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cage, in my bedroom for night. The "sleeping cage" contained his cloud (a big frilly knot he liked to cling to when he slept) another smallish toy, a bell (for ringing, if he felt I was oversleeping), food and water. It wasn`t a "play space" - and he knew when it was bedtime when we`d head to the sleeping cage - after the first few days, he never fought going in, would climb in happily (groggily) on his own. After I`d put him to bed, I`d leave a nightlight on til I went to bed. Otherwise, normal noise and activity continued. He understood that the sleeping cage was "bedtime" and never threw a fit, screamed (well, as much as a parrotlet could scream... G!), etc. It worked very well for both of us... After a cpl years, I changed to a new sleeping cage - totally different shape. It hung in the same place and had mostly the same stuff inside. He has no transition problems. The only thing about the sleeping cage, I insisted the bars be black instead of white... dunno that it mattered though.

to talk to a rescue/rehoming agency now, while all is stable in the birds life. The rescue agency could work to find appropriate new home & the rehoming could be done more gradually, with the grey meeting and clearly learning to know and trust the new home, with visits infrequently back and forth, etc, eventually transitioning completely. In any case it could be thusly spread over as much time as the grey himselkf needs... and it would eliminate the limbo time where the bird spontaneously lives with rescue home before finding new home... IMO, you`re in a good position to ensure the future happiness of the bird. I`m fortunate that my young niece loves bird, so we intend on `naturalizing` her as part of the familly with our new grey - hopefully ensuring continuity for the bird, should I die prematurelly (or eventually! G!)

-J