Hi Vicki,

Now you know why Chester has such a large cage.  Why? So Phil can go 
in there when Chester is using the perch, andVs. 
Va. 
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LOVE IN HIM,

purple Mari



At 05:29 PM 3/29/2007, you wrote:
>Poor Chester..  Glad all worked out well.  You probably . should be 
>careful not to swing on that yourself.  Ha.
>
>
>Vicki
>Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
>      And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways 
> acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:44 PM
>Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] Atop The Dome by Chester Scovell
>
>
>>As some of you know, we have a perch for Chester, our African Gray parrot,
>>which has two suction cups at one end of about a foot long perch.  This way,
>>he can take showers with us occasionally without having to be hand sprayed,
>>he hates that, and the steam from the shower is good for his feathers. So,
>>I took him into the shower yesterday evening and put him on the perch.
>>Normally, he likes all this very much and does a lot of noise making while
>>the shower is running.  Yesterday, however, it didn't work out so well.
>>Chester picked at the suction cups on our old perch so we got one with
>>covers that is supposed to make it impossible for him to pick the cups off
>>and thereby not falling.  I just got the shower running, when I heard
>>something, and Chester's wings flutter.  I was about two feet away from his
>>perch but he made a perfect landing on my head, which was wet, and he stayed
>>on my head until I walked over and discovered the top suction cup had
>>slipped off.  I realized then, he could probably pull the top cup off the
>>wall by pulling on the square piece of plastic mounted in front of the cup
>>to supposedly keep parrots from picking them off the shower walls.  So, we
>>are going to have to screw something in next time so he can't pull that top
>>suction cup off.  When I got it pressed back against the shower wall, I
>>leaned my head up to the perch and Chester climbed back on.  He didn't
>>whistle or talk or make hardly any sounds the whole time he was in there so
>>he wasn't happy.  So, this time his wings came in handy.  How about your
>>wings today?  Have you tried using them?  I think I'll post one of my
>>favorite inner healing testimonies next.
>>
>>Phil.