Nocturnal?
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Nocturnal?
ok does anyone have a nocturnal IRN? Misfit is growing everyday... and his behavior is changing and becoming more of a "Talker" altho no words are comming out! He whistles and chatters all day... but even worse at night... no matter if lights are on or off, covered or not... He goes absolutely bonkers at night... We try to ignore him so that he gets the hint that its quiet time, but he keeps on truckin... not only is he more verbal at night, but he goes in to full blown A.D.D. mode and starts running around all over his cage.. Its really funny, but around midnight it gets annoying! lol...
I once had parrotlets that were just like that. Chatter-bugs all day and night. Is the cage in a room that gets a lot of traffic until say 10-11pm? I found that by putting the parrotlets in a quiet room at bedtime (my room) after being out in the family room all day, they do better. My bedroom as way at the other end of the house from the loud family room. You could try putting your bird in a quiet room as far from the louder end of the house as you can get. Sorry I can't be more of a help. 
Good luck! I know how annoying that gets. You might need to try some sleeping pills..
Good luck! I know how annoying that gets. You might need to try some sleeping pills..
Your bird actually climbs around the cage at night? Most birds would not even bother trying to navigate in a truly dark (night time) environment.
Here is a nice little read incase your pet birds sleep routines are all off the mark, and you can check that it is getting roughly all the sleep that it needs.
http://www.birdchannel.com/media/bird-d ... s.aspx.pdf
Another great link that has information about sleeping is here:
http://www.azeah.com/Care-Sheets.asp?id=101
Basically there are a lot of reasons for a bird to be up at all hours in the night, if you have a particularly dull day environment for the little guy (ie, not many people around the house during most the day, and it has limited interest in its environment) he may be sleeping alot in this time... and staying awake later in the afternoon even if you have set yourself to sleep.
Your bird will work its routine around your schedule in the end, and you need to provide it with enough opportunity to get approx 10 hours of dark a day... some of this dark might be required through light of day, hence covering etc when required.
Take a look at your birds lifestyle and then see what you need to do... i know its a vague answer, but you are the only real person who can assess your birds situation as it revolves around your home.
If all seems well, you have anther very likely situation... your bird doesnt like being alone and or in complete darkness for whatever reason. Following link has a few helpful tids of information that someone gathered from the internet themselves, and applies heavily, and very broadly to any parrot not just conures etc.
http://www.birdboard.com/forum/conures/ ... aming.html
Night fright can be just that... pure fright... or it could be anxiety (running about the cage making noise basicly saying "oh no, im alone and scared and I dont feel awfully safe... now what?".
A parrot singing at night and carying on could be a form of anxiety being released... just as I said it could be a form of energy release, though less likely the later unless you can find a reason for the oversleeping the rest of the time.
Basicly, im no expert, and im also not aware of everything that goes on like you would be... so just try and see if you can find anything in those links / suggestions that might help and like SkyBaby said, simple slight changes and trial and error can prove wonders. This could be just a simple phase in the birds growth that is somewhat extreme and you are just suffering the consequences for a while... and if nothing works, some way of getting the bird away from you while you sleep to help YOU sleep might be a requirement while this is going on.
Again, sorry for the ambiguity but it can be quite a long list, and that list doesnt shrink until you know the exacts of what go on through its day.
Here is a nice little read incase your pet birds sleep routines are all off the mark, and you can check that it is getting roughly all the sleep that it needs.
http://www.birdchannel.com/media/bird-d ... s.aspx.pdf
Another great link that has information about sleeping is here:
http://www.azeah.com/Care-Sheets.asp?id=101
Basically there are a lot of reasons for a bird to be up at all hours in the night, if you have a particularly dull day environment for the little guy (ie, not many people around the house during most the day, and it has limited interest in its environment) he may be sleeping alot in this time... and staying awake later in the afternoon even if you have set yourself to sleep.
Your bird will work its routine around your schedule in the end, and you need to provide it with enough opportunity to get approx 10 hours of dark a day... some of this dark might be required through light of day, hence covering etc when required.
Take a look at your birds lifestyle and then see what you need to do... i know its a vague answer, but you are the only real person who can assess your birds situation as it revolves around your home.
If all seems well, you have anther very likely situation... your bird doesnt like being alone and or in complete darkness for whatever reason. Following link has a few helpful tids of information that someone gathered from the internet themselves, and applies heavily, and very broadly to any parrot not just conures etc.
http://www.birdboard.com/forum/conures/ ... aming.html
Night fright can be just that... pure fright... or it could be anxiety (running about the cage making noise basicly saying "oh no, im alone and scared and I dont feel awfully safe... now what?".
A parrot singing at night and carying on could be a form of anxiety being released... just as I said it could be a form of energy release, though less likely the later unless you can find a reason for the oversleeping the rest of the time.
Basicly, im no expert, and im also not aware of everything that goes on like you would be... so just try and see if you can find anything in those links / suggestions that might help and like SkyBaby said, simple slight changes and trial and error can prove wonders. This could be just a simple phase in the birds growth that is somewhat extreme and you are just suffering the consequences for a while... and if nothing works, some way of getting the bird away from you while you sleep to help YOU sleep might be a requirement while this is going on.
Again, sorry for the ambiguity but it can be quite a long list, and that list doesnt shrink until you know the exacts of what go on through its day.