Nap time?

[Kalidasa]

So my conure Nika has never given the inclination that she ever got sleepy during the day. She's extremely hormonal right now and dealing with a fresh round of pin & blood feathers, so she's a moody, clingy girl. Today she was exceptionally clingy and fussy, and began to fuss vocally the same way she does at bedtime. So I took her in my bedroom, closed the blinds, shut the other birds out and we just laid there for about an hour. She just sat on my chest grinding her beak at first, then she slowly got quiet and just sat there. Couldn't tell if her eyes were closed, but she was very still and quiet. Should I do this everyday? Also, she likes to hang out in her parrot-pak carrier, so I was thinking to close the flaps so its dark and have her nap. Even with the blinds closed my room doesn't get very dark. How long should I let her nap? She currently is covered 11 hours or a bit less....bed at nine pm, up at 7:30-8:00am. I get up earlier but I want her to get her rest.

 

[JerseyWendy]

After you and Nika got up from your "little" nap, how did she act? If she was relaxed and happy, I'd say you can do this again when she is agitated due to her pinnies and/or hormones raging. I bet she thoroughly enjoyed that one on one quiet time with you.

 

[Kalidasa]

After you and Nika got up from your "little" nap, how did she act? If she was relaxed and happy, I'd say you can do this again when she is agitated due to her pinnies and/or hormones raging. I bet she thoroughly enjoyed that one on one quiet time with you.

She seemed a little better after yes, but stayed up past bedtime playing with her toys under the blanket. I think my budgies are stressing her out a bit, I've got her outside now without them and she's much more relaxed. My concern was, if I put her in her pack and darken it with the curtains for a nap that it will push her over the edge hormonally and stimulate egg laying, dark little sleepy space and all. Or should I have it not so dark? Just dim?

 

[crimson]

do what works, if you have the time(or make the time) and just lye with her like you did last night.....you probably need a bit of down time anyways it sounds like she loved it too.

we are all super busy and never realize how stressed we are until we relax.

 

[crimson]

p.s. most of my cockatiels are moulting...uggggg, and some of my conures too, it's really ***** central here....can I say that word???

my fingers are sore from being bit

 

[Pajarita]

All my birds rest for about two to three hours at noon (less in the winter when the days are short and longer in the summer when they days are long). It's normal for birds to do this.

 

[Kalidasa]

p.s. most of my cockatiels are moulting...uggggg, and some of my conures too, it's really ***** central here....can I say that word???

my fingers are sore from being bit

It just seems a little off, time wise. I thought this was a spring-thing, although my budgies moult in winter. We've had a cold snap here for the last week, lots of gloom and rain, but now summer is back.

 

[Jayyj]

Alice likes to be up late in the evening - her bedtime is 10 and even then I frequently get toddler style "not tired, don't wanna go to bed" tantrums from her - but sleeps for a few hours during the afternoon. I discussed it with her vet and his feeling was if she seems happy with that as her routine it's not going to do any harm, and it means she gets more time with me given I'm out on weekday afternoons anyway and I can give her more attention in the evenings.

She also likes to doze on my chest when I'm watching tv, often gently nibbling my chin with her eyes half closed. Hard to nap along with her though - she gives me the occasional pinch with her beak as if to say " it's your turn to be on guard duty, so no dozing off now!"

 

[crimson]

I don't know the 'conure clock' for molting, I really think it depends on when they are born.
for example if they are born in December, their molt will start around 6 months or so
if they are born in July, their first molt should be around January.

I know the seasons make a difference too, since we have 4 of them.

One of my cockatiels molts every 3-4 months, just a few pin feathers here and there, never has been a heavy molter.

 

[Pajarita]

I don't know the 'conure clock' for molting, I really think it depends on when they are born.
for example if they are born in December, their molt will start around 6 months or so
if they are born in July, their first molt should be around January.

I know the seasons make a difference too, since we have 4 of them.

One of my cockatiels molts every 3-4 months, just a few pin feathers here and there, never has been a heavy molter.

Well, no bird should be born in December in the Northern Hemisphere. Even fall breeders are done with breeding before December. So, if you go by when it's supposed to happen (and only if you are referring to the juvenile molt which is the one that happens 6 months after birth), if birds are born in the spring (April to early June), the juveniles would still molt in the fall. Nature doesn't leave any loose end, she takes care of every single detail.

 

[Kalidasa]

Yup her hatch-date is April 4, she just turned 4 last April. we did the nap thing yesterday also. Today unfortunately I can't do it at 4pm as I'll be at work, but we relaxed for about an hour after her bath at 11 this morning.

 

[Kalidasa]

I don't know the 'conure clock' for molting, I really think it depends on when they are born.
for example if they are born in December, their molt will start around 6 months or so
if they are born in July, their first molt should be around January.

I know the seasons make a difference too, since we have 4 of them.

One of my cockatiels molts every 3-4 months, just a few pin feathers here and there, never has been a heavy molter.

Well, no bird should be born in December in the Northern Hemisphere. Even fall breeders are done with breeding before December. So, if you go by when it's supposed to happen (and only if you are referring to the juvenile molt which is the one that happens 6 months after birth), if birds are born in the spring (April to early June), the juveniles would still molt in the fall. Nature doesn't leave any loose end, she takes care of every single detail.

So, even if the feathers are new they'll still molt out? She was bald when I first got her (April) but is now covered, with the outer body feathers coming in fast. She has no more skin showing at all, but I noticed some of her new chest feathers came out, they had only been mature feathers for a month, and they shed out....she didn't pull them. I see lots of pins though. Tons. So it doesn't matter if some feathers are newer, it's moult-time so they gotta go???