Sleep duration ?

Scott199

Scott199

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I have touched on this previously but just wanted a little more confirmation please.

Scenario: Bert gets covered around 9:30/10pm (i work till 5:30 so i'm mean and keep him up for playtime) we stay up till around 10:30/11pm and he gets uncovered 9:30/10am and normal daily cleaning/water/food happens. (we all go off around d 7:45/8am and the wife gets back around 9/9:30)

Now he's always playful and happy around 9:30/10pm so when i cover him, we turn the lights off and TV down but all we hear is "heellloooo" every ten/15 minutes (he does this in the morning while covered every now and then until we uncover him, kind of "hello anyone there" its only quiet and very, very sweet.

He always power naps from 5/5:30pm, till around 6/6:30.

So my question is, do i need to cover him at 9:30 and uncover at 9:30am as we are doing, i go work at 7:45 and i hear a hello just as im leaving so i know he's awake or kind of anyway, we don't go in the front room very much in the morning and no lights get turned on till he's uncovered.

he seems happy enough and the routine seems to work, i just hate covering him, he has a towel and a blanket to cover his whole cage, when i put the towel on he goes to the bottom and peeps out the hole telling me he's a good boy (i normally lie on the floor for a few minutes explaining its bedtime:) )and then i put the main blanket on and he bops around a little after 10/15 mins i hear his bell go and he settles down. (oh he rings his bell for attention:rolleyes:)
 
My own opinion is no, none of my flock are ever covered they will sleep as they need to, my birds are all happy they can choose what they want to do. I have never had problems with hormones that many say can be a reason for controlling sleep time. my flock have never had the exact twelve hours sleep that many say is required, mind you very few of my birds sleep in cages and I never cover the cages at night but I do leave a little light in the room
 
Maybe just 3/4 cover his cage which is what I do. Mine get covered around 9pm - 9.30pm and then around 6.30-7am I lift the fronts of their covers up, that is their routine, after about 10-15 mins I take the covers off. They all nap during the day when they need to.
We all eventually find the routine that suits them and us.
 
Dora tends to sit with us and if she has been beakgrinding for a while I ask if she ready for bed - she will give a small squeak when she is and this is usually around 7pm. She is covered at night and I get up at 7, put a light on and she will get uncovered about 15 mins later. She does nap during the day too especially if she can sit on a knee under the table.
 
Mine don't get 12 straight hours either. More like about 8 to 9 hours then they can nap through the day if they want to.

Well done for reinforcing the ringing bell with attention - MUCH better than him learning to scream instead!
 
Roz said:
Mine don't get 12 straight hours either. More like about 8 to 9 hours then they can nap through the day if they want to.

Well done for reinforcing the ringing bell with attention - MUCH better than him learning to scream instead!
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yes i agree, were quite lucky he's very quiet except whistling and chatting and ringing his bell, but it does make me feel like a butler :rolleyes:

one thing i never thought of was to make sure no door hinges or handles squeak, like our living room, he's got that one down and at volume which is not pleasant, we're working to stop that and he's slowly giving up but its not nice at all its like someone has taken the squeak, recorded it and played it back at 100db :roulette:
 
Scott199 said:
yes i agree, were quite lucky he's very quiet except whistling and chatting and ringing his bell, but it does make me feel like a butler :rolleyes:

one thing i never thought of was to make sure no door hinges or handles squeak, like our living room, he's got that one down and at volume which is not pleasant, we're working to stop that and he's slowly giving up but its not nice at all its like someone has taken the squeak, recorded it and played it back at 100db :roulette:
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:risas3: :risas3: :risas3:

I remember looking for a silent microwave oven for some years after I got Kobe.... there is no such thing.... :crybaby2:
 
Haha! Neither of my boys are covered, we tried when we got Bo but he panicked.

We just out the heating on a little before bed and then shut all the blinds and curtains (luckily we have very thick blackout curtains) then when the heating is off the room stays warm. Luckily so far once the loving room door is shur and curtains are closed both boys sleep.

