Sheather -- That's hilarious that that was Gracey! It was spot on for a phone ringer, right down to the spacing between each "ring". (And a smart tactic, if you ask me, as a ringing phone demands attention! So if Gracey rings like a phone, then he'll get your attention! Smart boy!)
I used to put Hunter to bed at night in his cage, but I stopped a couple weeks ago. I felt bad wrangling him into the cage every night and I realized "why not let him stay out? He stays out all day. If he's more comfortable sleeping outside, then why not, right?"
Good decision as he's much happier!
So I no longer get the "let me out, human!!!" whistles, but he does have a not-so-subtle manner of telling me to turn the lights on! It's quite funny. He'll start sounding off with every vocalization he knows, one after another! LOL
Of course, this wakes up the entire room, so everyone will be in there chattering away in the dark.
But letting him stay out at night has been nice, because he sleeps later. Rather than 4:30 or 5:00 am, it's more like 5:30 or 6:00 a.m.
I can't wait until Abby can stay out at night too, as I don't love wrangling her into her cage, especially when Hunter gets to stay free!
She does great outside of her cage, but sometimes, she gets spooked and when she gets spooked, she gets stupid. e.g. she knocked something off the cage, and it startled her so she took flight in a panic. Then she landed awkwardly and fell between the back of a cage and the wall. I'd left the space large enough so anyone who ended up back there could get out easily. But she panicked and forgot how to climb and decided to try to fly out of there, which didn't work. So it necessitated a mommy rescue. (I've since rearranged the cage perches so the cage can sit flush against the wall.)
So we just need to get through the spookey phase!
She's got a ways to go, as she can't handle free fly yet. She just freaks with all the small birds zipping around. And the littles get freaked out when she starts fluttering about in a panic. So it becomes a circular problem. So we put her in her cage during free fly and she's getting more comfortable, as she feels safe in there and can watch everyone, getting used to their movements.
She also spooks if a bird moves suddenly inside a nearby cage. But she's getting more comfortable and we haven't had any spooks today! It just takes time to become familiar with the room's dynamics, I think.
