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I have a ceramic heat lamp type thing we keep close to the cage during the winter. I started doing it after we lost Beeper our rescued house finch we raised from a baby who imprinted and became our little pet. She also got a chill one late summer morning when I had my windows open seeing how I figured wild birds could handle a little cold but she wasn't acclimatised to it and got a respiratory issue we gave here meds for but it caught up with her after a while
Nerd lived in our house which got down to 58 to 60 at night and he was perfectly fine as he was used to it but after that happened we got the heat thing and put it in a corner he could reach if he wanted. Some mornings he'd be right close to it all happy, fluffy, and sleeping, others he'd be on the other side, still happy and sleeping so it was his choice.
Lurch came from a home that was quite warm for all the birds she had and she covered him at night so we do the same and plug in the heat lamp thingy during the winter and he sleeps next to it on his favorite high perch.
I don't think it adds much to our electric bill and we keep it just far enough away he can't reach the element or cord. Keeps his spot nice and warm and of course if he wants he can move to another perch but he never has as far as I can tell.
Nerd lived in our house which got down to 58 to 60 at night and he was perfectly fine as he was used to it but after that happened we got the heat thing and put it in a corner he could reach if he wanted. Some mornings he'd be right close to it all happy, fluffy, and sleeping, others he'd be on the other side, still happy and sleeping so it was his choice.
Lurch came from a home that was quite warm for all the birds she had and she covered him at night so we do the same and plug in the heat lamp thingy during the winter and he sleeps next to it on his favorite high perch.
I don't think it adds much to our electric bill and we keep it just far enough away he can't reach the element or cord. Keeps his spot nice and warm and of course if he wants he can move to another perch but he never has as far as I can tell.