Hi everyone,
So I have a bit of a problem. I have a 10 year old green cheek conure named Holly, and she is driving me bananas. We have a good relationship, but she has a serious problem with bedtime. My husband and I are night owls, and we have our computers stationed together downstairs. We used to have her upstairs, but spent most of our time downstairs, and so moved her cage so she would spend the majority of her time with us. The problem came at night. We would cover her cage but still be talking and typing, and she would hear us and cry.
It's the saddest sound in the world and she was very persistant, to the point of insanity. So we compromised and bought her a sleeping cage, which we moved into a quiet study room nearby. We also bought her a budgie buddy, who lives in a cage next to hers, so she always has company. Eureka! It worked perfectly, for several years.
Until I noticed that she was having huge poops in the morning; she was holding her poop until she was put back into her day cage. I kind of shrugged that off and didn't worry so much, until I read a story about a woman who's bird developed a lethal bacterial infection from holding her poops.
OH HELL NO!
So the last two nights I have left her in her day cage to sleep at night, and she doesn't hold her poops. But she can hear us typing and talking after birdy bedtime and is straight back to the crying at night. Literally sobbing. I would be horrified for the sheer dreadfullness of the cries, the depths of her suffering, but for the fact that she ocassionally breaks it up the heartbreaking sobbings with quiet whispers of "hollie bird" and kissing noises, so I know she's not actually suffering!!
I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any ideas?
EDIT: Holy heck, I just read about Happy Huts being of the devil, they cause hormonal issues and can kill conures. She has two of them, a yellow one and a green one she likes to chew on --- one in each cage because she loves her huts so much. Maybe that is why she is holding her poops? I just removed her huts completely and put her back in her sleeping cage for tonight. Maybe that will help... any other ideas?
So I have a bit of a problem. I have a 10 year old green cheek conure named Holly, and she is driving me bananas. We have a good relationship, but she has a serious problem with bedtime. My husband and I are night owls, and we have our computers stationed together downstairs. We used to have her upstairs, but spent most of our time downstairs, and so moved her cage so she would spend the majority of her time with us. The problem came at night. We would cover her cage but still be talking and typing, and she would hear us and cry.
It's the saddest sound in the world and she was very persistant, to the point of insanity. So we compromised and bought her a sleeping cage, which we moved into a quiet study room nearby. We also bought her a budgie buddy, who lives in a cage next to hers, so she always has company. Eureka! It worked perfectly, for several years.
Until I noticed that she was having huge poops in the morning; she was holding her poop until she was put back into her day cage. I kind of shrugged that off and didn't worry so much, until I read a story about a woman who's bird developed a lethal bacterial infection from holding her poops.
OH HELL NO!
So the last two nights I have left her in her day cage to sleep at night, and she doesn't hold her poops. But she can hear us typing and talking after birdy bedtime and is straight back to the crying at night. Literally sobbing. I would be horrified for the sheer dreadfullness of the cries, the depths of her suffering, but for the fact that she ocassionally breaks it up the heartbreaking sobbings with quiet whispers of "hollie bird" and kissing noises, so I know she's not actually suffering!!
I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any ideas?
EDIT: Holy heck, I just read about Happy Huts being of the devil, they cause hormonal issues and can kill conures. She has two of them, a yellow one and a green one she likes to chew on --- one in each cage because she loves her huts so much. Maybe that is why she is holding her poops? I just removed her huts completely and put her back in her sleeping cage for tonight. Maybe that will help... any other ideas?
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