Temperature

[marie83]

Out of curiosity from another post, I was wondering what temperatures you heat your homes (or cool it down) to?
Is the part of your home that you keep your parrot a hotter or colder room than the rest of your house, if so by how much?

I don't know what the air temperature in our flat is because our thermometer broke and I haven't replaced it. We never have the thermostat for the heating above 20c though and even then I prefer it to be a bit cooler usually. Also we only tend to have the heating on in the living room which is where the birds are kept, and the bathroom when we shower so we don't freeze when we get out. The rest of the flat seems to keep to a reasonable temperature without being heated but we are on the middle floor so I think that helps.

[cml]

I think our appartment is around 21-22C, but since the parrot room also is our office, its usually 1-2 degrees hotter in there due to the computers being on. The floor is a bit cold throughout the appartment though, but thats more of a problem for me than Stitch or Leroy ^^!

[friend2parrots]

We also have our thermostat (for the whole house) set around there - generally around 20 to 21 Celsius (which is around 68 to 72 Farenheit) - standard room temperature - year round.

I've been told that most parrot species do well in standard room temperature, and are actually a little "hardy" - healthy birds can handle slightly cooler temperatures, provided they have access to flight as exercise (to warm themselves up a little if necessary).

[Polarn]

alot of birds can actually handle snowy winters when provided with a house/possibility to walk inside somewhere it isnt below freezing (how healthy or not this is for birds is another question, the point is however the same) I think there is less troubles arising from low/high temperatures inside, I think draft and wrong humidity causes far more trouble. I know we have problem here in sweden couse we build our houses too isolated (this actually causes trouble with humans as well) so we have no natural draft couse then we freeze instead, wich means we kind of have to circulate air (unless your a fan of respiratory problems) mechanically wich often goes through some heating system as well, causing the air to be fairly dry (so this is where the next respiratory issue comes) so then we have to use an air humidifier. sometimes a big aquarium does the job pretty decent (if you have high temp fishes and keep the tank with little to no lid). I used to have a 1'000 liter tank with circulating water getting heated to provide some moisture into the air, but it was too bulky... but it worked well enough.

Anyways just my 2c's

[marie83]

Well I know birds can survive outside in freezing conditions with adequate shelter. I was more just curious as to how people thought about balancing a comfortable temperature for themselves and a comfortable temperature for their birds. Tbh I would be far happier with the thermostat turned down a few degrees but bf would be happier with at 22-24c. Anywhere within and perhaps a few degrees either side of that range I wouldn't worry about if the birds were comfortable (unless sick) but me and my bf would probably kill each other .

[Polarn]

yeah wasn't saying you didnt know I just know that in the beginning of keeping birds I would freak out if the temp changed in the hosue but never thought of other factors that actually would play much bigger part in the birds health (simply couse I didnt recognize them at that time) so was more to kind of bring the topic up since its somewhat related to temperature / wintertime, since humidity drops during winters... Anyways I'm pretty stable at 22celcius with an aircon to cool when hotter and an airpump to bump it up if the heated flooring doesnt cope, like today i heard it buzz when the outside temp toutched the negative 20 celcius line on the thermometer...

[marie83]

Oh yes, I used to panic about keeping the temperature constant, then I eventually had the sense to ask myself why, as the temperature naturally fluctuates from day to night and season to season anyway, its not exactly 30 degrees in their home countries constantly...Its just extreme temperature changes we should look out for really I think- eg dont put a house parrot in an outdoor aviary on a cold day. I agree drafts are far worse.

[Cpt. Fantastic]

The lowest my condo gets without heat being turned on is about 20C, the warmest we let it get in the summer is 26C. But it's typically somewhere in between 23-25C most of the time. My bigger challenge in the winter is lack of humidity. I have my humidifier on constantly to help.