Hyper Baby Conure

[KiwiDaConure97]

Hello, so I have a 5 month old baby Green Cheek Conure and he is very hyper. Sometimes I hear him at 10:00 at night playing in the dark and running around, I was just curious if there is any way that I can calm him down before bedtime? I am afraid he isn't getting enough sleep and making him grumpy, because he bites a lot. If you have any knowledge on calming a hyper baby conure down please let me know.

Have a very birdy day

 

[IndySE]

Ooof. I feel you. In the year I've had Kermit, she's calmed down by... 30% since her baby months.

We have a tradition of quality time and snuggles 30 minutes before bedtime. That can help a lot. I also have a separate cage for sleeping, that is smaller with few toys/objects so she won't be as inspired to play. Otherwise, it's just the usual dark, quiet room with a cover drawn over. If he's especially hyper, he might consider some birdie aerobic exercises before bed LOL.

The biting might have more than one cause than lack of sleep, though certainly making sure he's getting enough rest is one way to rule out that particular cause. Baby conures are known to be bitey, so assess WHY he is biting. There's a few different types of bites. There's love-bites, which is just the bird showing affection by gently squeezing/preening the skin. There's baby-does-know-his-own-strength bites, which is when the baby bird doesn't know what hurts a human yet... so you have to train babies on what pressure is acceptable (which is why babies are biting). Finally there's mean-bites, where the bird knows 100% the bite they've just inflicted will hurt you and they're using it to indicate their displeasure with something you've done.

 

[LordTriggs]

what are you doing with them just before putting them to bed? If you have a play session then plop in the cage for sleep then yes they will still be in play mode, try having a 5 or 10 minute cuddle session where you quieten down with them and relax

 

[OneHorseRanch]

We move our bird to a sleep pen in the spare room. no toys. We prep him for "stasis" after tv time and play time, and give him time to eat, preen and rest up in the corner of his big pen. Most of the time he settles down and it makes it easier to transport him to his sleeping pen. I know now that his room needs to be a certain temp and the sleeps better. if not then he moves around quite a bit.

 

[snowflake311]

I never had this problem. My BCC would get cranky before bed. Do you cover him? I also have a bed time for my bird. 9:00pm is bed time I say good night and cover the cage. I have set 9 as his bed time since the day I got him. SO he knows.

 

[jugoya]

I feed Porter chamomile tea with honey before bed
He usually settles right down xD

 

[reeb]

While I can't offer too much advice on generally calming him down, I think daily routines might help his sleep schedule!

For my birds, they only really sleep in their cages and spend the rest of the day out of the cage. Things usually quieten down in the room as the sun goes down, I am usually less active as well - by 7pm, all three birds have flown into their cages independently and I just close them in for the night, covering the cages with blankets to help them to feel safe. I think what has influenced this sleep routine is that they are reliant on natural sunlight (I wake early, so I allow sunlight in as soon as I can in the morning) as well as my behaviour. We play and do activities during the day and I'm very active in the room during the day, and when it gets to late afternoon I usually put on calming music, read quietly or do some work, and the birds tend to eat their last bit of food for the day, groom a bit ,and I sometimes give Berry a cuddle. What is interesting is how receptive they are to MY behaviour as well as the day-night cycle.

Try to create a relaxed atmosphere for him before you put him to bed -for example, play some quiet music, talk to him softly, etc in a dimly lit environment. You can have the lights on, but make sure that his cage has a cover so that it is dark for him. Also avoid making any loud noises during this time or act energetic yourself, because he will try to mimic this and think that there's some activity going on. Keep his sleeping cage in a very quiet area, or stay quiet around him. It may take a little while but forming your own routine with your bird will help him sleep much better!

I hope this provides some kind of help. Wish i could help more!