Did You Know That For A Parrot To Stay Healthy It Needs Sleep Every Night?

Many people may not realize it but when a parrot lives in its natural environment its internal clock is set by day and night or in other words, light and dark.

Parrots need their sleep at night and in fact most need about 12 hours sleep, otherwise they can become quite unwell. All creatures need sleep of some sort and the same is true for your beloved parrot. In face a parrot can become quite unwell if he does not get a reasonable amount of sleep.

How to ensure a good night's sleep for the parrot.

A parrot cannot tell you if it is tired. So it is up to the 'parrot parent' to make sure that the parrot gets enough sleep at night. If you have a parrot that lives inside the house the best way to do this is to have a 'night cage' where you put the bird at night and cover up the cage so that it can get uninterrupted sleep. If your parrot lives in an aviary outside the night and day hours will take care of themselves.

The rewards will be well worth it as you will have a much happier parrot and if you are training your parrot you will have much more success with a parrot that can focus on 'the lessons' rather than a parrot that gets aggressive because it is so tired.

Some results of not enough sleep.

The funny thing is, parrots are not unlike humans in that they will become irritated, short tempered and generally cranky if they do not get the required amount of sleep. You will soon notice this if the parrot starts pecking at you. Of course, there could be other reasons why your friend is starting to get nasty, but one easy factor to calculate is whether it is getting about 12 hours sleep a night.

If there are family members around the cage all day and interacting with the parrot a lot of the time, the night sleep is crucial, but if the owners are out at work all day and their interacting time is in the evening, that is not so bad because the parrot will be able to nap during the day. But even then it would be good to partly cover the cage while at work. The covering of the cage just gives that feeling of a natural environment and a happy contented parrot will be the result.

Happy, healthy parrots are parrots that are the best company, they learn the quickest and are a lot of fun to have as pets.

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