Where your bird should never sleep...

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Originally Posted by birdtricks.com

Where your bird should NEVER sleep...

>>> Letter from a reader:

I have a bare eyed cockatoo of which I have raised from a very little guy. I did my research (I thought) before I got him. I was still wanting to know more of what I could do to benefit him so therefore ordered your program. I did more reading, and watching my guy for behaviors that could be nipped in the bud. Well, he was beginning to be irritable and loud during the day, and that's when I realized he wasn't getting the rest he needed.

He was stimulated all day by the family in and out all day as well as all of us staying up and watching TV till late. Well, that is when I realized your stating a bird needs at least 12 hours of sleep, which he definitely wasn't getting that.

My husband and I then got him a cage to be put in another quiet room of the house. We then began a night time ritual of bed time. He would...

...go to bed by 7pm and wake me around 7am, I then would bring him out to his main cage for the day, and wow what a difference. He is not cranky at all or even loud for that matter. It was obvious but yet not.

I am so thankful for that information for both "Siren" and my family.

Thank You for what you do... I don't know that this will help. I do know it helped us...

Tami and Siren

>>> My Comments:

Tami,

I love the name you gave your bird... lol

I'm sure you named him after a really good old dog you used to have right?

... I'm sure the naming of Siren had NOTHING to do with how much noise Cockatoos make ;-)

Classic!

But that's not why I chose to share your email with the rest of my ubscribers in today's newsletter.

I chose it because it's a PERFECT example of a mistake I see THOUSANDS of bird owners make.

Letting their bird sleep in the same room they watch late night TV in.

Bad, Bad, Bad idea.

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Let me tell you a story
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I remember I was in Hawaii a few years ago walking by a bird cage in the Hotel lobby...

Which was right behind the outdoor, musical, entertainment area for the hotel.

It was one in the morning, and as I walked by this bird's cage he peered up at me through the most sleepy pair of eyelids you'd ever seen in your life.

And I felt TERRIBLE!

Because I knew this bird had probably NEVER had a good nights rest since the day he moved into that cage near the music area :-(

Just think about how you feel when you get shafted out of a good nights sleep by some neighbor who lets his annoying dog out in the morning before he heads off to work at 4am.

Don't tell me you haven't laid there stewing over how much you hate your neighbor for being so inconsiderate as to let his dog wake up the ENTIRE neighborhood so early in the morning.

Well...

If you let your parrot sleep in the same room you watch your evening TV in;

Now you know how he FEELS!

Here's why this is such a BIG problem for birds and why Tami saw such drastic changes in her Cockatoo's behavior when she started getting him a good nights rest.

You see, parrots are prey animals.

And what comes along with the privilege of being an animal hunted by other animals is a VERY deep desire to NOT be eaten.

Along with a genetic REFLEX that allows them to be awakened by the slightest noise, so they can escape from any possible nearby danger.

So here's the deal:

Your parrot typically wants to wake up when the sun comes up and go to bed when the sun goes down.

So when your parrot starts to nod off at sunset, and your surround sound system is waking him up every 60 seconds.

It's not making him like you any more.

So here's what to do about it:

Pick a DESIGNATED sleeping place for your bird that is in TOTAL darkness and is as far away from your TV as possible.

This could be a shower, closet in a guest bedroom or wherever.

Just buy a shower perch, or t-stand that you can wheel into that sleeping zone when the sunsets and start putting your parrot to bed when the sun goes down.

You'll almost ALWAYS see an instant improvement in your parrots screaming or irritability.

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And that's just ONE strategy
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If you're having problems with trying to stop your bird's SCREAMING, and you'd like to learn all my advanced tactics for curing this annoying behavior, go here:

Stop Your Parrot's screaming With "Self Soothing"

This program comes on a 3 DVD set and is full of breakthrough ideas that have helped hundreds of clients stop their parrots screaming, and teach their parrots to "Self Entertain".

Here's hoping this helps!

Chet Womach
Parrot Training Tips To Fix Your Pet Parrots Problems | Birdtricks.com

Interesting post I found at another website.