Rædwalda
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I have read online that it's recommended Canaries get 10-12 hours of darkness, and that some people cover their cages in the evenings to give them more darkness.
It doesn't make much sense to me, as if they are from the Canary islands they should be used to more than 12 hours of light per day, as far as I know the only places that get 12+ hours of light per day are in the northern hemisphere during the Wintertime, which is far from their natural habitat and conditions in the wild.
When I bought my Canary a few months ago, she was apparently 2 years old and living in an uncovered breeding cage that had light from sunrise to sunset, and so far I have kept up that pattern by dimming the lights in the room at about 8pm and then turning them off at around 10.30pm.
Does that sound wrong to you? What do you guys do about this and do your habits change with the seasons, i.e less light in winter?
It doesn't make much sense to me, as if they are from the Canary islands they should be used to more than 12 hours of light per day, as far as I know the only places that get 12+ hours of light per day are in the northern hemisphere during the Wintertime, which is far from their natural habitat and conditions in the wild.
When I bought my Canary a few months ago, she was apparently 2 years old and living in an uncovered breeding cage that had light from sunrise to sunset, and so far I have kept up that pattern by dimming the lights in the room at about 8pm and then turning them off at around 10.30pm.
Does that sound wrong to you? What do you guys do about this and do your habits change with the seasons, i.e less light in winter?