Post by jsexton on Jul 3, 2017 14:14:39 GMT -7
I have an 8 month old Congo African Grey that has been very healthy and happy. This week though he did not get a good night's sleep on two separate nights for different reasons.
It seems to take a few days to recover from this. The first time, he stopped speaking and was much less active for about 3 days, then went back to normal. The second time, it's been worse. It was two night ago that I tried to get him to sleep in a different room. I suspect he didn't get any sleep. Today in particular he is sleeping heavily, head back, in his cage (not wanting out), during the day. Activity has been very low. He seems low in energy, and has poor posture.
He has been eating and drinking though, and droppings look normal. He'll step up - slowly - and get a head scratch if I offer.
Normally, he is out of his cage all day and very active. He has a large play area with lots to do. It's heartbreaking not hearing his chatter and bells.
My feeling is that I should just let him sleep. But I worry that he could happen to have some other problem that is just co-incidental with not sleeping well on a given night.
What symptoms have others seen of a grey not getting a good night's sleep on a particular night? Is it just sleeping during the day?
By way of background, I have been working on getting him to sleep in a different area so as to be more away from 4th of July noises. But I think the different activity level, light and sounds of the the other places have kept him awake.
It seems to take a few days to recover from this. The first time, he stopped speaking and was much less active for about 3 days, then went back to normal. The second time, it's been worse. It was two night ago that I tried to get him to sleep in a different room. I suspect he didn't get any sleep. Today in particular he is sleeping heavily, head back, in his cage (not wanting out), during the day. Activity has been very low. He seems low in energy, and has poor posture.
He has been eating and drinking though, and droppings look normal. He'll step up - slowly - and get a head scratch if I offer.
Normally, he is out of his cage all day and very active. He has a large play area with lots to do. It's heartbreaking not hearing his chatter and bells.
My feeling is that I should just let him sleep. But I worry that he could happen to have some other problem that is just co-incidental with not sleeping well on a given night.
What symptoms have others seen of a grey not getting a good night's sleep on a particular night? Is it just sleeping during the day?
By way of background, I have been working on getting him to sleep in a different area so as to be more away from 4th of July noises. But I think the different activity level, light and sounds of the the other places have kept him awake.
