Even though I'm down here in the south, my bird gets chilled easily. When I first got him, I would put a sheet over the cage that has it's back against a solid wall. (In other words, the back was not covered...only the front and two sides) It was still chilly for him when I went to sleep and put a fan on me. Now I put the sheet and a towel over the cage and it seems just right. I'm thinking of changing to a thicker acrylic flannel blanket for the winter. Is this too much? Do I need to ventalate more than the back of the cage? He usually lets me know when he's cold but I might not be able to tell if he's having othere problems.

Hmmmm. well, i know that quakers are pretty good at dealing with cold weather - they live in the wild here in New York -- there's actually a colony of them around my neighborhood. On the other hand, I've placed a towel and a rather thick blanket over my birds' hut. (they sleep in the hut). they have arranged the towel and blanket to their pleasure and love sleeping it. Plus, my sun conure sleeps INSIDE a quilt that i placed on top of her cage. She's made a little loft inside with miniature stuffed animals and she loves it. So, it all depends. HOpe it helps.

I cover the cages on three sides with large fleece blankets. In the winter I keep the house at around 68F to 70F at night ... and it is warm enough for the birds.

Hope that helps ...

I use 3 nice thick towels and cover 3 sides completely and the front is about 1/2 covered. I think a warm birdie is a healthy birdie.

I cover all sides... in the summer a old, thinning sheet and in the winter a woolleen blanket.

Yeah, I guess just like humans we can stand cold but we'd rather be warm, safe and snuggly.
thanks for all the comments. I was really worried about sufocation and such. Now I know most everyone here puts something thicker on during the winter months.

We use quilts to cover the cages - big, thick, and INSULATED! The fids all each have "sleepy huts," too. I think they can TAKE the cooler weather, but I think they PREFER to be warm, and just like us, what feels "comfortable" temperature-wise in the day feels cold at night when we sleep and our metabolism slows down.

in the summer i use a fairly thin sheet to cover all 4 sides and in the winter i use a thicker flannel sheet underneath a thick cotton quilt that covers the full back and front and part of each side.

Now seems to me that if you cover the cages completely then you would actually be keeping the warm air from the room from getting in. Kinda like shutting a door to a room that you dont want to heat. Maybe i have missed something and you are not completely covering the cage..

this is what my quaker's cage looks like.. they sleep underneath that mess of towel/blanket that you see (inside there is a little hut that they have barricaded with toys, etc). they keep nice and warm.

Thats really inventive of your little guys. PERSONALIZED

I do fleece to like Dee does! But I cover the whole cage. remember they live in alot of cold places. Beleive me I here that every other day because I worry about her getting cold too. her little feet are so cold in the morning.

See, that was the point i was trying to make earlier. If you cover the whole cage wouldnt that prevent the warm air from getting in there? Much like shutting the door to an extra room.