Did I mention sun conures are also supposed to be really smart?
Marley climbed up the ladder, bypassed the door, and used her beak and claws to climb to the top of the cage, where she flapped her useless, clipped wings as though proclaiming herself queen of the world. It took my husband a pair of gloves, half an hour, and a lot of effort to get Marley inside her cage. We immediately discovered she was afraid of the bottom of this cage, too, and all but one of the perches inside it. Unfortunately, she was also afraid of her water dish. Having seen the hefty price tag of a similar bird at the pet shop, and being deathly afraid of allowing her to become dehydrated, we started giving Marley water out of a bright blue drinking straw. Fortunately, she loved that. After a day or two, she started drinking out of her water dish but only upside-down. Marley would hang from the sides of the cage and dip her beak into the water upside-down. It probably would have been fun to watch if we hadnt discovered that birds that go potty while clinging to the side of a
