Baby Budgie Nightmares :(

[ollybird]

Hey everyone

Just a quick note to say Ollie is all settled in having lovely time hanging upside down pretending to be a bat...i think.

Anyway...the last few nights hes been waking up at around 2am - 4am screeching and flying all around his cage, even into the sides. He gets himslef all worked up and all his feathers are out of place like he has fallen off his perch...is this normal for a budgie? if so is there anything i can do to help him? dont like him getting all worked up

xxx

[Marianne Marlow]

Sounds like he might be having night frights.

Do you leave a lamp on for him?

Also the radio on low?

A noise outside can spook them easily.

[ollybird]

i do have a lamp on - ill leave the radio on tonight and see if that helps at all.

Thanks

[Marianne Marlow]

Nice and low though, just so it's light background noise

Hope it helps.

[Rachael Kellett]

Aww poor little guy, he is definitely having night frights. I can't really add anything more to Mariannes' advice of a nightlight and the radio on low. Are you covering him at night?

[jack]

i have a 4 year old budgie which i recently adopted from an old ladie and he use to have frights and since ive been covering his cage with a towel at night he has stopped getting scared he must have felt more secure undere the towel also maby a little warmer for him =]

[sarah*glittergirl2212]

Is there anything else obvious such as car headlights shining in on him where his cage is? Something that might spook him at night. I've only ever had to get up to one night fright, but I remember how frightened they seemed- spent all night with them lol!! I hope he gets over them soon.

[Bird Junky]

Hi I hate to be the one to suggest it, couldn't be

mice could it. They would be attracted to the seed.

I remember many years ago. Couldn't sleep, came

down. In the moonlight a field mouse was tucking

into there seed. Must have been a regular as the

Budgie was just watching him eat. He got quite a

surprise when he spotted me. (The mouse not the

bird). Yours B.J.

[ollybird]

We have a pub so odv they are upstairs in the flat - but thinking about it now it could b when the barrels Are being changed when the pub closes - I'm used to it so I sleep through it - but it can b quite loud - pub closes about 1 so its kind of the right time - I kept the radio on last night and the lamp on in the room - was only up once last night with him tho which was good - its like having a baby Hahahhahaha he gets himself all worked up tho - its horrible ;(

[Hezz]

Can you move his cage to a quieter spot for the night?