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cold parakeet
my house is usually pretty cool, which isnt good for my parakeet. he shivers a lot whenever hes out of his cage. i keep the top of his cage covered with a towel to keep him warm, but what else can i do to keep him warm?
thanks
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pleasepleaseplease be careful with the heat lamp. your parakeet can easily become overheated. if you are planning to use a heat lamp than put a folded towel over the cage than set the lamp on top of the towel.
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what i reccomened is a water bottle filled with warm water and set inside the cage or hang it up by a perch so they can nestle next to it if they are cold.
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a heating pad set on low underneath the cage will also be nice. the water bottle is preferable though because if they ARE cold they can sit on it or what not but with a heat lamp if they get too hot theirs no escaping the heat
good luck with your parakeet!!
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I don't know much about birds, but maybe a heat lamp? Haha =]Hope I helped.
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you could always put him in the oven or microwave.. haha just kidding. I used to have parakeets and I kept a small heat lamp close to their cage. Just keep him covered and put the heat lamp next to his cage. Don't put it too close that it burns him but close enough he's cozy. (and make sure it's not TOO hot)
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Keep him next to a light, this should help out.=)
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Just want to add that I don't cover my cockatiels cage. It keeps the heat from warming the cage. So,
you might try just keeping the cage uncovered. :)
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hey, turn up the heat in your home a little notch. you could also get one of those electric heaters that you plug into the wall and put near his cage. good luck =].
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i have 3 parakeets and this used to happen to mine. some things you can do are move his cage next to the heater or the warmest place in the house, because as you probably already know, they're tropical birds and love the heat. you can also use a heavier towel to cover his cage. i used to use a light/normal towel and they were still shivering so i got a heavy one and they were fine.
good luck :]
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It might be worth investing in a small fan heater to keep in the same room as the parakeet. Keep a thermometer in there aswell, to make sure it doesn't get too hot. If you're in there the whole time, you won't notice how hot it is. Hang the thermometer from the cage and then you'll have a happy, warm bird!
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