Don't lose shut-eye over bird's sleep cycle

Q: My boyfriend bought me a baby sun conure for Valentine's Day and we are quite pleased with him. However, we read that a bird needs 10-12 hours of sleep every night so we try to cover him at 7 p.m. or so. The cage is in our living room and we are up late watching TV. I can hear him messing around in the cage playing with his toys even though the cover we have on the cage is very dark. Should we move the cage to another room so that he can get more sleep? We only have a small apartment so it wi...