Post by siobhan on Nov 2, 2016 14:00:58 GMT -5
The tiels decided weeks ago that they won't sleep in their cages anymore, so now I try to shoo them onto appropriate places for sleeping at bedtime (not the chain from the hanging lamp, preferably) while Jade and Clyde still sleep in their cages and Benjy sleeps on Clyde's cage door. I gave up closing cages at all and they get up when they like and I wander in to open curtains and turn on the light whenever I get there.
One would think, in this situation, that they would also go to bed when they choose without requiring specific instructions and, indeed, the tiels do find spots they like and settle themselves in, though they generally don't actually sleep while the light is still on. They doze, at best.
Clyde, Jade and Benjy, by contrast, refuse to do that. They will not call it a day until I come in and put them to bed. As the Americans may be aware, the World Series is underway and the Cubs are in it for the first time in YEARS. I'm in Illinois, so this is a Very Big Deal, and unfortunately, I've been neglecting them in favor of cheering on the Cubs, so bedtime has gotten rather late a few nights. When I finally come in to tuck them in, I'm getting severe scoldings and annoyed birds to deal with.
One would think, in this situation, that they would also go to bed when they choose without requiring specific instructions and, indeed, the tiels do find spots they like and settle themselves in, though they generally don't actually sleep while the light is still on. They doze, at best.
Clyde, Jade and Benjy, by contrast, refuse to do that. They will not call it a day until I come in and put them to bed. As the Americans may be aware, the World Series is underway and the Cubs are in it for the first time in YEARS. I'm in Illinois, so this is a Very Big Deal, and unfortunately, I've been neglecting them in favor of cheering on the Cubs, so bedtime has gotten rather late a few nights. When I finally come in to tuck them in, I'm getting severe scoldings and annoyed birds to deal with.
