{"id":93390,"date":"2020-08-21T18:40:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T23:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=16031"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T23:40:37","slug":"my-gcc-likes-to-sleep-in-a-covered-area-is-this-hormonal-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=93390","title":{"rendered":"My GCC Likes to Sleep in a Covered Area ~ Is This Hormonal Behavior?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scroll down for 8\/27\/20 updated responses<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Christopher G. writes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I have a question about bird behavior, and I thought it might find a home in the birdie brunch.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have a four-year-old green cheek conure and a three-year-old Hahns macaw.<\/span><\/p>\n

We keep them in travel\/sleeping cages in our bedroom at night, with the doors unlatched so they can come out in the morning whenever they want.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, at night, we have found our green cheek to have left her sleeping cage and nestled into a tight space between the two cages, underneath the towels that cover the cage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She seems to prefer this arrangement instead of being perched in her cage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There have been no changes to her cage recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am inclined to allow her to sleep where she prefers, but also don’t want to encourage nesting activity if that is what is at stake here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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All other behavior seems normal, we’ve been spending much more time with them the past four or five months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Curious to hear your opinions or insights.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey Chris good to hear from you brother .<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I was thinking about you recently but we’ll get to that in a moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kudos on the Hahns,\u00a0 a species far too overlooked providing a pet birdkeeper with \u201csmall macaw\u201d\u00a0 basically the best of both worlds.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Most people don\u2019t realize Hahns \u201cmacaws\u201d are the size of sun conures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n

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I remember your GCC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You are right about nesting activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is there a way you can \u201cpin\u201d\u00a0 the towels to the cage walls so she can’t get under them?<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s a bird wanting to be a mommy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I talk about that here:<\/span><\/p>\n

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How Pet Bird Keepers Get The Lighting Thing Wrong<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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With regards to thinking about you recently,\u00a0 I don’t know if you’re following our adventures having moved to Lowell Indiana last spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u200bYour contact information on the back of a business card floated up when I was arranging my desk last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u200bAt one time we spoke about you doing work on the bike.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 KZ wasn’t running and discharging and leaking oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I knew if I stuck it somewhere it would Fade Into Oblivion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So when we moved I dropped her off with Danny who I’ve known for 20 years at\u00a0https:\/\/www.amcat.net\/gallery<\/a>\u00a0– some of his custom builds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u200bHe’s a 20-minute country drive away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s repurposing the KZ\u00a0 to a bobber.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shorter handlebars, drop the swingarm by 3 in just by changing out shocks, cut out four or five in from the rear fender, and installing a single-seat, all-new LED lighting.<\/span>
\nGoing from a stock 130 to a 150 rear tire.with white walls by the way with fire engine red Wheels. Gray hammertone motor, black paint red and white pinstripes – no chrome. No rear pegs no Center stand<\/span><\/p>\n

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I can go on I get giddy just thinking about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a look at the beginning of the design phase.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Love to see some video of the expanded flock.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our family has grown too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3 rescue birds at Windycity Parrot ~ video<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay safe<\/span><\/p>\n

Best<\/span><\/p>\n

MitchR<\/span><\/p>\n

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Updated 8\/27\/20.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Christopher \u00a0G. responded with:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Mitch, good to hear back from ya, saw it in the brunch today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your KZ sounds like it will be a fun bike, definitely a head-turner. Whitewalls on red wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Classy bobber look!<\/span><\/p>\n

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My steel flock has grown, also… in addition to the 81 GS1100, I got an 81 GS550, and 2003 ktm 525 EXC supermoto, the 74 Sportster 1000, and 2 70’s Honda’s (CL350 and a CJ360). Whew!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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And yeah, I guess you never met our little boy, mister Chimichurri, the Hahn’s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He was kind of a pain in the ass for the first year or two.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Very skittish, nervous, apprehensive to try anything new.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Really disliked change or anything sudden.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Would bite out of fear a lot, and was pretty hostile to any visitors in the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2020 has been a breakout year for the guy tho, lots of time and attention spent with him has really blossomed his personality, and it’s truly a gift to be able to be friends with him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Very perceptive, fun, goofy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Working on his tolerance of new things, and getting him outdoor cage time where he can see our neighbors on the sidewalk while I work on motorcycles in the garage.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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They are both enjoying maximum out of cage time, and our apartment is the bird palace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check the video for proof and to meet our little buddy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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