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What time do any of you put your irns to bed?? Do you do it like I've read you should, at dusk? My babies average between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. a night. Don't hate me if that's bad! But it's just my routine. So I was curious what others of you do??

Jen

Jen , my whole family keep strange sleeping habits. I have read that u should make sure they get a certain ammount of sleeping hours but i dont have any strict rules.
If i see marley onone leg noddin off and its late i turn the light , but sometimes thats not till gone midnight natalie xx

Prinny generally goes to bed whenever she feels like it. I put her into her cage around 7-8 at night and close the door. She goes to bed generally right after that since she plays hard during the day.

Dani and Prinny

My babies tend to go night night when everyone gets settled in the evenings. Now that they are on the lania though I have noticed them choosing to go night night much earlier... 9ish.

Well see, my babies are in the living room. Where all the action is. And I cover them. So I "put" them to bed. I notice they nap on and off throughout the evenings. Esp. Byndi.

Byndi has to rest his bad attitude out of him like Baby. If she is sleeping, dont mess with her. She is not a nice girl when made to wake up.

Ever notice how ringnecks can have a hateful 'you bitch' look in their eyes? Or they can smile with their eyes.

I see it, maybe Im wacko.

OMG!!!! Yes I have!!!! That's so funny! Byndi is NOTORIOUS for that look. I thought maybe I was crazy and was the only one seeing that. But... Woo hoo, I'm not AS crazy as I thought.

Nope... they can look HATEFUL when unhappy.

Looking evil is certainly not a problem for them. Honestly, if Baby wasnt mine... I'd be terrified of a ringneck.

Very smily when having a blast.

Babys hateful look is where she puffs up and ignores me. She has this sleepy look sorta but I know better. Thats the give me a minute look. Or the I dont like this spot look.

8:30

Ok, I know it sounds early, but they are up by 6:30 every morning. And I need a few minutes to myself each day!

They do get a bedtime snack, so they tend to be eating for at least 15 minutes, then they settle down.

Athena

My birds have their own room now, which they have very easy free travel to and from their room and play stands in the lounge, which puts them out of the way of traffic area's, (much safer for clipped, floor walkers).

So they come to eat with us at night, we all sit around a low lounge table to eat, so that they can have a big communal plate of food on the floor and join in with the flock dinner. I leave their room go dark when night falls, no lights, no power, (no danger). They tend to head home just after dinner, have a last drink and tuck themselves up, I follow them, close the doors to finish tucking them in.

Sometimes they want to stay out with us but I never let them stay out more than an hour after dark now, because first light has them awake again.

When kai was out in the second lounge with me on my computer he would still be awake sometimes at 11.30pm , even covered. From how he is now to then, I think you should stick close to natural if at all possible, much happier bird.

When I first gave them their own bird room, I thought that they would suffer contact being in a seperate room, but its not the case at all. They love their own space and still come out to be with us, way toooooo much sometimes.. lol (but I love it ! )

Well, the Chookster is very punctual when it comes to sleep. He is not a happy tired bird let me tell you. Usually around 6.30 he will start nipping at me for no reason. Just being nasty and crabby so i put him on the curtain rod. He will sit there for about 10 mins yawning, then he will climb down into his curtain sling, get comfy, and go to sleep. Usually by 7.00pm he is blissfully in sleepy town. He'll wake up about 5.30am and squak until i get him from the curtain and take him back to bed with me until i get up, or go walking with the dogs. He used to come in to my bedroom on his own, but for the past few months, he's worked out that whistling me saves him walking time.

Bless he likes his beauty sleep. How funny that he has worked out that if he whistles for you that u will come for him.Jade you really are chookster's sucker arnt you, He has you seriously under the thumb.
We are all guilty of it though hun.Suckers for our fids and kids and anything else that needs mothering!!! Natalie xxx

Indy puts himself to bed between 8-9pm and gets up about 7am.

My IRN's go in their cage at 9:00pm everynight. And stare at me until I cover them lol

I put bailey in his cage pretty much everynight at 8.30pm but thats just so i can get myself and boyfriend ready for bed! hehe is is up at 4.00am so we try to sleep as much as possible, if im out then when i get home usually!