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Post by Pammy on Mar 11, 2014 4:39:05 GMT
So I've been having a rough time of Kringle, Clausy, Noel & December making a whole lot of noise during the small amount of time my husband gets to relax in the evenings, after working full time and being back in college with lots of homework. It had gotten so bad that my hubby was telling me on a daily basis that he hates my budgies. Oh, that's hard to take!
Well, Diana gave me a simple, yet so brilliant suggestion of covering the cage before TV time. I thought I couldn't, because I assumed my birds needed quiet as soon as they were put to bed for the night, so I've always waited until 10pm to cover them. Well, tonight I covered them at 9:00, before my husband watched his single episode of TV for the evening. It worked like magic!! My birds were stone silent thru tv time, and there was no talk of hating birds. An added bonus is that 9:00 is a much healthier bedtime for them anyway, and they do get pure quiet shortly after 10pm.
This is a major breakthrough at my house, and I wanted to share it right away tonight! Thanks again, Diana!!
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Post by kmic on Mar 11, 2014 9:34:00 GMT
So glad covering them helped so much! Thanks for sharing the tip Pammy. Hope things remain quiet between 9-10pm.
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 11, 2014 12:25:07 GMT
Pammy, my mom covers my budgies at about the same time you cover yours, there's still plenty of noise in the house however and they stay so quiet. They too get very noisy at about 7-8pm
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 11, 2014 13:25:46 GMT
Mine are quiet when I cover them, they only get noisy in the morning (around 7:30). I cover them around 5pm
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Post by rdkntriker on Mar 11, 2014 13:56:37 GMT
We cover Lucky around 10 pm and she only chirps softly after that. I hope your plan works.
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Post by dcalton75 on Mar 11, 2014 18:17:51 GMT
Mine also get covered around 8 or 830 and are quiet for our tv time. They are quiet until around 7 in the morning and we uncover them around 8. It works for us and our lifestyle. Sometimes if they hear me up showering around 430 they will awaken but go quiet again after I leave the house until lauren wakes up.
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Post by bree1818 on Mar 11, 2014 19:01:32 GMT
Man, how did you guys all get this issue? Shasta's the laziest bird in this thread - he's almost always quiet (unless I put him in time out for biting, but that's a different story), and he gets mad at me for staying up until 10 when he's ready for bed at 9.
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Post by Pammy on Mar 11, 2014 19:13:05 GMT
Thanks, everybody. I'm very hopeful. I don't like having anyone dislike my birds, especially someone so important to me as my husband. I plan to always cover the birdies before TV time now. I think it will make a world of difference.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 11, 2014 20:46:28 GMT
Yes, eventually you would need to do that when your females go into breeding condition. They need at least 13+hours of "night" time a day
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Post by Pammy on Mar 11, 2014 22:18:12 GMT
Yeah, I've been wondering how I'd accomplish that when the time comes. There's no way my family is going to quiet down before 10pm. I'm so relieved it turns out that the birds don't need silence in order to be covered.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 12, 2014 0:04:38 GMT
Oh, sometimes I wonder if they sleep while I am still up, then I'm like meh. lol I am pretty loud for 4 or 5 hours after I cover them. I wish they would be quiet in the morning though. lol The time change does help though.
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Post by Pammy on Mar 12, 2014 4:30:02 GMT
I covered my birds at 9:00 again tonight, and we watched a little tv and they were perfectly quiet in there. I almost think they are relieved to get to go to bed an hour earlier. It really was peaceful to watch an episode of "Bones" without all that loud chatter. Aron even commented afterwards that he really likes covering the birds before TV time. This is a good thing for everyone concerned.
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Post by Sarah on Mar 12, 2014 8:12:17 GMT
How odd. My budgies are usually in quiet conversation mode in the evening. It's in the morning that they like to scream and carry on like nutcases! I've learned my lesson about not forgetting to cover their cages at night if I want to avoid dark circles under my eyes.
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Post by saif on Mar 12, 2014 12:41:05 GMT
Mine are most noisy when my dad uncovers them around 7 am
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Post by santinoandmondo on Mar 12, 2014 16:17:08 GMT
With chronic egg layer, I've been covering the cages at 6 PM and do not uncover until 8 AM or later depending on what I'm doing. They might warble a little during TV (around 9 or 10 PM) and a little in the morning when everyone is hustling around eating breakfast but they stay pretty quiet.
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