by Pajarita » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:51 am
Ahhh, well, there's your problem! The 12 hours awake and 12 hours of sleep was debunked years ago! We now know that it's not the number of hours of sleep that make the difference, it's the number of hours of daylight and that can only be 'registered' by their bodies if they are exposed to dawn and dusk because it's the special light of twilight that 'turns on' or 'off' their internal clock [meaning, just covering and uncovering the cage doesn't do it for them]. They need to be kept at a strict solar schedule or their endocrine system [the one that makes them produce or not sexual hormones] gets out of whack. I suggest you do research yourself on anything related to behavior and diet [start with 'avian photoperiodism'] instead of asking your vet because, in truth, asking them about these things is not fair as they don't study them at all.