Roosting Perch?

[Lysis]

Just curious. Where does your grey sleep? I was thinking about this, since my girl is sleeping in her new big cage and seems so uncomfortable in her new big space at night. She's fine during the day. I know she prefers the secure feeling of her old 18x18 sleeping cage.

 

It's funny, when I first got the cage I was at a loss in terms of how to arrange the perches. I had to call the manufacturer to ask them how they arrange things in the interior. Since they are breeders, they told me that in addition to the perches, the bird has a short roosting perch up higher than the rest of the perches. I wonder if this may bring a sense of security.

[BMustee]

Yeah, parrots like to sleeps up high and will be on edge if they cannot. Put a perch as high as you can in the big cage, just be sure to leave enough head room for your grey.

[lovemyGreys]

Yep as BMustee has said parrots will roost on the highest point, it is for security & i guess in the wild the safest point from predators.

[Tari]

Funny my Que sleeps on the lowest perch. My Joey (amazon) usally sleeps on the floor of his cage. The quakers all sleep up high as do the budgies. Doodlebug (p'let) sleeps in his coconut shell.

Guess each is different.

[lovemyGreys]

:laugh: There is always exceptions to the rule

[judygram]

Josey sleeps on the highest part of her boing that hangs in the center of her cage but Sunny the conure sleeps in her tent that is low in the cage, to each their own.

[Hannah_Rae]

Last night Juji fell asleep on the very top perch of her foraging tree, more than 6 1/2 feet in the air. She usually goes to bed at 10, but I guess she needed a little extra shut eye last night. She was sooo cute up there.

[Lysis]

This is her second night in her cage and she is letting me know (both protesting vocally and by wing intention movements) that she doesn't like it! Spending the day in the cage apparently is fine for her and has been for the past two weeks. I would prefer her to go to sleep relaxed and settled as she usually does , but she is not having any of it. Taking to her softly, head scratching, etc. is not working. I'm wondering if I need to just wait it out, but I was also considering getting a short "roosting" perch to put up a bit higher might make it more acceptable for her. I guess it just takes time. Either that, or I will have to make her other tiny cage her "sleeping" cage if she doesn't adapt.

[BMustee]

If you haven't put the high perch in yet you need to...obviously she isn't happy. After you put in the perch and she is still protesting then you should keep the small cage for sleeping. I have heard of people having a day and night cage for their parrots.

[judygram]

Yes whatever works best, Josey sleeps in the same cage but then she always has but if a sleep cage makes her happy then use it for that, and a lot of the members do use a sleep cage.

[Ronda477]

I bought one of those triangle swings that lay flat with the little circle ring up top for them to play with, and hooked it to the top of her cage, it is higher than all her other perches and that is where she sits 99% of the time when she is actually in her cage. She is mostly just in there for at night, and first thing in the morning till I get all dogs and everything done, so I can be in the same room with her. But she loves that swing to perch on and fall asleep.

[Christina]

Finnigan also has a short high perch in her cage. I also put alot of her toys in front of her perch, so its kind of secluded. She likes that very much.

[Lyric]

My TAG sleeps on the highest perch in his cage too and it is a beachwalk perch (like concrete but wavy) so he can get a very secure grip on it while sleeping. When it is bedtime he is ready to go to it right away- no messing around! He does the whole spread wings reaching towards it with his head until I put him in there.

Sometimes I wish he had a sleeping cage in a quieter place in the house because on the weekends we sometimes stay up late watching tv and I know this disturbs him, but I guess they adapt to their situation.

[DUKEdevils36]

Duke doesnt like to sleep in his cage. He actually prefers to sleep out side his cage on the door. I would think it would be uncomfortable for his feet but he has been doing it since he was able to perch.

[Kibibi]

Kibibi sleeps in two places in her cage. One spot is on the highest perch (actually on top of a hanging toy) and strangely enough the other spot is the lowest perch in the cage. I don't know how or why she picks which one on what night :blink:

[danmcq]

Dayo sleeps on his mid-level perch which spans the entire width of the Cage. It is a 1 1/2 inch diameter perch. The highest perch that also spans the entire width of the Cage is a natural manzanita branch that varies in diameter from 3/8 to 1 inch. He rarely uses it. I am starting to think he does no like the natural uneven diameter or the curving all natural branches have. I guess I have a weird Grey. :-)

[judygram]

Not weird Dan just different:whistle: :cheer: :lol:

[danmcq]

LOL Ok Judy, your right ...I had to apologize to Dayo for that one B)

[watchout]

Maui sleeps on his boing which is in the back corner of the cage. He doesn't climb to the top of it though. He also doesn't seam to like the Manzanita perches. I think he thinks they are too slick. On his tabletop tree stand in my office, I took some pliers and roughed it up a little for him. The hard wood is nice, but, slick. My Parrotlet, Tiny sleeps in his tent.

[birdgranna]

One of my greys sleeps on one of those platform things that hang on the side of the cage and the other sleeps in his tent.

[Nekkyousha]

My CAG loves to sleep on her swing, it rocks a tiny bit as she's keeping balance so maybe she likes the motion? my canary does the same thing.

[lovemyGreys]

yes the rocking motion must comfort her

[Nekkyousha]

haha they definately do justify the acting like children debate, bless her:silly: