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Mine slept in cages in a bird room for years. Our female CAG will have occasoinal night frights and starts violently banging around her cage and winds up the other birds and next thing I know their all panicing. Our male Huey gets frustrated and chews his feet. Since we moved, one of the deals I cut was my Greys get to sleep in the bedroom with us. So now GreycieMae sleeps on the the carry handler of a step ladder that is vet wrapped. Huey sleeps on a rolling perch. They are both as happy as clams with their new setups. Not one night fright and not one chewed footy since moving here.

Alfie would literally starve himself to death rather than eat something he didn't like. I've never had much luck with veggies or pellets. He is getting a bit better at trying new foods these days, but they often get dropped or flung within seconds.

Alfie sleeps in his regular cage in the living room. He doesn't have a cover because he always used to pull them off the cage overnight so I stopped using one as he clearly preferred not having one on! He'll pick a perch in his cage and sleep on that. I agree with Timbersmom and don't think a nesting box would be a good idea as it could potentially encourage hormonal/nesting behaviours.

Minutes before birdie bedtime...

Love when they let us give them scritches....

Mine sleep on their perches, although one loves to sleep on top of his hanging stack of wood blocks.

What a beautiful little girl! She's so happy to be receiving her scritches! Thank you for sharing her video.

Blu uses teak wood perches, I have tried other woods also but he/she will chew them all and destroy them. Once in 7 days I use a Sandy Perch to keep her nails trimmed.

Whatever I'm eating....beer, coffee, twinkies... Just kiddin. The whatever I'm eating and act like I don't want to share is a surefire way to get them to eat it.

I don't think they do. If you watch birds in the wild, the only time they aren't perching is when they are nesting to reproduce. I think perching is their "natural" sleep position.

It seems there is no requirement of a Bird Nest or Place to Sleep. But won't the birds get too tired just standing 24x7 for 365 days ? I have seen Blu going to a corner and trying to sleep by tilting his/her body during day time when he/she is too tired.

Welcome to the forums!

For years (maybe 12 years or so) my parrots all had smaller second cages in the guest room where we put them to bed each night. I guess I read somewhere that was a good idea. And it worked well -- gave them a safe smaller space to sleep cozy in. Eventually I guess I got tired of it or something (I forget why); so now my CAG sleeps in his regular cage in the living room. I mean, as long as you give them a darkened room at night (I always leave a floor lamp light on (25 watt bulb) in case of night fright so they can re-orient), and provide some quiet time for good sleep. If a parrot is in a lighted room at night (and maybe uncovered to boot) where a television or radio is constantly on, I think that could disturb them and keep them awake. They deserve at least 10 hours of undisturbed sleep a night, imo. That said, sometimes I've seen my CAG take a nap during bright daylight with noise -- so they can adapt and sleep in less than ideal conditions, it's just not recommended. My CAG tucks his little head under his wing when he's tired and I keep the main light off and noise levels low in the evening, he sleeps just fine.

Welcome!!!

Timber sleeps in his cage, on the highest perch in the cage. I don't know anything about the "Bird Nest" you mention. First thought would be that you don't want to encourage nesting behavior because even unpaired females can lay eggs, leading to calcium deficiencies, being egg bound etc. As I said though, I don't know anything about the item you are talking about.

Hi Akka! Welcome! All of my greys as well as my macaws are going through their molts, too. Just vacuumed up a lot of floofies! Would love to see a pic of Blu!

My bird won't touch them, dry, soaked or otherwise. I've read other posts from members who said this worked for them also. Glad you found a work around!

I think it may work, if you try it this way : - Keep the bird hungry for 12 hours then offer it soaked pellets. If the bird eats it then fine; otherwise repeat it after 24 hours. After 24 hours most of them will like it. Then repeat the same for another 3-4 days.