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What I Did While Waiting For The Cable Guy
Posted on: 11/17/08, 19:14:32
Lately, Harley has been mostly subsisting on peas (lots of peas), pomegranate arils, apple, toast, and snacks. Yeah, let's not mention all the other foods I try to get him to eat. But one thing I do is make him work for his snacks. I wrap everything in tiny squares of paper, like a Christmas cracker (without the bang, of course), and I can "hide" these in lots of places. Harley will work pretty hard for a snack.
I usually only make enough for a day or two, and am more likely — considering there are three different kinds of snacks — to make them as I need them. The only exception has been the few times I've gone out of town. But this morning, while I was waiting for the Cable Guy to show up, I made a whole butt-load of snacks.
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The paper is another item recycled from the numerous official updates that pilots have to keep with them when they go flying. I cut the thin paper into rectangles about 2 1/4" by 2 1/2". Then, for one kind of snack, I cut nuts into tiny pieces, wrap a rectangle of paper around each piece, and twist the ends around it. Harley's favorites are almonds (cut into 2-3 pieces, depending on the size), cashews (usually 6 pieces) and pistachios (2 pieces). I also wrap up bits of walnut, but Harley doesn't really like them. (Sometimes I'll simply "hide" a pistachio-in-the shell somewhere, too.)
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I cut up a bunch of nuts and wrapped them into 75 cracker snacks.
For the other two kinds of snacks, I wrap the paper around a Bic Round Stic pen, twist the end, fill partway with snacks, and twist the other end closed.
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I made 5 crackers with Harrison's Adult Fine pellets (sometimes Harley will eat these), 4 crackers with a dry seed mix similar to TOP All-In-One seed mix but with safflower seeds added (Harley mostly eats the safflower seeds), and 60 empty tubes, just waiting to be filled with snacky goodness.
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I made and hid about another 4 additional snacks, took some pictures of snacks, counted all the snacks, vacuumed up some snack debris in the living room, and thawed out some peas and pomegranate arils. You know, for Harley's lunch.
I usually only make enough for a day or two, and am more likely — considering there are three different kinds of snacks — to make them as I need them. The only exception has been the few times I've gone out of town. But this morning, while I was waiting for the Cable Guy to show up, I made a whole butt-load of snacks.
Click for an even bigger photo (picture pops).
The paper is another item recycled from the numerous official updates that pilots have to keep with them when they go flying. I cut the thin paper into rectangles about 2 1/4" by 2 1/2". Then, for one kind of snack, I cut nuts into tiny pieces, wrap a rectangle of paper around each piece, and twist the ends around it. Harley's favorites are almonds (cut into 2-3 pieces, depending on the size), cashews (usually 6 pieces) and pistachios (2 pieces). I also wrap up bits of walnut, but Harley doesn't really like them. (Sometimes I'll simply "hide" a pistachio-in-the shell somewhere, too.)
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I cut up a bunch of nuts and wrapped them into 75 cracker snacks.
For the other two kinds of snacks, I wrap the paper around a Bic Round Stic pen, twist the end, fill partway with snacks, and twist the other end closed.
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I made 5 crackers with Harrison's Adult Fine pellets (sometimes Harley will eat these), 4 crackers with a dry seed mix similar to TOP All-In-One seed mix but with safflower seeds added (Harley mostly eats the safflower seeds), and 60 empty tubes, just waiting to be filled with snacky goodness.
While waiting for the Cable Guy, I made and hid about another 4 additional snacks, took some pictures of snacks, counted all the snacks, vacuumed up some snack debris in the living room, and thawed out some peas and pomegranate arils. You know, for Harley's lunch.
Comments
11/18/08, 14:58:57
Aren't they always later than they say? I bet appreciates it, though!
11/18/08, 17:54:23
The Cable Guy arrived a half hour shy of being "late," so I had most of the morning to wait. Frustrating, but 1) he fixed the problem (so far), and 2) Harley has lots of snacks!
11/24/08, 16:58:42
Thank you so much for commenting on my blog so I could find yours. I absolutely love it!
So many of Harley's antics remind me of my own timneh, Max. Can't wait to see what he gets into next!
So many of Harley's antics remind me of my own timneh, Max. Can't wait to see what he gets into next!
11/25/08, 11:04:04
I just wish Harley was as good about eating vegetables as Max is. Harley's all about the snacks!
12/20/08, 03:58:07
I make those candy wrapper foraging thingies all the time. It takes forever to make them and Nani (my Caique) can go through them all in about a day or two tops. She must have eyes in the back of her head, or a freak sense of smell because no matter how hard I try to hide them, once she's back in her cage she finds them all in a matter of minutes. :-)
12/24/08, 09:42:02
What I find sometimes is that Harley will ignore "hidden" snacks for a few days, while I slowly add new ones in new spots. Then suddenly he goes hunting and gets ten of them in one go! It's a little frustrating.
I suppose I'll be making them for him for the rest of my life. Here's hoping I never get arthritis!
I suppose I'll be making them for him for the rest of my life. Here's hoping I never get arthritis!