
Apologies to Morty for the delay in uploading his New Year’ Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Catch up with Morty and the crazy bots and find out the challenges his mom has had and how Morty is trying to aid her and ward off pesky Alexa!

Apologies to Morty for the delay in uploading his New Year’ Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Catch up with Morty and the crazy bots and find out the challenges his mom has had and how Morty is trying to aid her and ward off pesky Alexa!

The new Alexa is shaking things up at Morty’s house, and she’s claiming something about Morty, Squirt and all birds that has sent shivers down Morty’s feathers.
Catch up with Morty, Squirt and the bots in our latest edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and decide for yourself whether the new Alexa is going to be an even more formidable pain in the birdie butt than the former Alexa!

Oh dear, poor Morty, his hopes for the permanent ridding of Alexa from his household did not turn out the way he hoped.
Catch up with Morty and Squirt in the July ’24 edition of Beneath the Cage Grate to find out just what transpired with ‘old’ Alexa and how Morty found himself once again in trouble with his mom – and a bot!

A day out on the water, in a boat, with Squirt and the bots… what could possibly go wrong?
Catch up with Morty and the gang in this month’s edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and find out!

Wondering what happened with Squirt and the ensuing Christmas chaos of last month?
Catch up with Morty and find out in his January ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Happy New Year Everybirdie! Wishing everybirdie all the very best for 2024!

Morty’s attempt to take his little buddy Squirt turkey hunting turned out to be more than he bargained for.
Morty’s November ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column will have you crouching in the proverbial bushes, watching Squirt watching for something that he has no idea what he’s even looking for! Gobble Gobble Everybirdie!

It’s, well, it’s a Morty rant… hard to describe. Morty has issues… a lot of issues, and he’s not holding back in his September Beneath the Cage Grate column! Best head over there now – be prepared to laugh out loud… best not to be drinking or eating anything while reading 🙂

In his August 2023 Beneath the Cage Grate column, Morty explains how, despite Alexa being off at a conference, he still manages to get into some interesting pickles!

With Alexa under house arrest for last month’s antics, Morty and his little buddy Squirt hook up and help Morty’s mom with some gardening.
Things get a ‘wriggly’ when Squirt convinces Morty to help him transport a new-found treasure that he MUST take home to show his mom.
Catch up with Morty and Squirt here and find out how the wriggly gift made it to Squirt’s house, and then what happened to it….

Morty isn’t easily fooled, so this time he really thought that Alexa was trying to make amends for all the crazy bot antics she’s pulled on him recently.
But alas, this month’s edition of Beneath the Cage Grate finds Morty – and mum, miffed at Alexa’s latest stunt.
Never trust a bot bearing gifts!
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