Post by siobhan on May 16, 2018 11:47:06 GMT -5
None of the flock has a sleeping cage. They've always slept in their regular cages, except the last year or so Freddie has refused to sleep in a cage at all and prefers the curtain rod, but that's okay. LOL
We have concluded that Rocky is not getting enough rest and it's made him exceedingly grouchy, and a grouchy 'too who chomps is not good. We want to get him a sleeping cage so we can put him in a dark room and get him to bed earlier at night. He can't live in the bird room with the small parrots nor in Ringo's room, and his regular cage is in the living room. He flatly refuses to go to bed while we're up, because the TV's on and we're there and he might miss something. If we had a sleeping cage for him, we could put him in an interior room we have and turn out the light. That room is sort of a glorified hallway where the furnace and some closets are, and no room for his giant cage. He's going to freak the first time we do it, but I hope it will eventually become his accepted routine.
Our problem is, what do we get for a sleeping cage? It needs to be big enough for an umbrella 'too, but small enough to fit in that room, with a big enough door to put him in it (he's going to fuss about that at first). There's a bird fair this coming weekend and we're going to go and see if we can find something there, like a travel cage, with sturdy enough bars for a U2, but not so small that he panics and hurts himself. I've looked at some cages online and nothing seems quite right for the application. Does anyone have a suggestion?
We have concluded that Rocky is not getting enough rest and it's made him exceedingly grouchy, and a grouchy 'too who chomps is not good. We want to get him a sleeping cage so we can put him in a dark room and get him to bed earlier at night. He can't live in the bird room with the small parrots nor in Ringo's room, and his regular cage is in the living room. He flatly refuses to go to bed while we're up, because the TV's on and we're there and he might miss something. If we had a sleeping cage for him, we could put him in an interior room we have and turn out the light. That room is sort of a glorified hallway where the furnace and some closets are, and no room for his giant cage. He's going to freak the first time we do it, but I hope it will eventually become his accepted routine.
Our problem is, what do we get for a sleeping cage? It needs to be big enough for an umbrella 'too, but small enough to fit in that room, with a big enough door to put him in it (he's going to fuss about that at first). There's a bird fair this coming weekend and we're going to go and see if we can find something there, like a travel cage, with sturdy enough bars for a U2, but not so small that he panics and hurts himself. I've looked at some cages online and nothing seems quite right for the application. Does anyone have a suggestion?
