with me). There were palm leaves sprouting out of the sides and it hangs above his favourite perch. Inside there are loads of blocks and other treats - when he breaks through the covered holes. It's now THURSDAY - he's pulled the palm bits off - but hasn't managed to get inside yet! How thick is he!!!!! Trust me to bring home the dunce of the bunch!!! :laugh: NB: The only saving grace is that I don't have to buy him another this weekend!!!! :laugh:
judygram Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Jill, he is smarter than you give him credit for, he just wants you to think he is thick but you just have no idea of what is going on in that walnut sized brain of his, watch out Jill!:laugh: :woohoo:
Luvparrots Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Awww Harvey's much more clever than you think!!! He's waiting for you to become totally confident that he is a quiet grey and then when you least expect it!!!! Blam, blam all HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE and Jill will be dumbfounded and outsmarted once more! :woohoo: :lol: :laugh:
particle77 Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Jill, have you played with the item yourself, in front of Harvey(since its a foraging toy, you can give him treats that you get out of it after playing a bit)? I find this usually peaks Earl's interest and helps him figure out what he's supposed to be doing with something.
she Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Play with him and show him what fun it is. It sounds like something Charlie would do,he is not the brightest bulb in the street.Harvey is only a baby though ,whats Charlies excuse.
pearllyn Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 JillyBeanz wrote: How thick is he!!!!!Trust me to bring home the dunce of the bunch!!! :laugh: Jilly Beanz! (note use of last name!!) Shame on you! Just you wait till baby Harvey grows up and shows you his smarts!! It does sound like a lovely toy tho! Maybe he's just making it last!:laugh:
JillyBeanz Posted November 20, 2009 Author Posted November 20, 2009 Oh my, my whole name - sorry mother!!! Oh, I didn't add - he has found a use for it - he gets on top of it and swings it against the bars of the cage to make a fantastic banging noise! Perhaps I'm the one who has this toy wrong - maybe it is a swing - how dare I doubt him
katana600 Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Now Jill, Harvey is wise enough to know these things don't come naturally in a coconut, so he is making sure you aren't trying to poison him or something. What makes him suspicious of you? You wouldn't trick him or anything would you? LOL. I agree with the others that he is just not going to let on to you that he is superior or advanced so it comes as a big surprise when he plans and strategizes just the right moment.
danmcq Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 I believe he has watched enough TV and seen what happens to critters that stick their heads in things to get food. BAM!! The head comes off.
pearllyn Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 JillyBeanz wrote: sorry mother - how dare I doubt him Hehe - that's better!! :laugh:
cf737 Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 LOL Jill give your poor little Harvey more credit! I agree with everyone else - just you wait till he grows up! In fact, please keep us posted with his new vocabulary as he does grow up - I'd love to hear some of the things he's going to say! You will be the first to have a stand-up comedian for a Grey!
Debandbella Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 I agree, i think hes lulling you into a false sense of security!!! :laugh: :laugh:
Luvparrots Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Banging it again the cage, what a smarty Harvey is he is trying to crack it open just like the crows who drop things on the blacktop or rocks (something hard) to crack them. Jill let him out of his cage lets see if he tries to drop the coconut on the top of your head!!!!:woohoo: :whistle: :laugh:
CuteMandaPanda Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 He's probably just waiting for you to turn your back. Baby tends to play when he thinks we're not watching.
kittykittykitty Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Of couse he is smart! Why should he pull things out when he knows in time you will pull out the treats and give them to him!
Joolesgreyuk Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 All greys are smart and Harvey is no exception Jill - he just hides it well lol.
JillyBeanz Posted November 21, 2009 Author Posted November 21, 2009 I come here for sympathy and what do I get!!! I shall look out for that flying coconut Janet! Well, an update now - he has taken the colourful layer off the cardboard that is covering the holes, but the cardboard is still intact!! I came in from work yesterday and he was sitting happily "cuddling" the coconut - his head tilted, leaning on it! Perhaps he think's it's his mother!!!! He's still thick!
Acappella Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Aww Jill, you have my sympathy. Dorian doesn't 'get' foraging either. I bought him a little pink kitty piniata and let him watch while I stuffed it with his favourite things. I hung it up next to a favourite perch, but all he was interested in was banging it against the cage bars. I ripped it open in the back so he could see inside and hung it in plain view, right over his food dish, but he's only eaten something out of it if I've taken it out and given it to him. Even though he can clearly see his favourite thing, a peanut, sitting right inside the open hole. 'sigh' When it comes to foraging, Dorian is more Dense-a than he is Mensa!
Luvparrots Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 :kiss: Perhaps Harvey is in love!!!! Soon there will be baby coconuts rolling across the cage bottom!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
pearllyn Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Aw Jill! Now you have to know that you would most certainly have my sympathy if I thought Harvey actually was dim and you really did think so, but I don't think he is or that you really do so you don't! x
JillyBeanz Posted November 22, 2009 Author Posted November 22, 2009 Acappella wrote: Dorian is more Dense-a than he is Mensa! Ha Ha! What a great saying!!!! That's Harvey too!! Now those baby coconuts Janet - when they appear will you adopt them - you know I couldn't cope with more than one pet!!! :laugh:
katana600 Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Be careful Jill! There is an old saying that you become like those you are around. So, either Harvey will claim he was brilliant until he kept company with you... or you will stop saying Harvey is dense and we will believe it is so... and that you have joined him. LOL. Sympathy is not my forte... but I can give it a try... poor Harvey. How was that? LOL.
JillyBeanz Posted November 22, 2009 Author Posted November 22, 2009 Gosh, thanks Dee - your sympathy runneth over - for Harvey!!!! Nobody knows how bright I am - I could be as dim as a 10 watt bulb too - the poor bird will never learn!!! :laugh:
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