Happy Hut

[Amber]

Alex slept in/on fleece squares at the breeders. When I got him home I took to putting one of his 'blankets' on the floor, and hanging a fleece square from the cage roof over a perch (so he can hide under it at night or so he could cuddle into it if he wanted). He's used the perch with hanging fleece square/blanket over it ever since. I remove it in the day because he chews them otherwise.

I bought a happy hut once, Alex didn't get the memo that it was for sleeping in. He hated it! Even if it's across the other side of the room it puts him on edge. Tried everything, gave up after a month. He likes his blanket/perch arrangement, and it seems safer really.

I hate to be the guy to say this but I have heard from some local bird supply stores that some birds have actually gotten trapped and died in those kind of sleepers (no info on this specific kind of brand or configuration). My Jenday loved his pop-up tent to sleep in.

I think huts are fine if people take precautions. If you have a hut, in the morning when you change food and water, you make it part of your routine to check over the hut for damage or loose threads that could be a danger. Really you should do that for each and every toy, especially ones with rope parts. Also go for well known brands and know what they are made from. A bird eating a bit of cotton, not ideal but it's pretty digestible in comparison to polyester filling some hut products use. Just a matter of common sense around these things, like anything that goes into your birds cage

 

[woubette]

Both Rio and Kai each have one they sleep in every night. They also nap in them. Rio sleeps on his back with his feet in the air and at naptime he sleeps on top of it on his side with one foot holding onto the bars!

 

[lene1949]

I don't use one... The main reason - probably - is the condition Shrek's happyhut was in, when I adopted him... The smell was worse than a dead corpse.. it was horrible, and went in the trash, double bagged.. I'm a nurse, and have never smelled anything so bad...