Bedtime

[Sparkles99]

How much sleep should budgies get? Is there an optimal bedtime for best behaviour & health?

 

[Kassiani]

I think a minimum of 12 hours is recommended. My boys get 13 at the moment. A specific time? I don’t know. I’ll be interested to hear what others have to say!

 

[ParrotNuts]

My birds get 10 hours of sleep daily. This article is a good read
The Real Truth: Sleep Needs in Parrots

 

[Lori D Pert]

Generally about 12 hrs is optimum. I think they will adjust timing to your schedule as long as they get uninterrupted quiet time. Obviously this means dark hours.

 

[Peepers]

I've been wondering about this too (although I have a Java Sparrow). The cage is in the living room, and we were told not to cover it. I think I will anyway.
I go to bed around 11pm. My husband works nights every two weeks, and gets home at around 4:30am. I know he doesn't go right to bed, so I'm sure he wakes Peepers up by making noise and turning on the lights.
Would covering the cage be enough, or should I move it somewhere else at night?

 

[Ripshod]

I work my lights to the seasons to closely approximate what they experience in the wild. 14hrs daylight in the summer and 11hrs in winter. It's not sudden either, the lights are on timers to provide a simulation of dawn and dusk.

 

[BirdWorld]

I cover my budgies' cage at about 8 PM and uncover it at about 8 AM. So ten twelve hours.

 

[ParrotNuts]

I cover my budgies' cage at about 8 PM and uncover it at about 8 AM. So ten hours.

That's 12 lol. 4 hours from 8 to 12 and 8 from 12 to 8

 

[BirdWorld]

That's 12 lol. 4 hours from 8 to 12 and 8 from 12 to 8

Oh right... oops

 

[BirdWorld]

I edited it

 

[Fergus Mom]

Mine get covered about 11:45 p.m. and uncovered at the crack of noon each day! (They are night owls like their Mommy).

 

[Karen]

We're on winter time here so the nights are 13 hours.