Hello! My name is Lori and I am a returning Grey Round Table member of the days when it was delivered to your door!
I have two Congo Greys. Sparkey is 14 1/2 years old and Lulu will be one in October. I know I will have dozens of questions in the future on advice on how I convince them that they should be the best of friends...
(Actually, they have transitioned very well together and I am quite proud of both of them!) So-I will just tell uou all how stupid I am up front and maybe you can give me some advice on how to remedy my blunder...
I read an entry from one of you regarding a litttle grey who wanted to spend time under a desk...and Maggie said you could give him a cardboard box to play with-just don't put it in his cage.
Well,my husband is a general contractor and for Christmas last year, I asked hm to make Sparkey a little "clubhouse" for his cage. It's adorable.
Yep, it has an arched doorway, round portal windows all round. Sparkey loves it. At first, Sparkey would go in there everyday to take his naps. Now he spends about 2 hours a day in there. It wasn't until I read that post here from January that it hit me-YOU IDIOT YOU MADE A NESTING BOX !!!!!!!! Yes, I am feeling pretty stupid right now... The problem is, Sparkey has had his little "cludhouse now for 10 months. Do I take it away, place it outside of his cage and just let him have accsess to it when he has his playtime? Do I wean him off his clubhouse so it won't be such a traumatic loss for him-he really loves it?
He seems very happy. He continues to be his usual outgoing self. He is a great talker and takes an interest in his new friend Lulu who is kept in her own cage several feet away. He just likes to go into his house for privacy. Their cages are kept in our livingroom/dinigroom area.
Thank You!
Lori