|
|
|
Shelly
Bappie
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Posts: 80
Location: Redding, CA |
| Sleep time |
 |
|
I stay up late at night and then get up early in the morning. I have been reading about parrots needing lots of sleep. I do not have room to move the birds to another room at night , the cages are just to big. What about having travel cages for sleep only cages? I could put water and food dishes in them and a nice perch and a smal toy. What do you think? |
Thursday February 9, 2006 10:34 pm |
|
|
Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
I think that's what Cheeta does with her 'too Shelly, I know she has a seperate sleep cage for him anyway & maybe that's the reason.
They do need 10 to 12 hrs of sleep, which I know can be pretty hard to provide.
We're pretty early to bed, early to rise here, so don't have too much of a problem with it. |
|
Thursday February 9, 2006 10:53 pm |
|
|
shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7405
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Shelly, I think having seperate cages for sleeping is a great idea. Your birds should be getting 10-12 hours of sleep per night. Also, do you cover the cage at night? My birds don't have seperate sleeping cages, but when it's their bed time, I cover their cages and they immediately start grinding their beaks and dozing off to sleep, even if I'm still staying up. They also stay asleep in the morning until I uncover them. |
|
Thursday February 9, 2006 10:55 pm |
|
|
|
|
Shelly
Bappie
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Posts: 80
Location: Redding, CA |
Yes I covered the cage last night but squeekers is looking so tired this morning. It could just be the week he has had to. Poor little bird. I did find a breeders cage in the Drs Foster & Smith. It has a solid partition you put between the two sides so there is no biting going on.It would be small only about 9x9x10 high for each bird.(9"x18"10 1/2"high total) It would make a nice travel cage also. Not for riding in the car but when we got to where we are going. |
|
Thursday February 9, 2006 11:55 pm |
|
|
shells picasso
Flier
Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
Location: Sydney |
Someone should tell Picasso he needs lots of sleep  he always wakes me up then decides to have a nap later in the day, seems bird sleep is broken sleep |
|
Friday February 10, 2006 5:08 am |
|
|
Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Jennie does not sleep long at night either Shells. She's always chirping away when I wake up. |
|
Friday February 10, 2006 1:06 pm |
|
|
|
|
Cheeta
Moderator
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7972
Location: Australia |
|
|
|
Hi Shelly.
Cathy is right, I do have a seperate cage for Apollo as a sleep cage. The main reason being my three cats at night are kinda active and they would have disturbed Apollo through out the night as they have access to the living area that Apollo's day cage is in. So I have Apollo in a spare bedroom where he's put to bed when it's his bed time. Though he goes to bed later than usual compare to other birds coz i stay up late with him, but he still gets his ten to 12 hours of sleep each night with the occasional less sleep coz I need to be at work extra early or something.
All you need for a good sleep cage is a cage big enough to have both food and water dishes in (Though Apollo doesn't always have them in as I find that he doesn't touch the food at all while he's covered for those time, unless it's more than the 12 hours, then may be he'll nibble a bit and play by himself in his cage until he hears me outside moving around), and also that he's able to stretch his wings and flap without hurting himself, and he's able to perch somewhere without hitting his head, and his tail isn't touching the bottom of the cage. A travel cage would just find for the little Squeeker.  I'm sure he'll get into a more regular sleeping pattern when he's a lot more settled.
Good luck Shelly
Cheers
Bih. |
|
Friday February 10, 2006 2:29 pm |
|
|
Shelly
Bappie
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Posts: 80
Location: Redding, CA |
Thank you all. Last night was the first night that I saw sleep activity. About 8:30 pm he climed up to his swing and fluffed up. I went over and coverd him up and I heard him beck grinding. I hope this means that he is settling down now. |
|
Friday February 10, 2006 9:48 pm |
|
|
Cheeta
Moderator
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7972
Location: Australia |
Sounds like he's settling in great. Beak grinding is just one of the world's best sound i reckon!! love it love it love it. I'd never get sick of hearing a content happy healthy bird grinding the beak while they relax before they go to sleep.  |
|
Saturday February 11, 2006 4:24 am |
|
|
|
|
meg832
Fledgeling
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
| sleep |
|
|
My parrotlet does the beak grinding then tucks her head under her wing and sings to herself. Too cute. |
|
Sunday June 18, 2006 4:10 pm |
|
|
Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Awwww Is the beak grinding very loud coming from such a tiny little bird? |
|
Sunday June 18, 2006 4:16 pm |
|
|
meg832
Fledgeling
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
|
|
|
Well, we had a parakeet when I was a kid, and I think the beak grinding loudness is about the same for the two. However, I am training my parrotlet to spend lost of time in my pocket. When she gets tired and snuggles down for a nap, the little grindy sounds are right there near my head, so maybe I get as much of a sound treat as people with larger birds preparing to snooze across the room.
