The Power of Suggestion

Not one of my more dignified moments yesterday.

I was cleaning the bird cage and the lass was helping. She actually wanted to help. Why? Beat me.

Anyway, I let her wipe down the outside bars since she is not comfortable that one of our 2 Greys won’t take a nip at her. While we were cleaning, she asked “Dad, have the birds ever pooped on your head?”

Now, anyone who has companion parrots will likely understand that any parrot owner is going to get pooped on at some point. It’s an occupational hazard; especially if you handle them for any meaningful amount of time. So, I have been pooped on. But never my head. So I answered in the negative without any qualification. Some topics are best left alone.

As it happened, I was sitting on the floor and one of the bird’s perches is attached to the door. Being as I was cleaning inside the cage, the door was opened and the perch, and the bird sitting on it, was positioned above me. I’ll also note that this particular arrangement is nothing unusual; I’ve cleaned that cage many a time without incident.

But naturally, this time would be different. Thanks to the lass. And it wasn’t 5 seconds after she’d asked and I’d answered. Luckily, she never noticed.