Pajarita wrote:I don't know what kind of light schedule or diet they have at the rescue but, although I don't know this rescue's husbandry, in my personal experience, rescues are not what one would call very careful about diet and light schedule.
I also don't know if you are talking about your GCC or the gray at the rescue that has bonded to you but, if it is the gray, it's because the days are getting shorter and, if it's the GCC, it could be her age (I forget how old she is but she could be starting or going through puberty) and/or diet.
They grey at the rescue acts hormonal, but always has around me.
My GCC at home, and a B+G at the rescue, and Marvin the mealy at the rescue all seemed hormonal yesterday. It was new for the birds at the rescue, and my bird hasn't acted that way for a while. My bird was hatched in January of '14.
The lights at the rescue go on when someone gets there, well after sunrise at this time of year, and go off when they close the place up, probably around 4 or 5. The way the building is, the birds aren't going to get a whole lot of natural light. There are windows, so the building is brighter after "lights out" in August than after "lights out" in January, but as far as seeing the sunrise and sunset, that doesn't happen.
They don't get pellets at the rescue. They get a mixture of about a billion different fruits and vegetables every morning. Sometimes it is lightly run through the food processor so that the more picky birds get some of everything instead of just picking out their favorite stuff, sometimes it is chopped up more coarsely.
They get a bowl of some sort of seed mixture or something in the afternoon. They get treats such as almonds or pistachios mostly when we are trying to socialize them.
I know there is a special food for Marvin, the Mealy. He gets the chop in the morning, but I think he gets something different in the afternoon.
There is a beautiful eclectus in quarantine. I don't know if he is getting the same diet as everyone else, or not. I know they are tricky.