Birds and time change

[Jcas]

For those of us on this forum who live in parts of the USA where we have an autumn time change, how do your birds handle it? There’s always a little adjusting for all my animals but usually it’s not too bad. This year, though, my Quaker, JJ is NOT liking “ falling behind!” He has been crabby with a capital “C” for the past few days! Mr. Grumpy from sun up to sun down since Sunday . I’m considering letting the birds go back to sleeping and waking on a natural light schedule even if that means they go to bed around five pm. Is it okay for them to get close to 13/14 hours of sleep time? How do your birds adjust to the change?

 

[texsize]

For those of us on this forum who live in parts of the USA where we have an autumn time change, how do your birds handle it? There’s always a little adjusting for all my animals but usually it’s not too bad. This year, though, my Quaker, JJ is NOT liking “ falling behind!” He has been crabby with a capital “C” for the past few days! Mr. Grumpy from sun up to sun down since Sunday . I’m considering letting the birds go back to sleeping and waking on a natural light schedule even if that means they go to bed around five pm. Is it okay for them to get close to 13/14 hours of sleep time? How do your birds adjust to the change?

It affects me much more than the flock.

My birds are on a natural day/night cycle.
When it starts getting light they wake up and start the day.

Biggest change is in the afternoon.
Shorter day = less sunlight and less time out of cage.
Even with artificial light my birds tend to fly…….
I don’t have a good descriptive word.
Erratic, fly faster with something like desperation if I let them out too late in the evening.
Because of the time change I sometimes forget to let (mostly the twins) out early enough.
They are good at reminding me.

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

I can set the clock by the time my macaw climbs back into his cage for a late morning nap at 11 am. He is back on schedule!

 

[wrench13]

Lucky for me Salty never learned to read an analog clock.

 

[Mango the Sun Conure]

For those of us on this forum who live in parts of the USA where we have an autumn time change, how do your birds handle it? There’s always a little adjusting for all my animals but usually it’s not too bad. This year, though, my Quaker, JJ is NOT liking “ falling behind!” He has been crabby with a capital “C” for the past few days! Mr. Grumpy from sun up to sun down since Sunday . I’m considering letting the birds go back to sleeping and waking on a natural light schedule even if that means they go to bed around five pm. Is it okay for them to get close to 13/14 hours of sleep time? How do your birds adjust to the change?

My conure has been grouchy as well. The sun starts to go down around 5:40 where I live. By 6 o clock my sunconure goes into his cage all by himself and wants to go to sleep. Usually 6/7 is his afternoon training time but all he wants to do is go to bed! I have adjusted his schedule based on the sunrise/sunset. Hopefully he adjust well. Sorry I couldn’t give you much advice. I’m on the same boat