SkytheGcc
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I always put my GCC to bed around 9-10 pm, although sometimes once every couple weeks i will go out to a long party/ get together etc. and she will be in her cage until 11-1 (rarely 1 but it has happened 2 or 3 times). She has a smaller travel cage that she sleeps in as well, and she normally does in a corner of our mudroom that is conveniently the right size for it. (its insulated and her main cage is near all of our rooms in the upstairs living room.)
However, as time has gone on since we got her she has become craftier on ways to stay out when i try to put her to sleep or back in her cage. But its mainly a problem when going to sleep. She wont go in even when I give her some of her favorite treats, and when i do bring her in she runs up to the door and climbs up so i cant close it. It takes me around half an hour to put her to sleep every day.
When I do I cover her with a black out cover and leave some of it uncovered so it doesn't get stuffy. She will always go to that part of the travel cage and stare. But even when I leave she starts to cry. More of a loud whistle then her normal sounds. She seems pretty sad and doesn't stop for about 10 minutes. She also doesn't seem to get to sleep that quick, as i sometimes come down for water about an hour later to find her whistling again when she hears me. (the mudroom is near our kitchen and main living room.)
I also don't think she sleeps until around 1 ish, as if i come home at like 12 and the lights were off in the rooms shes in, she'll still be awake and when i say awake, I mean VERY awake. And its rare for me to wake her up when she is still slightly tired, instead of wide awake. (its happened like maybe 15-20 times)
Along with that my family tend to hang in the main living room for a while, and my parents watch tv at night, which is pretty hearable from where she sleeps if they have their door open. Not to mention that if they watch tv on the main floor its even easier to hear.
I put in her favorite place to relax in her main cage, a swing, and put it in there. She goes there which seems good but as i said doesn't seem to actually doze off for a while. On top of this I read that GCCs tend to nap in the day, but I don't think I have ever, and i mean EVER seen her nap. She might when I'm at school but I don't think so as my parents are around and can hear her doing whatever. So she doesn't seem to sleep much at night, at all during the day, and it doesn't seem to be affecting her in direct ways. However ever since we transitioned to the travel cage sleep (around 7 or 8 months ago?), she has slowly slowly become less energetic or willing to hang w/ me. Nowadays she sometimes will just sit on my shoulder doing nothing or looking out the window in my room while i sit there talking to her to no avail. (sometimes, it isn't always). I'm worried it might become more frequent which would be really bad as she wouldn't have enough stimulus. (maybe? I'm pretty sure that when she comes out she should be doing more then watching me or outside)
She's our only bird and I've had to convince my parents to get her more then the like 9 toys we got originally for her cage. she mainly has bells and small plastic toys, with a couple chew toys she has stopped touching a while ago. maybe its because of that? I don't know...
I have had Sky (my GCC) for just under a year. I wanna say she's probably around a year and a month or two.
im also attaching a link to both her cage and travel cages in case cage size is an issue.
Travel/bedtime Cage:
www.chewy.com
Day cage: (like this but the two bowls are on the left and one is on the right)
However, as time has gone on since we got her she has become craftier on ways to stay out when i try to put her to sleep or back in her cage. But its mainly a problem when going to sleep. She wont go in even when I give her some of her favorite treats, and when i do bring her in she runs up to the door and climbs up so i cant close it. It takes me around half an hour to put her to sleep every day.
When I do I cover her with a black out cover and leave some of it uncovered so it doesn't get stuffy. She will always go to that part of the travel cage and stare. But even when I leave she starts to cry. More of a loud whistle then her normal sounds. She seems pretty sad and doesn't stop for about 10 minutes. She also doesn't seem to get to sleep that quick, as i sometimes come down for water about an hour later to find her whistling again when she hears me. (the mudroom is near our kitchen and main living room.)
I also don't think she sleeps until around 1 ish, as if i come home at like 12 and the lights were off in the rooms shes in, she'll still be awake and when i say awake, I mean VERY awake. And its rare for me to wake her up when she is still slightly tired, instead of wide awake. (its happened like maybe 15-20 times)
Along with that my family tend to hang in the main living room for a while, and my parents watch tv at night, which is pretty hearable from where she sleeps if they have their door open. Not to mention that if they watch tv on the main floor its even easier to hear.
I put in her favorite place to relax in her main cage, a swing, and put it in there. She goes there which seems good but as i said doesn't seem to actually doze off for a while. On top of this I read that GCCs tend to nap in the day, but I don't think I have ever, and i mean EVER seen her nap. She might when I'm at school but I don't think so as my parents are around and can hear her doing whatever. So she doesn't seem to sleep much at night, at all during the day, and it doesn't seem to be affecting her in direct ways. However ever since we transitioned to the travel cage sleep (around 7 or 8 months ago?), she has slowly slowly become less energetic or willing to hang w/ me. Nowadays she sometimes will just sit on my shoulder doing nothing or looking out the window in my room while i sit there talking to her to no avail. (sometimes, it isn't always). I'm worried it might become more frequent which would be really bad as she wouldn't have enough stimulus. (maybe? I'm pretty sure that when she comes out she should be doing more then watching me or outside)
She's our only bird and I've had to convince my parents to get her more then the like 9 toys we got originally for her cage. she mainly has bells and small plastic toys, with a couple chew toys she has stopped touching a while ago. maybe its because of that? I don't know...
I have had Sky (my GCC) for just under a year. I wanna say she's probably around a year and a month or two.
im also attaching a link to both her cage and travel cages in case cage size is an issue.
Travel/bedtime Cage:
PREVUE PET PRODUCTS Travel Bird Cage - Chewy.com
Buy Prevue Pet Products Travel Bird Cage at Chewy.com. FREE shipping and the BEST customer service!
Day cage: (like this but the two bowls are on the left and one is on the right)
.I just have a feeling its all connected and I can't think of anything else that might be causing it except for this. We used to put a flight suit on her so she could be out for like 5+hrs at once, but she hated it so much and we had to grab her. She got scared of our hands bc of it but we stopped and she became ok with our hands again. (she will let us hold her for small amounts of time too, altho i doubt she will ever let us for long, or at least not for a while).
