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Post by siobhan on Oct 27, 2016 10:02:12 GMT -5
Johnny had a night fright last night. He used to have them in our old house fairly regularly and so did Freddie (both tiels) but neither one has had one for such a long time that I thought they were over them. I stayed up late last night reading, and I heard this commotion in their room that sounded like someone trying to break in. You can't get into the house through their room unless you broke a window or something, and Hubby was asleep (he goes in really early in the mornings) so, being me, I tiptoed that direction thinking I was going to kick the backside of whoever thought they could disturb us in the middle of the night like that. Then I realized it was a bird having night frights and scurried in there to keep him from hurting himself. I turned on a fish tank light so it wouldn't be too bright too suddenly, which would terrify all of them, and found Johnny on the floor against the laundry basket (thank God I didn't step on him!), breathing hard and disoriented. I picked him up and stroked him, something he usually doesn't allow, and it took several minutes for him to come out of it and really be alert. He was full-on sleepwalking, I think. Sleep-flying, perhaps I should say. Once I was sure he was aware of his surroundings again, I put him in his cage for the rest of the night. The tiels usually sleep on the boings or curtain rods since Freddie decided it was no longer cool to sleep in a cage and they refuse to go into them most nights now. I turned around and there was Freddie on the floor, too. So I scooped him up -- again, something he doesn't usually allow -- and was going to put him in his cage, but he wasn't sleepwalking and instead he flew to a boing and squawked his annoyance at me. LOL This morning, Johnny was slow to get active and still seemed a bit confused, so I hope he didn't hurt his head or something. He was singing and acting normal by the time I left for work.
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Post by Caseysmom on Oct 27, 2016 19:38:52 GMT -5
It must have been the night for night frights. I was up at 4am when one of my finch cages had everyone flapping and freaking out. Like you I turned on a night light and lifted their cover a bit to let the light in. They all seem ok today, fingers crossed we both get to sleep tonight
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 27, 2016 20:11:20 GMT -5
Hope that Johnny has recovered from his night fright, or sleep-flying. Ralph has had a night fright only once, when there was a power failure and the apartment was completely dark. He's used to a having a nightlight on that casts a little light in his direction. Since I got a nightlight with a battery backup, we haven't had another power outage. Scooter had night frights a few times during the first few weeks she was here. I added a second nightlight, in the kitchen where it casts more light toward her cage. Since then, she hasn't had another night fright, but there have been a few nighttime disturbances when our inconsiderate neighbors slammed doors and scared Scooter. It can take time to get a parrot calmed after a night fright; when it happened with Ralph, I held him and talked to him for an hour before he settled down. Scooter won't be held (yet), so I had to sit by her cage and reassure her that all was well until after half an hour she dozed off.
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Post by siobhan on Oct 27, 2016 22:16:21 GMT -5
Johnny's fine as far as I can tell, but I insisted they sleep in their cages tonight and I moved the nightlight to that side of the room.
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Post by zim on Oct 28, 2016 19:43:44 GMT -5
Glad to hear Johnny seems to be fine after that ordeal.
This has happened once to Yoshi (or I assume what happened was a night fright). I happened to still be awake, otherwise I may not have heard him (very bad hearing, I can sleep through a tornado). He started screaming and I could hear him flapping around at the bottom of his cage. I quickly turned on a light, uncovered his cage, and reached in. He was hesitant to step up at first, which is unusual. As soon as the cover came off he was calm tho. I let him chill on my shoulder for about 10 minutes to calm down, then put him back to bed.
Since I work most nights now, it worries me that something like this could happen again, and I won't be here to help him.
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Post by siobhan on Oct 30, 2016 20:32:37 GMT -5
That's one reason for a nightlight. Ours was on the opposite side of the room from the cages, and Johnny couldn't see.
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