Kassiani
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I started a brand new job on Monday. It's a great job...practically my dream job! But I'm so scared that I will have to re-home the boys that I'm in tears.
I have to work 8 hour days with a mandatory 30 minutes for lunch (8.5 hours in the office). It takes me 25 minutes to commute (so round that to 30 minutes for the sake of argument or one-hour round trip). So, out of a 24 hour day, I'm working or commuting 9.5 hours. That leaves 14.5 hours at home. Given how hormonal they have been, the 12 hours of sleep time (minimum) leaves only 2.5 hours of out-of-cage time. If I have to up that to 14 hours at night, then I would basically be walking in the door, cleaning cages, feeding, and putting them to roost without spending any time with them other than that.
Points to note:
I may be able to telework about 2 days a week. I don't know yet.
I still plan on purchasing the 2 walk-in aviaries which will give them much more room for when I am not at home. I'm still working on that.
Which is more important, in your experience, the sleep or the engagement? I could minimize their dark time to 11 hours so that they would have more flying and engaged time with me, but I'm worried that their physical health will be impacted--especially due to the experience I've had recently with Jujube. Outside of spring, I would feel more comfortable shortening their overnight hours to around 11, maybe even 10.5.
Please, please let me know what sort of arrangements you have made for those of you who work in an office. I would be most grateful!
I have to work 8 hour days with a mandatory 30 minutes for lunch (8.5 hours in the office). It takes me 25 minutes to commute (so round that to 30 minutes for the sake of argument or one-hour round trip). So, out of a 24 hour day, I'm working or commuting 9.5 hours. That leaves 14.5 hours at home. Given how hormonal they have been, the 12 hours of sleep time (minimum) leaves only 2.5 hours of out-of-cage time. If I have to up that to 14 hours at night, then I would basically be walking in the door, cleaning cages, feeding, and putting them to roost without spending any time with them other than that.
Points to note:
I may be able to telework about 2 days a week. I don't know yet.
I still plan on purchasing the 2 walk-in aviaries which will give them much more room for when I am not at home. I'm still working on that.
Which is more important, in your experience, the sleep or the engagement? I could minimize their dark time to 11 hours so that they would have more flying and engaged time with me, but I'm worried that their physical health will be impacted--especially due to the experience I've had recently with Jujube. Outside of spring, I would feel more comfortable shortening their overnight hours to around 11, maybe even 10.5.
Please, please let me know what sort of arrangements you have made for those of you who work in an office. I would be most grateful!