I want him to know the difference between goodbyes and bedtime - or does it really matter? It appears that at night he wants to go in when he wants not when I want. Even if he goes in the cage by himself around the time I am ready to call it a night, he still has this tantrum when I shut the door and say goodnight. He lunges at me from inside the cage, pins his eyes and yells like he is protesting. The funny thing is that in amongst all this tantrum he will wave if I ask or give me a kiss whilst continuing to yell and sook !!!! The biting is not that incredibly hard so it doesn't hurt very often but I don't like this nightly ritual of the bedtime tantrum. Does anyone else have this trouble and what should I do if anything? Thanks for listeningI think he's having tantrums
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At any time during the day I can generally put my Smokey in his cage if I have to without much trouble. I say I have to go, its bye bye time and he will wave and go in his cage. However, at night time, even when all the lights and the tv are still on, if I say to him he has to go in his cage cos it's bed time it starts. Yelling, screeching, squawking, biting, eyes pinned, wings flared, its terrible. I am sure if he was a human child there would be crocodile tears, and foot stomping as well !!!! I want him to know the difference between goodbyes and bedtime - or does it really matter? It appears that at night he wants to go in when he wants not when I want. Even if he goes in the cage by himself around the time I am ready to call it a night, he still has this tantrum when I shut the door and say goodnight. He lunges at me from inside the cage, pins his eyes and yells like he is protesting. The funny thing is that in amongst all this tantrum he will wave if I ask or give me a kiss whilst continuing to yell and sook !!!! The biting is not that incredibly hard so it doesn't hurt very often but I don't like this nightly ritual of the bedtime tantrum. Does anyone else have this trouble and what should I do if anything? Thanks for listening
I want him to know the difference between goodbyes and bedtime - or does it really matter? It appears that at night he wants to go in when he wants not when I want. Even if he goes in the cage by himself around the time I am ready to call it a night, he still has this tantrum when I shut the door and say goodnight. He lunges at me from inside the cage, pins his eyes and yells like he is protesting. The funny thing is that in amongst all this tantrum he will wave if I ask or give me a kiss whilst continuing to yell and sook !!!! The biting is not that incredibly hard so it doesn't hurt very often but I don't like this nightly ritual of the bedtime tantrum. Does anyone else have this trouble and what should I do if anything? Thanks for listening-
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Well I don't have that bad of a ritual, but Tiki still pulls a fast one on me most nights at bedtime. He is out of his cage the entire time we are home and at bedtime, when he sees me coming he will run to the far top corner of his cage so I can't reach him and he will sit there and wait until I put a banana chip in his bowl in his cage. He LOVES banana chips and knows I will brib him into his cage with one at bedtime, so he works me almost every night! When it is said birds are like 2 year olds, it sure is TRUE, because they sure do know how to get what they want!
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LOL ! what a perfectly normal ringneck you have there . Just keep on putting him to bed when its time, you are the boss, let him kick up, before long he will get sick of it, because it doesn't change the fact he is going to bed and he will realise it takes far too much energy to carry on like that.
My birds are all out with free run of the birdroom and the lounge most of the day while I am home (not sure how they are going to handle me back at work
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Kai use to perform ALOT ! then he only performed a little, now he rarely ever performs. It use to be that I was the only one that could step him up to take him Ni Ni's and I would say that, "Time for Ni Ni's", even still he would screach and lunge at me as I shut the door. As he has grown and become use to the routine he just accepts it now and snuggles up to his favorite corner. Now hubby and the kids can all put him to bed if they have to.
Jordan .. Jordan is unreal .. lol .. honestly .. that bird is so passive he just relies on you and does anything you want him to.. lol
Jazzy makes me hunt for him but submits to me caging him, with those little white ringed eyes blinking away.
The budgies cage themselves while all this comotion is going on.
Riki and kiely, well my daughters take care of them.
I think you are doing great, just keep putting up with his tantrums and don't give in. When its time for bed , its time for bed.
