Sleep Hut?

[teagal]

Just wondering after reading just about everything I could find on the internet about snuggle huts.
Do Quakers generally like to use them?
Do they prefer a nest box and material to build their own? Will popsicle sticks be a good nesting material along with regular nesting material?
I know they love to chew wood so????
Thanks for the help.

 

[Birdman666]

Quaker nests tend to be pretty complex, and I don't think popsicle sticks would be flexible enough for nesting materials. They weave twigs together with their little beaks. But I used to give them to my conures all the time as foot/chew toys. Pretty inexpensive too. A box of 1000 popsicle sticks was like $10.00 or so?!

I would think a one of those tent style happy huts with the closed ends and the little hole would be something they would like. But I've never owned a quaker. They were illegal in California.

There's a pretty good nest shot in this one:

BrooklynParrots.com: Wild Quaker Parrots Appear in Amityville, Long Island

 

[JerseyWendy]

Happy Huts and sleep tents have caused some concerns. Please have a look:

http://www.parrotforums.com/conures/18371-happy-hut-alternatives.html

 

[Birdman666]

Well, if your bird is a fabric chewer, then you don't want to use a happy hut.

I had one conure that lived in one outside the cage, and two more that I would never in a million years put a happy hut in with. (Those were not birds, they were termites! Perch materials, rope toys, fabric, anything... chewed to bits in seconds.)

 

[teagal]

I checked the link, thanks for the advise.

Do you suggest a nest box or will he be just as happy without a special place for sleep?
Of course which he may or may not use.

Happy Huts and sleep tents have caused some concerns. Please have a look:

http://www.parrotforums.com/conures/18371-happy-hut-alternatives.html

 

[teagal]

My bird is just going on 8 weeks old. No chewing much of anything yet.

Happy Huts and sleep tents have caused some concerns. Please have a look:

http://www.parrotforums.com/conures/18371-happy-hut-alternatives.html

Well, if your bird is a fabric chewer, then you don't want to use a happy hut.

I had one conure that lived in one outside the cage, and two more that I would never in a million years put a happy hut in with. (Those were not birds, they were termites! Perch materials, rope toys, fabric, anything... chewed to bits in seconds.)

 

[Giggleagain]

Just wondering after reading just about everything I could find on the internet about snuggle huts.
Do Quakers generally like to use them?
Do they prefer a nest box and material to build their own? Will popsicle sticks be a good nesting material along with regular nesting material?
I know they love to chew wood so????
Thanks for the help.

My Quaker Clover came with tent in the cage (fuzzy and open on both sides). She sleeps in it and uses it to pout. Upon getting the DNA results (she's a female) my vet strongly suggested that I take the tent out of the cage in order to prevent her from becoming cage aggressive. I tried a sleeping cage with her tent, and a "day cage" without one, she likes both about the same, and is a little monster both ways

I'm not an experienced parront, but I'd say that if your bird is used to not having a nest or tent (and if you're not planning to breed), you're better off without one, that way she'll never get angry at you for removing it! My 2cents.

 

[MikeyTN]

They can become cage aggressive with or without a box or a hut BUT you wouldn't want them to start out young being that way either. I would highly suggest not to use either!

 

[teagal]

Thanks. I'll opt not to get one then.

They can become cage aggressive with or without a box or a hut BUT you wouldn't want them to start out young being that way either. I would highly suggest not to use either!

 

[Giggleagain]

What you can do though, is get her a nice rope perch and some "cuddle toys". Clover has a mop and a soft cloth strip feather duster (sorry can't think of another name) that she herself slides into the "right spot". Now she sleeps between the mop and the duster.

I'll try to get a picture for you.

 

[teagal]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to start putting him in a sleep cage tonight. No tent or nest. I had read where they like tents or nests. I was wanting to do what is best for him.
Hope the sleep cage works for him. Thanks again everyone.

 

[henpecked]

You could also use a "roost box" . Very similar to a nest box but it doesn't have a floor in it. There's no entrance hole, just perches inside. They climb/fly into it and roost at night. Because there's no floor they don't tend to nest or lay eggs. You also don't have to worry about frayed edges or loose threads that they could ingest or get tangled in.

 

[Boyd75]

Roman loves to sleep in his hut, he especially likes it when im up and forget to turn the light off hell snuggle in their because its dark.

 

[henpecked]

Notice the thread in the photo above? That is the issue with the "Happy Huts". Loose threads can get tangled around the bird (although that one is pretty short). If you used something similar you need to inspect inside and out. Keep threads trimmed and replace if chewed. BTW i would discontinue use if the bird is chewing. Ingestion and crop impaction is a very real threat. The same is true with the cloth cage covers. I lost a favorite hen Panama to this same issue many years ago. Wish someone would have pointed this out to me instead of learning though the "school of hard knocks".