Originally posted by popcornbird
Amber, from my experience with Popcorn and Muffin, they seem to be more comfortable when they're covered at night. Its actually more comfortable for me too, because that way, they don't wake up at the crack of dawn and start singing while we're still asleep. If you get him used to being covered, he will probably come to love it. My birds refuse to fall asleep at night without their cover. When I ask Muffin, "Want your blankey?" at night, she answers me with a sharp *CHEEP!!* That's her way of saying, "Yup...I want it!" She does the same thing when I ask her if she wants food when her bowls need to be filled. If I don't ask her about the cover at night, she screams and screams to remind me, and gets sooo happy when I finally cover her.
I've noticed that Bennie doesn't like his cage covered.. I did it in TN when I had a big enough blanket and he would scream and scream until I went over and peeked inside. The weird thing is, without a blanket, he's fine. He doesn't wake up early, although he USED to. When I first had him, I would wake up to the sound of screeching and whistling. But recently, he sleeps till I sleep, and goes to sleep when I do.

I also noticed yesterday that he was 'yawning' or gaping repeatedly. I know it's okay for tiels to yawn on occasion, but he was yawning one after another. I thought he had something in his throat, and I started panicking. But, what I wanted to know is if that's normal?