Only downside is me and the boyfriend are pushed upstairs around 9:30/10pm even on weekends because neither will sleep if we are there 😂 also a mad rush to make sure we have everything we need so we don't come back downstairs when not needed and disturb both lads! If Bo hears me come downstairs he starts shouting 'hello Laura' not sure how he knows my footsteps over my boyfriend's!
The things we do for our birds! :lol:
 
none of mine are covered at night, they like to know what's going on around them. if they are comfortable in your room when it is dark then they are happy and fill safe there should be no problem. I do not go out of my way to keep away from my birds at night and if I want to go in the room I just do. Mo I have never caught her sleeping and if she hears me she will either talk or make sound and whistle. if I try to cover her she hates it and will not settle and will bang on the cage or bowl with her beak. Max dose not like a cover either and will join Mo plus ring the bell in there cage
 
He came with blankets, so that just what I’ve followed and for the last 6-7 weeks he gets covered at 9:30 and went sleep or at least sat quietly, but mostly went sleep as I heard him doing the beak thing.

last couple days it’s been a NO from him 😂😂
 
I use sheets as the first layer and they end up full of holes with my Patagonian but it does settle him and noticed that he asks for his covers/bedtime as becomes very noisy each evening. If they don't seem to want to go to bed try giving some one on one beforehand, play or cuddles which ever works. My G2 will not settle if she thinks she has been short changed with pre-bed play etc.
 
I too use sheets as the first layer - my thinking is that they are harder to get a grip of in order to bite as they are smooth. I have dark brown sheets to make it darker inside. Then I add a blanket over the top in the winter. Maybe it is too early for him to go to sleep? :)
 
plumsmum said:
I use sheets as the first layer and they end up full of holes with my Patagonian but it does settle him and noticed that he asks for his covers/bedtime as becomes very noisy each evening. If they don't seem to want to go to bed try giving some one on one beforehand, play or cuddles which ever works. My G2 will not settle if she thinks she has been short changed with pre-bed play etc.
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Roz said:
I too use sheets as the first layer - my thinking is that they are harder to get a grip of in order to bite as they are smooth. I have dark brown sheets to make it darker inside. Then I add a blanket over the top in the winter. Maybe it is too early for him to go to sleep? :)
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Thank you both.
The sheet idea may work, I worry about him chewing material to much (I’ve read to much and worried myself now 🙄) that it can get stuck in their crop, I don’t care about replacing blankets or sheets.
Is ok for him to chew them ?

as for to early you could be right as he seems to come alive around 8:30/8pm even if he’s been dancing and playing all day, around 8:30/9pm he just climbing round his cage “woo woo” ing and whistling, I thought he wanted bed but no chance, just chews and pulls at his blankets, I’m pretty sure he wants back out.

the last few nights it’s been gone 12 and we’ve had to concede and leave him uncovered, again not an issue but he’s quite lethargic and nippy almost over tired toddler 😂

It’s only him getting enough sleep that’s worrying me, no one goes in the living room till late morning but I can’t change the house, kids going work at 7 and me at between 6-8, school at 8:30 and then we used to get him up after that and it seemed to work very well for him, but without his cover he’s awake when he hears someone walking around, doesn’t make much noise just sits say “hellooooo” or hiya Bert and little whistles but these get louder as time goes by 😁
 
A bedtime routine takes time and work to implement. Mine all know and are ready, the girls get a little seed in their night cage, the only time this is fed, as a treat, along with some water. We have some daftness and then quite soon they let you know they are ready to be completely covered.

The Patty also seems to appreciate his bedtime although he stays in his cage, he becomes noisier sometimes as early as 6pm some days. He chews the sheeting but I just find small pieces in his cage.

I have a combination of extra layers for the colder weather, some fleece blankets for the girls and a large door curtain (washed) for the Patty.
 
Oh door curtain, that’s an idea.

so I don’t need to worry about him chewing towels/blankets ?
 
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