Jaco1007 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Anyone else have an African Grey that talks and/or mumbles in their sleep? Anyone ever heard of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have never heard of greys talking in their sleep, but I would love to hear it. How about a video, if you have a tripod, maybe????? I think that is fascinating. What does your grey say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have never heard any of mine talk or mumble once they are covered. Does your grey do this all the time? I wonder if anyone elses does? Fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaco1007 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have heard him say his name (Jaco) and good boy. He also mumbles a lot. He does this very often. I am often awake at night because I work overnight shifts at a hospital and with just my laptop computer on I can hear and see him. His cage is in my bedroom. His cage is also not covered at night (he doesn't like it). It's very strange. He is definately asleep while doing this. He has also fallen off his perch and crashed on the bottom while sleeping in the middle of the night. He was disoriented and confused after it happened. Is he dreaming??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well, it's totally possible he is dreaming and talking in his sleep. Mine does not, atleast that I know of. I have no doubt that critters dream, just as we do. I Know for a fact dogs and cats do as Ive watched them do so several times. This is an interesting topic and I hope others have more input on this as well. I wonder, do they dream in color? ;-) :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raposa Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 My grey does not talk or mumble in her sleep, but I had an eclectus who did ~smiles~ He would quietly talk himself to sleep, and then during the night I'd hear a little tiny voice mumbling or saying some of his words. I found it very endearing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Sounds like your grey not only talks in his sleep but maybe also sleep walks!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidH Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 REM (Rapid-eye-movement) is strongly associated with dreaming in humans. All mammals AND birds have REM. Here's some interesting info on sleep in birds from Wikipedia: There are significant similarities between sleep in birds and sleep in mammals, which is one of the reasons for the idea that sleep in higher animals with its division into REM and non-REM sleep has evolved together with warm-bloodedness. Birds compensate for sleep loss in a manner similar to mammals, by deeper or more intense SWS (Slow-wave sleep). Birds have both REM and non-REM sleep, and the EEG patterns of both have similarities to those of mammals. Different birds sleep different amounts,...The only clear explanatory factor for the variations in sleep amounts for birds of different species is that birds who sleep in environments where they are exposed to predators have less deep sleep than birds sleeping in more protected environments. A peculiarity that birds share with aquatic mammals, and possibly also with certain species of lizards (opinions differ about that last point), is the ability for unihemispheric sleep. That is the ability to sleep with one cerebral hemisphere at a time, while the other hemisphere is awake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaco1007 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thank you all for sharing. Raposa that sounds exactly like my Grey when he talks in his sleep. Thank you DavidH that puts a lot of insight on this topic. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thats great information David! Now, this hurts my brain "That is the ability to sleep with one cerebral hemisphere at a time, while the other hemisphere is awake." I love an interesting topic to research and learn more. :-) Thanks for posting this information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidH Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Another interesting sleep fact is about whales. I was reminded of it the other day, Dan, when you posted that Greys need to consciously loosen their grip. Whales apparently cannot EVER sleep because they need to consciously breathe. If you put a whale under anesthesia, s/he will die. Of course, that seems to contradict the previous claim that all mammals have REM, unless they go into a sleep-like state between breathes. Like you say, more research required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raposa Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Wow, there really is a lot to be learned about sleep in birds and how it works for them, isn't there? We can't assume they are just like us in their needs for sleep or how sleep affects them . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyo1106 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I'm wondering about if AG sleep talks too. My AG usually mumbles for 10 minutes or so after we cover him up for the night, but pretty sure he isn't really asleep but rather just practicing words softly while covered up. However, there was this once when YoYo was taking a nap next to me and all of sudden I heard some mumbling from him. I turned and saw his mouth slightly open and some unrecognizable noise came out and his eyes were still closed.:blink: That's when I started to wonder if birds sleep talk, but haven't seen anything like it since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codys Mom Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 My Eclectus talks in his sleep that I know,he doesn't do it every night but at least 2 or 3 times a week and he says things that I can't get him to say when he is awake , figures lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyj Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 When its bedtime i part cover Alfie & he will say his name & good boy & chatter in grey talk for around half a hour then when hes quiet i cover him fully & he settles down for the night even though im still up with the tv on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 yoyo1106 wrote: I turned and saw his mouth slightly open and some unrecognizable noise came out and his eyes were still closed.:blink: He was snoring...just hope it doesn't get too loud and rattle the roof :silly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchroedersJen Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 This is an interesting thread. Thanks to everyone that has contributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyo1106 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 He was snoring...just hope it doesn't get too loud and rattle the roof Hehe, I don't know if YoYo snores, but he definitely Burps and it's LOUD! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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