Syd's nights of destruction

[T00tsyd]

Syd (GCC) goes to bed at around 7.30pm and calls to me at about 8am when I get him up. I thought he was sleeping soundly but the last few weeks he has set about the paper at the bottom of the cage and totally shreds it. This morning he had managed to throw a lot of it all over the floor. He is managing this somehow through the bottom grate. He is in his sleep cage in his own room and covered for the night and I rarely hear anything of him.

So my question is:- is he 'sleeping' for too long? He tends to nod off a couple of times during the day mainly after lunch and early evening. It gets dark here now at about 4.30/5pm and isn't properly light until about 7.30am. He is under a dark cover.

Is it normal to be so active through the night/maybe early morning?

 

[GaleriaGila]

Ever since the Rickeybird hit sexual maturity at about 3-4 years of age, I've had to manage his hormones! If kept on too steady a long day, and too much light, he stayed "in the mood" (aggressive, even louder than usual, pleasuring himself on my neck ) year round. If I keep him on a natural light schedule... up with dawn, down with dusk, year around... THEN he's only a little monster rooster from July to September). He has his own room, so I can do that easily. Natural light just seems the healthiest idea to me...
Patagonians are one of the few parrots that are semi-nocturnal, so he is up and about during the night. I don't think GCCs re like that, but...???
Gee, I guess I'm rambling a bit. I suppose that as long as he is healthy and happy, a bit of night-time fun is harmless. I wonder what others will think...

Syd, you stinker, stop causing problems!

 

[T00tsyd]

Ever since the Rickeybird hit sexual maturity at about 3-4 years of age, I've had to manage his hormones! If kept on too steady a long day, and too much light, he stayed "in the mood" (aggressive, even louder than usual, pleasuring himself on my neck ) year round. If I keep him on a natural light schedule... up with dawn, down with dusk, year around... THEN he's only a little monster rooster from July to September). He has his own room, so I can do that easily. Natural light just seems the healthiest idea to me...
Patagonians are one of the few parrots that are semi-nocturnal, so he is up and about during the night. I don't think GCCs re like that, but...???
Gee, I guess I'm rambling a bit. I suppose that as long as he is healthy and happy, a bit of night-time fun is harmless. I wonder what others will think...

Syd, you stinker, stop causing problems!

LOL. He is a little stinker, you are right. Apart from the constant cleaning up he is creating I don't mind too much. Since he doesn't poop at night I could stop giving him any paper. My concern was the amount of sleep. I would hate to think that he was in there all night really fed up, although if he was I guess he'd open his lungs and complain! He does in daylight enough - Bless him

 

[GaleriaGila]

Now I'm curious about how many birds of which species are active at night.
I believe there's a way to add a poll to a thread, if you're interested...

 

[T00tsyd]

Ha Ha I wouldn't have a clue how! Scrub that I found the way! Thanks.

 

[Laurasea]

y 6 parrots are on a day night schedule, that goes by natural sunlight. So now they are in their cages by 430 because it's dark by five, and they get antsy if they aren't at their roost before dark.

My cages are in the kitchen area of my greatroom. They don't have sleeping cages and only one gets covered at night. They all hav their own sleep tent that I make and have to remake as they get worn. ( No fuzzy death trap huts) .
It works for me and my birds, no behavior problems in the years if doing this. Certainly different species, or individuals might have problems. And if problem develop for me I will change things. Some species of parrot like Quakers utilize their complex nest year round it's why they can survive cold and snow. Also from some research conures seem to hole up at night as well. As for many native cavity dwelling birds of north America. All birds need some visual screenings like toys or something ( in my opinion) to sleep feeling safe. As there are no birds sleeping out in the open un protected. They snuggle up to the main tree , or a tangle of limbs, or dense vegetation..... I wish their were more studies done on wild parrots , and captive parrots. ( Certainly their will be a bunch info on death killing , raging hormones parrots, following my post, but rember there are many trains of thought, and we are all trying to the best for our parrots)

Anyway they all go to bed. I keep the lights low and tv low as we are all in the same room. Not a peep from them u til morning, sunrise. Anyway that's what goes on here . Also I don't get them out or talk to them after bedtime. The only exception is Ta-dah who has mommy and me time at about 8pm -9 pm, she picked this time, and after many efforts and night time escapes at this time if I don't get her out, I have accepted her demands.

 

[T00tsyd]

My 6 parrots are on a day night schedule, that goes by natural sunlight. So now they are in their cages by 430 because it's dark by five, and they get antsy if they aren't at their roost before dark.

My cages are in the kitchen area of my greatroom. They don't have sleeping cages and only one gets covered at night. They all hav their own sleep tent that I make and have to remake as they get worn. ( No fuzzy death trap huts) .
It works for me and my birds, no behavior problems in the years if doing this. Certainly different species, or individuals might have problems. And if problem develop for me I will change things. Some species of parrot like Quakers utilize their complex nest year round it's why they can survive cold and snow. Also from some research conures seem to hole up at night as well. As for many native cavity dwelling birds of north America. All birds need some visual screenings like toys or something ( in my opinion) to sleep feeling safe. As there are no birds sleeping out in the open un protected. They snuggle up to the main tree , or a tangle of limbs, or dense vegetation..... I wish their were more studies done on wild parrots , and captive parrots. ( Certainly their will bich info on death killing , raging hormones parrots, following my post, but rember there are many trains of thought, and we are all trying to the best for our parrots)

Anyway they all go to bed. I keep the lights low and tv low as we are all in the same room. Not a peep from them u til morning, sunrise. Anyway that's what goes on here

I was quite mindful that GCCs are flock birds so have put shredding toys which tend to be a bit 'fluffy' for him to sleep amongst. He seems to be ignoring those in favour of wrecking the floor. I'd love to know how he manages to reach the paper through the grid. It doesn't seem possible to me. So far the responses are making me wonder if he should go to bed at about 5pm but til 7.am seems a really long night.

 

[its_ady]

i donot know how to post my query here. can anybody help...

 

[Laurasea]

O don't Knoe how he reaches lol. Mine are fine with 5-7 , well except for Ta-dah

This link talks about bedtime, and pattering to music, and a warm night fedding, might be useful to you
https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/stress-reduction-for-parrot-companions/

 

[Kiwibird]

I slept on the sofa downstairs for several months straight this year thanks to being pregnant and wanting to be near the AC and bathroom lol. That means I also slept just feet away from the “slumbering” . While I wouldn’t say he was thrashing about all night or anything, he was definitely not silent nor fast asleep all night long (I’m a light sleeper so just about anything wakes me up). Mostly, it would just be switching perches/position, ruffling feathers or a big poop splat, but some mornings very early, I’d hear him crunching on his mineral block, having a snack or chewing on a toy for a while before quieting down again. It wasn’t ever a nightly thing though. I kind of interpreted it like how I sometimes wake up, can’t fall back asleep so I go do some quiet activity for a while until I feel sleepy again rather than just toss and turn. It surprised me he could navigate his cage so well in the dark TBH.

Kiwi typically puts himself to bed around 7-8pm (we just cover the cage for him when he’s ready) and I uncover him at 8am. He’s in the living room, so we’re up for a good while after he goes to sleep and before he wakes up, but unless we do something really noisy, he’s not bothered by the activity or whatever light might get through the covers. He does take a hour or two nap in the afternoon but is active pretty much all day long besides that.