66corvair
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- Feb 5, 2014
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- 2 year old GCC
I got a question for you guys. We (my fiance and I) have had our GCC for a bit over a year. He just recently turned two. Things have been going pretty good overall, or as well as one could expect with their first bird. Except...
We have a bedtime cage in our bedroom so he can sleep with us. It's not covered up. We usually go to bed with him on average, about 10 or so. He has a happy hut (we check for loose threads and he hasn't seemed to chew it ever, he's had it since he was a baby in the pet store). We have a bit of food and water in there for him as well as two or so toys.
OLD ROUTINE: We go to bed around 10 with him. I get up around 7 and close the door and leave the better half and Rey in the bedroom. He stays quiet until about 9:00 AM and will start to screech. My fiance will either get up or open the cage. He'll fly to her in the bed and they doze off and on for maybe another half hour together before he really wakes up and gets antsy to take his morning poop. Then it's business as usual. He never lets us sleep past 10. It's not so much a loud scream, as that kind of whiny, "let me out" constant screech. I hope you guys know what i'm talking about. This has been over the winter, so the sun has never been before 8 or so.
NEW ROUTINE: My fiance's career is seasonal. So now she gets up around 6:00 AM and i sleep until 7:00 AM. She leaves the bedroom, closes the door and Rey goes crazy. He screeches that same whiny, "let me out" call right away. I don't like to let Rey sleep with me as i toss and turn like crazy and I dont' really doze, so it's not something I'm comfortable with. We tried to cover up his bedtime cage but it made no difference. I'm sure you guys know, but it is easily the worst way to wake up. I can only think a screaming baby would be worse, but it would be a close draw.
POSSIBLE REASONS AND CHANGES:
(1) With the sun coming up earlier, even though we have the shades drawn in the bedroom the sun definately does begin to fill the room. but we had him covered with a blanket that i think would have definatley blocked the light out.
(2) He's needy in general. He whines if we are not in the same room as him, and flies to us. Sometimes he just whines for minutes at time without flying. We attribute this to the fact that he still seems to be unused to flying. We've had him flighted before for about two months before clipping his wings. This time he's been growing out his wings since last August and all but one flight feather has grown in. We like him being flighted but he seems to have a bigger attitude due to his increased mobility.
(3) He's chosen my fiance as his mate. He tolerates me and likes me but if he's hanging out on my shoulder and my fiance leaves the room 7/10 times he'll fly to follow her. He always tries to cuddle up with her and be with her 24/7. Part of this reason is she's been working from home the last couple of months and before that she was in college so she was with Rey a lot more than I am. But I have no clue how Rey can tell she left the room instead of me unless he can hear the differences in breathing haha!
So how do I stop Rey from waking me up at 6:30 every day. It's super super annoying. Or is this another aspect of owning a bird to just get used to?
Wow, looking back this is a huge wall of text. I apologize but I have seen on this forum that it can be more helpful when you guys know everything so i've tried to do that.
We have a bedtime cage in our bedroom so he can sleep with us. It's not covered up. We usually go to bed with him on average, about 10 or so. He has a happy hut (we check for loose threads and he hasn't seemed to chew it ever, he's had it since he was a baby in the pet store). We have a bit of food and water in there for him as well as two or so toys.
OLD ROUTINE: We go to bed around 10 with him. I get up around 7 and close the door and leave the better half and Rey in the bedroom. He stays quiet until about 9:00 AM and will start to screech. My fiance will either get up or open the cage. He'll fly to her in the bed and they doze off and on for maybe another half hour together before he really wakes up and gets antsy to take his morning poop. Then it's business as usual. He never lets us sleep past 10. It's not so much a loud scream, as that kind of whiny, "let me out" constant screech. I hope you guys know what i'm talking about. This has been over the winter, so the sun has never been before 8 or so.
NEW ROUTINE: My fiance's career is seasonal. So now she gets up around 6:00 AM and i sleep until 7:00 AM. She leaves the bedroom, closes the door and Rey goes crazy. He screeches that same whiny, "let me out" call right away. I don't like to let Rey sleep with me as i toss and turn like crazy and I dont' really doze, so it's not something I'm comfortable with. We tried to cover up his bedtime cage but it made no difference. I'm sure you guys know, but it is easily the worst way to wake up. I can only think a screaming baby would be worse, but it would be a close draw.
POSSIBLE REASONS AND CHANGES:
(1) With the sun coming up earlier, even though we have the shades drawn in the bedroom the sun definately does begin to fill the room. but we had him covered with a blanket that i think would have definatley blocked the light out.
(2) He's needy in general. He whines if we are not in the same room as him, and flies to us. Sometimes he just whines for minutes at time without flying. We attribute this to the fact that he still seems to be unused to flying. We've had him flighted before for about two months before clipping his wings. This time he's been growing out his wings since last August and all but one flight feather has grown in. We like him being flighted but he seems to have a bigger attitude due to his increased mobility.
(3) He's chosen my fiance as his mate. He tolerates me and likes me but if he's hanging out on my shoulder and my fiance leaves the room 7/10 times he'll fly to follow her. He always tries to cuddle up with her and be with her 24/7. Part of this reason is she's been working from home the last couple of months and before that she was in college so she was with Rey a lot more than I am. But I have no clue how Rey can tell she left the room instead of me unless he can hear the differences in breathing haha!
So how do I stop Rey from waking me up at 6:30 every day. It's super super annoying. Or is this another aspect of owning a bird to just get used to?
Wow, looking back this is a huge wall of text. I apologize but I have seen on this forum that it can be more helpful when you guys know everything so i've tried to do that.
