Friday, March 09, 2007
The Gray Elephant!
I’m pretty sure I mentioned this gray elephant before but I’m old and I can repeat if I want to-- and usually do!!!
A little over 10 years ago when we picked up Spirit to replace Phantom an African gray I’d lost the breeder had suggested that we pick up a soft toy on the way home to substitute for the bird’s clutch mate. So Jay ran into a pet store and selected this elephant because it was soft and gray like the bird.
This elephant stayed in the cage for a long time. Spirit would lay his head across the elephant to sleep when he was very young. As he grew he began to mess on it and try to pull thread from it so I removed it, wash it and put it on top the cage. He would get up on top the cage and throw the elephant on the floor.
So when Brandy our Shih Tzu came to live with us last year I gave elephant to her. She proceeded to tear off one ear so I wash it up again and put it back on top Spirit’s cage. What I discovered the other day after Spirit got out and climbed on top the cage was this bird cuddling with the elephant it had gotten several years ago.
