We have a small glue pot that travels to whosever counter requires it - we don't leave it on all the time. About a month ago, it was on my counter & I had neglected to unplug it when I left the design bench to do some office work. My very curious African Grey parrot climbed off her cage & sauntered up to it. We think as she turned away to walk back to her cage, her long wing feathers dragged into the open glue top - flap flap, glue strings everywhere, luckily not too many on her, and no burns. Just enough to scare the living daylights out of me & everyone else here.
She's a feather picker, and we joked that she might spend so much time picking off the glue that her old feathers may have time to grow in.
Now the glue pan is only allowed on one counter & we go to it. And I'm looking for glass lid at the home stores, just can't find the right size yet. I still have nightmares of the birds flying into the pan, like the nightmare of leaning down to look at something & getting a wire stuck in my eyeball. Isn't it fun being a florist!!
