3/8/2024 0 Comments Society finch nest sleepI wanted to wait a bit before I updated anything. Not flapping his wings or trying to fly in the cage. Now it is daylight and he is behaving normally. I covered the cage and that seemed to help but it didn't stop completely. I also tried taking the finch out of the cage and he still did it. Just started flying out of nowhere in the dark. I tried taking him out of the cage and he still did it. But then throughout the process he will lay back in the nest or stop on the perch, seem to relax for a while, then go back at it 30 minutes later. Like he is agitated and wanting out of his cage as if it is the middle of the day. It almost looks like sleep walking, haha. He seems to jump up from where he is laying and then pace around for a while along a perch or jump to hang on the side of the cage and back to nest or perch in circles like he's pacing. Update: I was up most of the night because he was moving around so much and was able to observe him in the dark. It seems like every 30 min, all night long. He still roams free during the day so he definitely doesn't know the cage well enough to navigate it in the dark, but this still seems over the top for that. Has anyone encountered something like this? Since he seems healthy with a strong grip I am wondering if he is being startled awake. I even put a deeper rim around the nest to try to make it impossible to passively fall out of it. I just see him trying to get back up to the nest after I check on him if he's flapping around for a while. Sometimes he stops at a perch and sleeps there, but falls from there later. He seems to fall out of the nest and in the dark, then tries to fly up perch by perch to get back to it. I can hear him flapping around about every 30 min or so. I have not been covering it since there isn't much commotion or lights going on in there. The cage is in my bedroom next to a large window. Dodo seems to 'fall' even when he is perched away from the finch though, so it seems unlikely it is the finch doing anything. They get along well and snuggle up when sleeping. As of a week ago he is housed in a large cage (4' × 3' × 3') with an elderly society finch. The details: He was in a small cage for sleeping for the first few weeks while he acclimated. I'm worried he is having some sort of 'night terrors' if that is even possible for birds. He is perfectly healthy and perches, flies, naps just fine during the day. He seems to fall from his nest or perch regularly (almost as if he dozes off and lets go). My young (7 months, I believe) dove Dodo has not had a quiet night yet since moving to his new cage. Hello, I'm glad I found this forum! It is my first time with a Diamond dove & I am having a problem.
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