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- I currently have a Meyer's Parrot that is with me for a couple of months now.
Hi everyone, I am owning a Meyer's Parrot for about a couple of months now. It actually just flew inside my room and decided to just adopt it because I failed to find the owner several times already.
I am new to bird forums in general but I have observed his behavior quite some time now. So whenever my Meyer sleeps, he doesn't close his eyes. Yes, that's it he doesn't. He does when napping during day time, but when its time to normally sleep at night, he just stand on his perch, eyes wide open without moving until the next day. So I had searched about torpor.
So basically upon searching definitions on the internet I came up with this article:
https://www.thespruce.com/glossary-definition-torpor-386921
Now could some bird experts out there verify if my Meyers undergoes this kind of state? Or is there something I should be concerned about?
EDIT: So to give you additional information. I live in an apartment, so basically my apartment seats at the center of two mini buildings, and currently my room is facing a very tall fire wall. The cage setup is quite near to my windows but I can fairly assume that no other birds or any organism will be able to pass by that space to scare him or make him uncomfortable.
About napping, he naps on top of his cage, he naps inside his cage with doors are open or not. And for the past couple of months i let him sleep inside his cage where I assume he's under that torpor state. Now since I have him for a couple of months now, I tried to put on a Perch on the side of his cage and let him sleep there. He's been sleeping outside his cage for 3 days now. And I can still observe that he has the same sleeping pattern whether he's inside or outside the cage.
His sleeping time is around 8 pm, and I don't fail to give the darkness he needs when sleeping. But sometimes I need to turn on my lampshade on to work on something. Another observation is it doesn't matter whether I turn my lampshade on or give him a complete darkness, he is still, I assume at torpor state.
When he's napping, he acts like a normal napping bird with eyes closed and head tucked over his back. So I really wonder why is he's sleeping eyes wide open at night
Thank you for your responses,
Wiji
I am new to bird forums in general but I have observed his behavior quite some time now. So whenever my Meyer sleeps, he doesn't close his eyes. Yes, that's it he doesn't. He does when napping during day time, but when its time to normally sleep at night, he just stand on his perch, eyes wide open without moving until the next day. So I had searched about torpor.
So basically upon searching definitions on the internet I came up with this article:
https://www.thespruce.com/glossary-definition-torpor-386921
Now could some bird experts out there verify if my Meyers undergoes this kind of state? Or is there something I should be concerned about?
EDIT: So to give you additional information. I live in an apartment, so basically my apartment seats at the center of two mini buildings, and currently my room is facing a very tall fire wall. The cage setup is quite near to my windows but I can fairly assume that no other birds or any organism will be able to pass by that space to scare him or make him uncomfortable.
About napping, he naps on top of his cage, he naps inside his cage with doors are open or not. And for the past couple of months i let him sleep inside his cage where I assume he's under that torpor state. Now since I have him for a couple of months now, I tried to put on a Perch on the side of his cage and let him sleep there. He's been sleeping outside his cage for 3 days now. And I can still observe that he has the same sleeping pattern whether he's inside or outside the cage.
His sleeping time is around 8 pm, and I don't fail to give the darkness he needs when sleeping. But sometimes I need to turn on my lampshade on to work on something. Another observation is it doesn't matter whether I turn my lampshade on or give him a complete darkness, he is still, I assume at torpor state.
When he's napping, he acts like a normal napping bird with eyes closed and head tucked over his back. So I really wonder why is he's sleeping eyes wide open at night
Thank you for your responses,
Wiji
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