This one used to be fine, not sure when it flipped. Might have been when we lost power for 2 days during the last snow storm and we were staying in the living room near the fireplace. I forgot all about the bird so it may have gotten a little cold in my son's room.I ain't so sure about the getting it a mate thing. A mean bird is just a mean bird. My folks had two lobe birds way back when. The male was friendly and the female was nasty. She eventually killed him.