Cooling down

[kiertje]

hey hey,
What do you guys do during the hot summer days?
Cause linnies don't like to take baths. I try to spray them but if they don't feel like it, they also run aways. But they clearly struggling with the heat.

Would it be bad to put a fan near the cage? Or put a ice pack or pet cooling mat on top of the cage with a blanket over it. So they can't sit directly on it but coolness can come down in a corner?

 

[kiertje]

linnies

My linnies*

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

Bump

 

[Ulis_Beast]

A fan is not that bad of an idea, just make sure it doesn't blow directly on them.. Essentially it just stirrs the air in the room, doesn't cool it much.. If it can be placed in a manner that it has an intake of cooler air (ie from the climatised hallway or som such) it would help some.
I'd consider the pet cooling mat on the cage a hazard, as they can nibble on it.

 

[Ali]

Could me make an ice lolly? I know many zoos give their animals ice lollies, but I don't now about birds.

@Mizzely is this something you might have tried out?

 

[Mizzely]

I let them (the rats and the birds) go fishing in water bowls for frozen veggies

 

[Ali]

Fruit and Veggie Parrot Popsicles!

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[RainbowFlo]

I know some birds like ice cubes. Some people freeze no sugar added etc. juice into ice cubes for their fids as a treat. You could also freeze plain water and serves it with some normal (un frozen) water Perhaps that's an option?

 

[RainbowFlo]

Fruit and Veggie Parrot Popsicles!

Photo by Heather Scott Shown: Green wing macaw I was chatting with my friend Heather Scott when she sent me some pictures of the parrots she's working with and their frozen fruit and veggie lollies as she called them. I was so excited about her invention that I asked her to share it with me so I...

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Love the idea!

 

[Ali]

Love the idea!

It is something I was thinking of doing myself recently...

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

Fruit and Veggie Parrot Popsicles!

Photo by Heather Scott Shown: Green wing macaw I was chatting with my friend Heather Scott when she sent me some pictures of the parrots she's working with and their frozen fruit and veggie lollies as she called them. I was so excited about her invention that I asked her to share it with me so I...

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You could also try frozen grapes. Kiwi and Blizzard wouldn't eat them (they prefer leafy greens) but I would think a fruit eating species would (I know I like them lol)

If you do, cut them in half, the skin is quite strong after freezing.

 

[Ali]

You could also try frozen grapes. Kiwi and Blizzard wouldn't eat them (they prefer leafy greens) but I would think a fruit eating species would (I know I like them lol)

If you do, cut them in half, the skin is quite strong after freezing.

I was thinking of stringing them up in the aviary too! You can be the test subject if you like them so much

I always cut my grapes in half, Iris finds it easier.

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

I was thinking of stringing them up in the aviary too! You can be the test subject if you like them so much

I always cut my grapes in half, Iris finds it easier.

They're so good! The skin gets a little chewy, but because there's so much water in grapes, the inside gets really cold and partially frozen, but still soft!

 

[RainbowFlo]

They're so good! The skin gets a little chewy, but because there's so much water in grapes, the inside gets really cold but still soft!

Had some last week, so nice!

 

[RainbowFlo]

Fruit and Veggie Parrot Popsicles!

Photo by Heather Scott Shown: Green wing macaw I was chatting with my friend Heather Scott when she sent me some pictures of the parrots she's working with and their frozen fruit and veggie lollies as she called them. I was so excited about her invention that I asked her to share it with me so I...

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Now I wonder, how long could you leave this in a cage? Longer than fresh?

 

[Ali]

Now I wonder, how long could you leave this in a cage? Longer than fresh?

I would say so. Until it melts I suppose? Just put them in a dish so the melt water doesn't go all over the place

 

[kiertje]

Thanks so much ^^ Yeah I wasn't sure about ice cubes. My linnies have a water bottle but in this dutch bird group someone got mad at me for putting a ice cube in there . I'm gonna try it, hopes it helps them in some way ^^