BoomBoom
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- May 2, 2012
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- Parrots
- Boomer (Sun Conure 9 yrs), Pewpew (Budgie 5 yrs), Ulap (Budgie 2 yrs), Eight & Kiki (Beloved Budgies, RIP)
Hi everyone. We've had our 3 month old conure over a week now. He's doing great so far. He is good natured and playful. He screeches a little in the morning, a little when we come home from work, and screeches some when the day grows dark.
We put him to sleep around 7:30pm. We know it's time because he becomes more vocal. His cage is in the living room so we cover it with a thin, dark colored sheet, and another smaller sheet at the front of his cage to filter more light. He would crawl in his happy hut and quiet down soon after. We uncover his cage the next day at 7:10am on weekdays and 7:45am on weekends.
Sorry it took a while to get to my question, I just wanted to establish the scenario. My question is: Are conures light sleepers? The blanket helps with the light, perhaps not 100% because he has outside cage perches that poke out, so the blanket is not flush against the side of the cage walls. I think its sufficient though. My main concern is the noise. Me and my partner hang out in the living room where his cage is. We have both computers on but turn down all volume. We speak in hushed tones. But we move around, so floor boards would creek, we might be printing things, opening drawers, etc. There will be light from the monitors, at least one desk light if I'm drawing on my desk. We stay up till 9 or 10pm.
Through all of it, our conure stays quiet. Sometimes an occassional beak grind, low grunt/chirp. Now I know once he is in his hut, no amount of noise will cause him to get out and be awake. I know this because on his second night, his cage was close to my partner's computer desk and the desk shattered (it was made of glass) for no apparent reason. The noise was very loud but he didn't panic and looked at us sleepily from his hut when we looked under the cage cover.
We thought of sleep cages but no suitable room to put it in. We only have a bedroom which is probably worse because we snore a lot, and a kitchen which were not comfortable with because of possible fumes from the gas stove, bathroom not ideal and the echo might scare him.
Will all this activity in the same room despite us toning it down considerably, be considered a major disturbance to his sleep? Your input would be appreciated.
We put him to sleep around 7:30pm. We know it's time because he becomes more vocal. His cage is in the living room so we cover it with a thin, dark colored sheet, and another smaller sheet at the front of his cage to filter more light. He would crawl in his happy hut and quiet down soon after. We uncover his cage the next day at 7:10am on weekdays and 7:45am on weekends.
Sorry it took a while to get to my question, I just wanted to establish the scenario. My question is: Are conures light sleepers? The blanket helps with the light, perhaps not 100% because he has outside cage perches that poke out, so the blanket is not flush against the side of the cage walls. I think its sufficient though. My main concern is the noise. Me and my partner hang out in the living room where his cage is. We have both computers on but turn down all volume. We speak in hushed tones. But we move around, so floor boards would creek, we might be printing things, opening drawers, etc. There will be light from the monitors, at least one desk light if I'm drawing on my desk. We stay up till 9 or 10pm.
Through all of it, our conure stays quiet. Sometimes an occassional beak grind, low grunt/chirp. Now I know once he is in his hut, no amount of noise will cause him to get out and be awake. I know this because on his second night, his cage was close to my partner's computer desk and the desk shattered (it was made of glass) for no apparent reason. The noise was very loud but he didn't panic and looked at us sleepily from his hut when we looked under the cage cover.
We thought of sleep cages but no suitable room to put it in. We only have a bedroom which is probably worse because we snore a lot, and a kitchen which were not comfortable with because of possible fumes from the gas stove, bathroom not ideal and the echo might scare him.
Will all this activity in the same room despite us toning it down considerably, be considered a major disturbance to his sleep? Your input would be appreciated.
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