How can I keep my bird warm?

[Mountainsof]

My room has been getting quite cold the past few days. he has been quite cold and I've been trying to think of ways to keep him warm. I was going to give him one of those really soft blankets to cover up in but he is still terrified of anything resembling a blanket or towel. I'm going to go get a ceramic heat lamp soon, But in the meantime how can I help him stay warm? He has been snuggled in my hand and that helps a lot. How do you keep your birds warm?

[liz]

They all like cardboard boxes. If you find a small one that he can get in it would be like putting on a jacket and hold his body heat in.

[Pajarita]

My birdrooms are heated, just like the rest of the house. If you don't have any heat in your room, you need to get a space heater because although you can expose parrots to a bit of cold, you can't keep them cold day after day. Their bodies are not meant for it. I keep a couple of electrical space heaters in case something happens to the boiler and I use one of them in the canary room when it gets real cold in the winter. They are the kind that look like a radiator and are filled with oil. I've been using this kind since I saw them in the dog and cat rescue I used to work at and they are very safe and economical. In the meantime, get yourself a heating pad (the kind that doesn't turn off after a couple of hours), put it at the bottom of the cage and cover the cage with some kind of material in all sides but one (so the heat stays in). I don't like lamps because you need to put them on the side of the cage so the heat is not evenly distributed throughout the entire cage.

[Wolf]

One of those oil filled radiator space heaters are great for warming up the room. The older models can take a while to get set right but they are probably the safest heater on the market and they don't cost an arm and leg either.

I would also buy a wall hanging thermometer so you can see the temperature as you really don't want it much below 65 deg. F., at least that is the coldest that I let my rooms get.

[liz]

Myrtle was so afraid of cages that she would not got to a sleeping cage. When the sunroom got cold at night all I could think of was put a peak hole in a paper bag and put it over her. She liked her paper bag and went back to it every night for a couple months.

[Michael]

I agree on oil filled electric radiator. I use those by my birds' cages when it is cold. Most of them have thermostat control (not very accurate but still helps). They draw a lot of energy but it helps you safely provide heat in a certain area or room.