lets have a look at my weekly schedule

[GoldenPhoenix]

im wondering if my life style will work out for a bird, note i will include my family if they will be home too.

Im in high school and in band
I leave the house everyday at 6:45 to catch the bus, I dont get home untill 2:20 PM
My brother leaves at 7am to catch his bus
Mom leaves for work at 3am and gets home shortly after 2pm(2:30) on monday and thursday(this schedule might change to 6am to 4pm shifts)
so on monday and thursday the bird is left by him/herself untill i get home at 2:20
On Tuesday and thursday i have band practice, on tuesday i have to leave at 4pm to walk there to be on time, thursday i leave at 4:15 cause i get driven.
Homework at least 30 Min - an hour, if im lucky.
Tuesday/wendsday morning mom leaves for work at about 8am
Mom gets home after bird bedtime on tues and wends

So here is the solitary time and out of cage time for the week

Monday
7am-2:20pm, out untill bedtime(me mom and brother home)
Tuesday
8am-2:20pm, out untill 4pm(im home then practice)
Wendsday
8am-2:20pm, out till bedtime(im home)
Thursday
7am-2:20pm out till bedtime(mom and brother home im at practice)
Friday
not alone at all, mom has friday off
Saturday
Everyone is home unless it's marching season then i have saturday, all day competitions
Sunday
Me brother and dad home, Lest band competitions run overnight
Worst day of the week for bird is tuesday

[xafsmom]

That's plenty of time for your bird! Consider how many people work 9 - 5 five days a week and still have time for their bird, and their birds are happy and well-adjusted. Birds do adapt! Your bird will probably doze on Tuesdays. I work from home doing professional illustration and breeding birds. Just because I'm home, doesn't mean I'm available to my pets! I often catch them dozing during the day, playing by themselves or watching TV (Shrek 2 and Ratatouille are a fav for them lol). When I sit down, they all perk up because they know it's -their- time. Then I get flooded by hellos and attention.

My daughter comes home at 3pm from school and her birds get ready to assist her with homework. All are well adapted to her schedule.

So, don't fret, you have tons of time for your bird! And, honestly, it's good for them to have alone time!

[GoldenPhoenix]

thanks for letting me know, i though i was going to have a problem with out of cage time for the bird on my hands but squashed my fears. even though i have homework(sophmore year of high school) i can always let the bird out on to the playstand we will have, or let my brother play with him, under my supervision of course. I can also let you know the bird will have a roomy cage too
32" long, 21"deep and the cage part is 35" high, plus the stand the whole this is 59" high

[Flappuccino]

September is tough around here, too. I teach SpEd at the high school, and have 2 teen sons home during the summer.
We're all going back tomorrow, so I've been trying to prep my birds and the dog by being gone for longer bits of time here and there for the last couple of weeks. They've been in their cages a bit longer, too. (not the dog, lol)
I always feel really guilty in the fall, and everyone is a little bored at first, but they adjust.

[papayamama]

Thats plenty of time for out of cage playing. Weekdays I work from 9am-1pm and usually don't get home until 1:30-1:45. At first I was guilty then I realized I don't have to be around Papaya 24/7..he would probably be so sick of me. So the mornings are for him to chill and do whatever he wants. I think your schedule is fine, when you get your birdie he/she should do great.

[cockatiel92]

if this is your week to week schedule meaning u do this all the time then it would be no problem. birds get into a rotine and will look forward to days ur home.

[GoldenPhoenix]

well be having saterday competitions will turn into saterdays of fun for the bird. marching season only lasts through november