I'm worried about my parakeets not getting enough sleep

[seedmunchers]

It's 5:51 AM (6:02 upon sending this) and I woke up about half an hour ago. I'm still very tired so I apologize if any of this comes out as a jumble or grammatically incorrect. I also don't know if this was the right place to post this.

So, long story short, due to recent developments, I more or less have to keep my cat in my room for all of the nightly hours. Because of it, I haven't been able to get a full night of uninterrupted sleep in, I don't know how long. (I haven't been keeping track of time.) He will jump onto my desk and mess with my stuff, or whine and cry at the door, or claw at various objects in my room. I have to stay on guard all the time.

It was greatly disturbing me, since I kept waking up later and later in the day. But only just a few moments ago did I consider that maybe my parakeets, who I also keep in my room, were also getting sleep deprived.
If this turns out to be true, does anyone know how I can help this? Anything I can do to make sure my birds are getting their beauty sleep? Or are parakeets normally deep sleepers and won't wake up that easily, I don't know.

[ffiscool]

Can your cat not be outside of your room?

The parakeets are not safe if your cat is in your room and probably are on alert the whole time hearing it.

[jellybean]

Agree with ffiscool, if the cat is in the room and disturbing your sleep, I'm sure the birds will be disturbed too.

Do you have a spare room where the birds could sleep that you could close the door on?
Then, leave the cat to sleep elsewhere in the house without the worry of them disturbing the birds or you.

[seedmunchers]

Unfortunately, moving the cat or the birds are not easy options. I live in a small apartment, not much more than a living room, my bed room, and my parent's bed room. My father has insisted on sleeping in the living room for no apparent reason (thus me having to have my cat in my room), and if I were to bring either of the pets in there, they would make noise and disturb his sleep.

[ladybird]

Would your father be willing to have the birds in the living room at night….they should be covered up so wouldn’t disturb him at all.

[seedmunchers]

Dec 12, 2021 14:58:07 GMT ladybird said:

Would your father be willing to have the birds in the living room at night….they should be covered up so wouldn’t disturb him at all.

Probably not. If I did move them, they would probably make a little bit of noise before settling down, and that might annoy my father.

The cage is also pretty tall, and while it's not really that heavy, it is difficult to move around and especially from room to room. Not the biggest problem though, since I have done so several times before.

[ladybird]

How do you cover your birds at night?

[seedmunchers]

Dec 12, 2021 15:32:27 GMT ladybird said:

How do you cover your birds at night?

I have been meaning to relocate their blanket so that it reaches at least the back side, but as of right now it just barely hangs off of the top of cage and covers the front and left side. The back side is up against the wall, and the right side is blocked by my shelf (but not up against, there is a little bit of space between them).
I've never had any problem with them covering that way, so I suppose it works at the very least.