Every night after lots of play time I go to the kitchen and prepare their veggies and also wash bowls and prepare their bed time snacks. Jerry and I usually have a little ritual at this time and as soon as he sees me get up to go to the kitchen he's right on my heels and peering off my shoulder with the, "Ok, I'm ready, where's the food??!!" look. I call him my little Helper Budgie and he hangs out with me as I let him take a dip in the kitchen sink after I wash bowls and he gets a handout or two of Avicakes when I'm making bedtime snacks.

Lulu will sometimes join in the food-hounding, but not too often. Winston hasn't caught on just yet......until last night.

First I had Jerry with me, as usual, and he was being quite insistent about getting more than his fair share of seed handouts. Then Lulu joins in the mix and refuses to get off my arm. She was determined. I noticed Winston peering at me from the next room, on top of Lulu's cage. He was staring and staring at me and I could see those English wheels turning LOL. Then - lo and behold - Winston flies in and first watches the madness from the kitchen window sill. But not for long (he's VERY food-motivated!) - he then began to pester me too and refuse to leave my shoulder

So I had all 3 monkeys in a constant buzz around my head and on me while I tried to guard the food bowls so that they didn't eat their seeds before their veggies. I also had a hard time wrestling Jerry away from his veggie mix that I was trying to thaw and warm up but he wanted it NOW, cold or not!

They do always amuse me

It drives me crazy when mine do that. It takes 10x longer to get stuff done! Then they bicker making it worse.

Isn't it amazing how they catch on just by watching the others...the good and the bad!

LOL what a great story! I bet that was fun...hehe

haha, little boogers!

Jerry is just like an English beef eater to make sure the food is safe for the other birds to eat.

How cute! I'm so happy that Winston is really coming out of his shell. You've done so well with him Sarah!

Yes, he's quite the character now - he even bosses Lulu around sometimes! I made a special foraging basket for her (well for everyone, but with her particularly in mind), and Winston nows runs her off of the basket so that he can have it all to himself. He even chews the sisal rope and balsa wood pieces.

Oh poor Lulu - now she has to put up with 2! What must be going thru her head?

Sarah i don't think I'd be able to cope. You know how tiny my kitchen is - luckily the boys are at the other end of the apartment.

It is funny how observant they are. Rio knows when i go to get his special treat. Mine fly up & down the hallway, to look down the other hall that leads to the kitchen & living area. They're pretty noisy about it so i know they're comparing notes. So far the darker hallway is working to keep them from coming to the kitchen but there have been a few times Laker has risked it to come to me. I don't like them in the kitchen as I'm very worried about the stove & sharp objects - just my luck they'd go there when it was dangerous.

That's adorable! I had to stop cutting veggies with the fids on my shoulder because it didn't take them long to figure out they could waddle down my arm onto the cutting board. Cut out the middle (wo)man.