@Nabiki yeah unfortunately he was the only baby of 7 to survive to hatch, it's standard of 86°F outside where I live so I plan for him to go hang out in our pigeon loft once bigger, I don't want to introduce now cause he's way too small and fragile to be left alone with Territorial pigeons all day, once bigger I'm sure it'll be fine but I hatching out more babies to keep him company at this point is null as he'd be 3 weeks by then(no baby Corturnix around that I can get too @ the moment either)

he's fine during the day though, happily forages and making happy noises, he's been a single child from the start so I'm not sure he realizes he's missing anything important, plus I'm stuck at home 24/7 so he sees me at least 1 every hour for a check in, I have snuggly socks, cat toys, hides, and perches that act as entertainment and he has no issue being alone in the day, nor before swapping housing (he's to old to go back in a Bator though even if it is a large one

) he's seemingly content until nighttime where he gets upset with me and it takes a full hour to get him to sleep on his own w/out him leaping up the moment I move. Can I do some sort of bedtime ritual that might help? Or will he just need to adjust? As much as I love him I won't sleep with him, and I don't want him developing a unhealthy codependency on my presence.