Heated Perches

[ingrehd]

Hi all,
Im pretty sure I've asked this question before, but what is everyone's opinion on heated perches?
They seem like a great idea for my Morgan since my house is always cold and I have no control over the heater.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I've heard some concerns, but I think they sound pretty nifty. I've considered getting one for Rosie since she's older.

 

[KimKim]

I have one, but my grey wouldn't go on it. So I got the heat panel instead http://www.avitec.com/Avi-Temp-Infrared-Heat-Panels-p/ihp.htm (I don't remember it being that expensive a few years ago ) He was nervous about it at first, but he accepted it pretty fast.

 

[weco]

Where are you located Ingrehd? I know Cooper's in California, where it's always warm, but unless your birds live in temperatures at 32° F or 0° C, or below, you really do not need a heated perch.....

In cold climates, 50°F (10°C), our feathered friends are much more comfortable than they are at temperatures of 80°F (27°C) or above.....while their feet are designed to stay warm when ours might be freezing, they can also squat on a perch/branch and cover their feet with their breast/body to keep them warm.....

Thermal/heated perches really are unnecessary gimmicks our birds do not need.....

 

[MikeyTN]

What concerns me is the wires around the cage, I really don't like the idea having wires near by my bird's cages. Even when we vacuum, my partner is nervous about Lola getting ahold of the wire to chew on it so we're super careful with stuffs like that.

 

[irowiki]

Oh hey, I was about to post a similar topic.

My house isn't insulated (built in the 1960's when natural gas was cheap), and it has really expensive to run wall heaters, so I tend to keep it at 55 degrees in the winter, sometimes down to 50 at night.

Now that we have birds, I'm willing to try keeping it to 60-65 degrees at night, will that be a problem with the birds? One amazon, two conures, a cockatiel, and many budgies!

I've also thought of a heat lamp for each cage, preferably something that doesn't give off much light...

 

[ingrehd]

Oh hey, I was about to post a similar topic.

My house isn't insulated (built in the 1960's when natural gas was cheap), and it has really expensive to run wall heaters, so I tend to keep it at 55 degrees in the winter, sometimes down to 50 at night.

Now that we have birds, I'm willing to try keeping it to 60 degrees at night, will that be a problem with the birds? One amazon, two conures, a cockatiel, and many budgies!

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That's the same problem I'm facing! It gets so cold in the house (below 60) when the weather starts too cool down. I can tell he's cold because he fluffs up and shivers, but I dont want to risk using a space heater to keep the room warm

I hear that some birds have gotten burns on their feet from sitting on the perch too long

 

[irowiki]

Ah, ceramic bulbs are interesting. We may go that route then!

 

[Birdman666]

Temperatures in the 50's shouldn't require heating. I don't like heated perches because they are both a chewing hazard, a potential electric shock hazard, and in extreme cases a potential fire hazard... and like others have said, it just isn't necessary...

THESE BIRDS LIVE OUTSIDE IN THE TROPICS... IN THE WINTERTIME, AT NIGHT, IT DROPS WELL BELOW THE 50'S, SOMETIMES INTO THE MID 40's...

Reminder, there are wild flocks of quakers living in Chicago, and New York even in the winter.

Parrots are pretty hardy!

They wear down coats in the winter time, even indoors.

 

[MikeyTN]

They are hardy in cool weather yes but they need to be acclimated not just all of the sudden. I keep my house on the cooler side all year long.

 

[Birdman666]

It's heat more that cold that gets to be dangerous for a parrot. They may be from the tropics, but they live way up high in the shade of the rain forest canopy.