katiediane317
New member
Hi all,
First off I just want to say I've been using this site for a while and it has helped tons! I am now at a point where I feel my problem has not already been answered in terms of my specific bird and situation.
I have had a female GCC since about July of last year. She turned a year old yesterday (happy birthday my baby Flora). We just moved last week but this behavior has been maintaining for almost two months now. Flora sleeps in my room with me and likes to go to bed early. Since she has been complaining about the light from my TV I cover her at night with a light bed sheet. This part is fine.
The mornings have been absolutely awful. Flora wakes up early and begins to cry and whine instantly. It's loud and becomes screaming kind of intermittently. At first I tried kind of making the same sound I make for bites (which has been successful for bites) but then that didn't seem to work for this situation. I contacted the place I got her from and they said to ignore the crying until there's about a 30 second break in crying and then uncover her and let her out of the cage.
I might just be being impatient because this is driving me crazy, but she does this for at least a straight hour every morning before I've ignored her long enough for her to be quiet for 30 seconds and be let out of her cage. I'm losing sleep and I'm just ANGRY at her in the morning.
Is there any advice you guys can give me in terms of this situation? I've never had a bird before Flora and I don't really know what to do. Any and all advice is appreciated.
First off I just want to say I've been using this site for a while and it has helped tons! I am now at a point where I feel my problem has not already been answered in terms of my specific bird and situation.
I have had a female GCC since about July of last year. She turned a year old yesterday (happy birthday my baby Flora). We just moved last week but this behavior has been maintaining for almost two months now. Flora sleeps in my room with me and likes to go to bed early. Since she has been complaining about the light from my TV I cover her at night with a light bed sheet. This part is fine.
The mornings have been absolutely awful. Flora wakes up early and begins to cry and whine instantly. It's loud and becomes screaming kind of intermittently. At first I tried kind of making the same sound I make for bites (which has been successful for bites) but then that didn't seem to work for this situation. I contacted the place I got her from and they said to ignore the crying until there's about a 30 second break in crying and then uncover her and let her out of the cage.
I might just be being impatient because this is driving me crazy, but she does this for at least a straight hour every morning before I've ignored her long enough for her to be quiet for 30 seconds and be let out of her cage. I'm losing sleep and I'm just ANGRY at her in the morning.
Is there any advice you guys can give me in terms of this situation? I've never had a bird before Flora and I don't really know what to do. Any and all advice is appreciated.