so we had our first warm night last night which was amazing! however, it reminded me summer is coming :/
summers up here get damn hot and the apartment we live in not only has vertical windows but our landlord refuses to fix them and nearly all of them are broken. I've researched several different types of AC units and either none of them would work with our Windows anyway or they wouldn't work because we have too low humidity.
Because the apartment is older it also doesn't breathe well and I would get physically sick from the heat unless I held an ice pack to my body or we would just leave to spend hours at the mall or anywhere with air conditioning. We obviously can't do that now since we have a bird and I'm very concerned about making sure he doesn't overheat.
My only solutions right now are literally cool baths everyday and fans directly on him. A breeder I work with said to keep the blinds down during the day but many of our Windows because they are broken don't even have blinds so there is no way to shut out the sunlight. I would love some advice from anyone who lives in a very hot climate on how you help keep your birds cool during the hot summer days.
summers up here get damn hot and the apartment we live in not only has vertical windows but our landlord refuses to fix them and nearly all of them are broken. I've researched several different types of AC units and either none of them would work with our Windows anyway or they wouldn't work because we have too low humidity.
Because the apartment is older it also doesn't breathe well and I would get physically sick from the heat unless I held an ice pack to my body or we would just leave to spend hours at the mall or anywhere with air conditioning. We obviously can't do that now since we have a bird and I'm very concerned about making sure he doesn't overheat.
My only solutions right now are literally cool baths everyday and fans directly on him. A breeder I work with said to keep the blinds down during the day but many of our Windows because they are broken don't even have blinds so there is no way to shut out the sunlight. I would love some advice from anyone who lives in a very hot climate on how you help keep your birds cool during the hot summer days.