How to keep birds off ceiling fan?

[Carp5699]

I've got a ceiling fan in my room that my cockatiel loves to sit on. It's a bit of a problem because he poops on it and my bed below, which is both a pain to clean from the blades and from my blankets. The blades have also started to sag, much to my parents' displeasure. I won't take them off because the AC likes to be unreliable every summer, and I won't put a cage around the fan. Is there anything I could do to keep the birds off it? I've tried wrapping the blades in foil once, but that was useless.

 

[Finchbreed]

Can you hang streamers from the ceiling down towards the fan? It is the space above the blades you need to make undesirable, and short streamers should do this.

 

[Carp5699]

Oh, yeah I guess I could find something to hang. might end up crocheting something

 

[sunnysmom]

Just make sure that whatever you do, it's not something he can get tangled in or get toes stuck. My first tiel almost died from getting tangled in a rope toy. Which I knew better but it was a toy from his owner who passed away. So I kept it. Luckily, we were home and were able to untangle him in time.

 

[Rebel]

almost died from getting tangled

That is one of my greatest fears. I check my bird cameras several times a day for that very reason when im not home. Tangled in toys in general and rope perches.

 

[Carp5699]

Just make sure that whatever you do, it's not something he can get tangled in or get toes stuck.

I'll keep that in mind and be sure to watch him

 

[Finchbreed]

I have always used only wood perches for my finches, and mum only uses wood or chain for her budgies.
We have never used any rope perching.
I have used thin rope for hanging perching and had to rescue a tiny finch with a toenail caught - traumatic for them and me.
That was why I originally suggested streamers, they tear easily.