budgies waking up neighbours

[china]

anyone else have the same problem as me,now its hot the windows r open all night,budgies r making a noise very early in the morning,neighbours not that happy.any ideas how i can keep them quiet.

[Sarah]

I know this problem very well! As soon as it's light Skye starts tweeting and sometimes screeching which can be very annoying! How close do you have the cage to the windows? Maybe try moving them back a bit. And do you cover at night? Skye has quite a dark cover so it keeps it relatively quiet until I uncover her.

[BudgiesBuddy]

The only way is to keep them covered. As Sarah said, it's the light which makes them chatter.

[barrieshutt]

keep them covered up until its a reasonable time to wake up

[skysmum]

Can you not keep them shut in the inside flight until a bit later in the morning China. My neighbor did remark that he hears mine very early but he doesn't mind at all he said he is up early anyway and enjoys hearing them, ive only got 4 now anyway so its not too bad.

[china]

hi all.little sods wont go in there indoor flight,they have only been in the aviary for a couple of weeks.aviary is near the house,should have thought about the noise b4 i put it there,oh well,its payback for the nieghbours as they wake up the whole street sometimes with there shouting at each other.do u think curtains put round it will help

[skysmum]

Not sure about the curtains China, sounds like a bit of a mission how big is the flight. Is this the Aviary that just has a night box.

[Bonesy]

Feeding them inside could help of an evening, then shut the door behind them. They'll all pile in hungry then you can close the door and lights out until the morning.

Plans are usually easier than action though!

Soph.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Remove any food from the outside aviary thus they will go inside.

[china]

aviary is 9x3 at the momment with a night box,in the next couple of weeks im having it made bigger with a shed on the end.night box is 3 ft long and 2ft wide.its got 11 budgies in it at the momment,when bigger it will have another
7 so it will b abit louder out there.im looking for another aviary that i can put down the bottom of the garden so hopefully it wont b too bad there,havent told other half about other aviary idea yet lol

[china]

what about blackout blinds the same as the ones u have indoors

[Sarah]

Sorry, I didn't realise you were talking about an outdoor aviary!

[china]

birds didnt wake up till much later this morning,i covered up the aviary with a big tarpulin lol

[stace]

put the perches higher in the indoor part, lower in the oudoor.

[china]

thanks stace,already have perches like that,mayb they will go in indoor bit when i make it bigger and better