Originally posted by KBlaix
That's the exact opposite thing you should do. I have 4 cockatiels and a dove (who also suffers from night fright) I would never cover their cage. In fact I leave a night light on for them. Also they are kept in a back bedroom at night away from anyone or anything who could scare them. I close the blinds on the window so nothing outside will scare them either. Don't leave a bright light on because they need it dark to sleep, but a little night light works wonders- It's still dark enough for them to sleep, yet not dark enough for them to experience night fright.
Actually.............

My birds get night frights when they're NOT covered. When they are covered, and its pitch dark, they sleep comfortably. Its when they can see things that they get scared, so I make sure they're covered well at night. I've had them for almost 6 years now, and so far, they have only had 3 night frights....and those night frights all happened on nights when I felt it was too hot to cover them and didn't.

I guess it depends on the birds too. My birds are so used to being covered that they demand their 'blanky' at night. They start screaming for it at their bed time, and won't stop until they see me bringing it. Then they sigh with relief. LOL!