By the way, my little bird's breeder suggested 12 hours of quiet every 24 hours at least while she is a baby. But she pointed out that birds do not necessarily sleep that whole time because they are alert to what is going on around them, being prey animals. What I have done so far is put her in a quiet room by 8:30 if she has had a big day showing off from my pocket. But if I had to be gone all day without her, and she wants to come out and play at 10 or 11pm when I get home, fine. I figure she probably got a nice afternoon nap (birds in the wild rest midday), so we play a little while before lights out. If I am planning to take her with me for more than an hour or two the next day, I put her to bed for a full 12 hours the night before. As a baby, she doesn't pace herself when there is fun to be had-- she was actually yawning in public. Now I carry a dark, lidded basket in case she seems tired or gets cranky when we go out... and just like a child, she complains when I ask her to take a nap, but rests once I close the lid. Stated simply, I count daytime napping as part of her 12 hours, and I assume that extra stimulation creates a need for extra rest. |
|
Monday June 19, 2006 4:04 am |
|
|
|
|
meg832
Fledgeling
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
|
|
|
Well, we had a parakeet when I was a kid, and I think the beak grinding loudness is about the same for the two. However, I am training my parrotlet to spend lost of time in my pocket. When she gets tired and snuggles down for a nap, the little grindy sounds are right there near my head, so maybe I get as much of a sound treat as people with larger birds preparing to snooze across the room.
By the way, my little bird's breeder suggested 12 hours of quiet every 24 hours at least while she is a baby. But she pointed out that birds do not necessarily sleep that whole time because they are alert to what is going on around them, being prey animals. What I have done so far is put her in a quiet room by 8:30 if she has had a big day showing off from my pocket. But if I had to be gone all day without her, and she wants to come out and play at 10 or 11pm when I get home, fine. I figure she probably got a nice afternoon nap (birds in the wild rest midday), so we play a little while before lights out. If I am planning to take her with me for more than an hour or two the next day, I put her to bed for a full 12 hours the night before. As a baby, she doesn't pace herself when there is fun to be had-- she was actually yawning in public. Now I carry a dark, lidded basket in case she seems tired or gets cranky when we go out... and just like a child, she complains when I ask her to take a nap, but rests once I close the lid. Stated simply, I count daytime napping as part of her 12 hours, and I assume that extra stimulation creates a need for extra rest. |
|
Monday June 19, 2006 4:18 am |
|
|
meg832
Fledgeling
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
It has been almost a month now, and I've changed my plan. This bird does not nap on her own! The new rule is 12 hours of dark for sleeping at night. She is less hyper this way. I suspect that her quiet time in the basket was just used to plot her next spree of activity, and that the midnight fun minutes probably just confused her. |
|
Wednesday July 19, 2006 8:07 pm |
|
|
nicky
Just hatched
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 46
Location: South Africa |
Im aware that parrots need 10-12 hours sleep, does this mean unbroken sleep? When I first brought Trego home we put her in an outside room for her to get a good nights sleep. Then when it got to winter, which it is at the moment I now leave her inside at night. There is no seperate "private" room for her at the moment though so she doesnt have unbroken sleep until everyone goes to bed unfortunately.
Any suggestions? |
|
Wednesday August 16, 2006 2:50 pm |
|
|
|
|
Goto page 1, 2 Next
All times are GMT. The time now is Friday May 25, 2012 10:44 am
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
