If Clyde's cage is open, he MUST be on me. If he's on me, more often than not, he MUST be on my hand, which hampers my ability to do anything else. I try to put him on my head or shoulder, and he just crawls across me until I'm forced to offer my hand, or he bites my neck, because he knows I'll put my hand up there to block his access, and then he climbs on it. I can almost hear him: "HA! Now I have WON the Battle of the Hand, yet again!" Hubby comes home sometimes when he knows I've been here for a while, and wants to know why the birds are locked up. So I can get something DONE, that's why. I have become a perch!

Thats to funny!!! And what kind of perch do you think you might be???

Sounds like maybe a climbing perch!

"The higher I am, the more I rule the roost!" Seems Clyde has things backwords.

Strap your guitar over your shoulder, put on your hat, and take control.

What did you come up with for Halloween pics? Can't wait to see.

The guitar doesn't do it anymore. He sat on my head while I played with my new stomp box last night. He sat on my head while I practiced my mandolin. Then I came home with a couple more feathers for my pirate hat this afternoon and he freaked out. WEIRD. He HAS feathers. Why is he afraid of FEATHERS???

Lmao. Maybe 'cuz they aren't his?? How dare you go out and be around "other" feathers??

Sounds like you need a feather boa. Garlic to ward off vampires (that's right, isn't it?), feather boa to ward off spoiled quakers....

Actually, I HAVE a feather boa. It's part of one of my dance costumes. Garlic, however, won't slow down Count Clyde, because he is apparently Italian. I'm going to have to make him a cape which he can hold in front of his beak as he says "I vant to dreeenk your bloooood."

Lol!

That's actually perfect, isn't it? Your Jade and my Zack would make perfect vampires!!!

Well, we know what they're going to be next Halloween, then, don't we? Miniature green vampires. I'll have to figure out how to make a cape his size. Then I'll figure out a way to make his cage look like an appropriately spooky house, along the lines of the Addams' Family's house, perhaps with tiny bats ... Jade can be Igor.