. Just keep on putting him to bed when its time, you are the boss, let him kick up, before long he will get sick of it, because it doesn't change the fact he is going to bed and he will realise it takes far too much energy to carry on like that.
My birds are all out with free run of the birdroom and the lounge most of the day while I am home (not sure how they are going to handle me back at work
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Kai use to perform ALOT ! then he only performed a little, now he rarely ever performs. It use to be that I was the only one that could step him up to take him Ni Ni's and I would say that, "Time for Ni Ni's", even still he would screach and lunge at me as I shut the door. As he has grown and become use to the routine he just accepts it now and snuggles up to his favorite corner. Now hubby and the kids can all put him to bed if they have to.
Jordan .. Jordan is unreal .. lol .. honestly .. that bird is so passive he just relies on you and does anything you want him to.. lol
Jazzy makes me hunt for him but submits to me caging him, with those little white ringed eyes blinking away.
The budgies cage themselves while all this comotion is going on.
Riki and kiely, well my daughters take care of them.
I think you are doing great, just keep putting up with his tantrums and don't give in. When its time for bed , its time for bed.
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Thanks for your input. I will just keep plodding along. I work very close to home and am home for about half an hour in the afternoon. Of course I let Smokey out, I have no trouble putting him back cos he knows I have to go back to work and I say bye bye. He comes out when I get home at 5.30 and stays out till bedtime (if he wants to) and that's when the commotion starts. Well I will keep letting him know who's boss and hopefully eventually he will realise bedtime happens whether he wants it or not. 
Thanks again for your advise.
Thanks again for your advise.sorry i cant help but laugh cause that sounds like my daughter.the only difference smokey isnt getting back out of bed asking for a drink or saying she needs to go to the toilet when she just wants to get back up.
but i have noticed indie does that to aaron when he tries to put him in his cage aaron has copped a few bad bites from him but not me but i hold my hand up higher and get indie to jump on so he thinks he is coming with me then i quickly put him in his cage.
but i have noticed indie does that to aaron when he tries to put him in his cage aaron has copped a few bad bites from him but not me but i hold my hand up higher and get indie to jump on so he thinks he is coming with me then i quickly put him in his cage.
Mine same way
Scarley isn't much on the "time to go nite nite" either. I work 6p-6a as a dispatcher, and when I get home I have to go to bed shortly afterwards. I a room just for the birds, my computer is in there so I can spend xtra time with them. She comes out when I get home and b/f puts her up when he goes to bed and he says she's a nightmare when it's bed time. So mostly he'll turn out their light and turn off the fan in there and leave her out. She's safe in there, nothing can get to her. But it's the same deal with me. She refuses to go nite nite! Like you said, if it were a flesh wearing child, it would fist slinging, foot stomping and probably laying in the floor screaming too!
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Baby is never in her cage so going there is actually like a treat for her.
My birds cages are more for safety, like a play pen for a baby. They only go in when I cant watch them (which is next to never). So, to them, its a treat.
Thats where all the fun toys are! And fresh pellets! And a nice place to take an afternoon catnap. Other than that, they are always on me or their stands.
Im lucky though, admittedly... because I have a football team of real kids my fids have me practially 24/7. Baby does have me 24/7 because I take her with me when I leave.
I know, need to get a grip but I miss her so bad and rush home so I just take her with me.
I told this girl at Applebees (american restaurant chain)that it was my seeing eye bird and she had better not draw attention and embarrass me or I'd own the place! She let it alone lol.
My birds cages are more for safety, like a play pen for a baby. They only go in when I cant watch them (which is next to never). So, to them, its a treat.
Thats where all the fun toys are! And fresh pellets! And a nice place to take an afternoon catnap. Other than that, they are always on me or their stands.
Im lucky though, admittedly... because I have a football team of real kids my fids have me practially 24/7. Baby does have me 24/7 because I take her with me when I leave.
I know, need to get a grip but I miss her so bad and rush home so I just take her with me.
I told this girl at Applebees (american restaurant chain)that it was my seeing eye bird and she had better not draw attention and embarrass me or I'd own the place! She let it alone lol.