Bird Update: This is why we can’t have nice things

I have always wanted to be crafty.  That is, crafty as in Martha Stewart, not crafty as in nefarious plotter.  I have had many craft fails although the number has fallen in recent years as I have realized, I am usually epitomize Pinterest Fail.  My last Pinterest Fail was just before my wedding.  Inspired by many twee DIY wedding posts, I decided to have styrofoam purple globes that would hold an assortment of sushi-shaped lollipops since at the time, SMS and I were about to move to Japan.  Well, armed with a can of purple spray paint, I optimistically battled my inner proclivity for failed crafts and sprayed away.  I lost the battle.  Looking at the sad, porous, unevenly colored purple globe, I decided that the sushi lollipops would look just fine spread out on a table.  And that was that.

Until recently!  I had some paper globes from Flying Tiger obtained on the Scandanavian Summer trip.  I glued them to an Ikea lampshade I had and it looked great.  But, as you may have guessed from the title, the birds have attacked.

Before getting into the story, quick update!  All the birds are great.  I even got to pet Harry Potter bird the other day, which was awesome although I was worried I would get nipped the entire time.  Whenever I go on a trip, I always put out enough food and when I get back, I always look at the bottom of the cage to make sure there are not one (or more) set of little bird feet pointed to the sky.  So far, so good.

The birds are allowed out of their cage and until recently, hung out on the top of the cage.  Now they have found the lampshade and have wreaked havoc.  Parakeets really like to chew paper.  Pro-parakeet blogs say it is because parakeets are smart and need to occupy their time.  Well, I have four little dum-dums here, but they still like to chew paper.  So, now, photographic evidence of their destruction…

In addition to eating the globes, they also poop on them.  This is not a surprise because they already perch over the food and water dishes and poop in those.  This is basically my main premise for thinking that these parakeets are not the smartest.

So, that’s it for the (bird) siblings update.  Next time, adventures in the bird bath!