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cystanley
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007
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Location: north carolina |
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do you think two budgies could comfortably live in an outdoor aviary all year? temp can get to about 20 degrees f. is that too cold for them? |
Wednesday April 11, 2007 3:56 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
what's 20f in centigrade? I have outdoor budgies here, and most the time they are ok outside. Mind you, the weather here doesn't go below 0C, and even then it's early in the morning, like dawn that it gets that cold, then on coldest days, it really only gets to around 4C a few days of the year, otherwise it hovers around 10C usually. So we have very warm days. on colder days, I have plastic cover that goes on the aviary to stop the strong wind and all that.. if it gets too windy, I usually consider bringing them inside.
20F sounds very very cold.. does it stay that way during the day? or is that like the minimum during dawn/night time? if thats like the maximum during the day time, I would think that it might be too cold for the poor things. |
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Wednesday April 11, 2007 4:48 pm |
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cystanley
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Location: north carolina |
20 degrees farenheit is about -6 in celcious so yah i think it will be to cold.... thats during the day in winter here sometimes it gets below that at night.... 16 degrees f. at 1 point last winter... thanks for your input |
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Wednesday April 11, 2007 5:24 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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That's quite cold. I wouldn't do that. 
Birds at least need a frost free night shelter.  |
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Saturday April 14, 2007 7:30 pm |
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cystanley
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Location: north carolina |
oh alas... sigh.. i really wanted to do this.... oh well if its better for them without it....don't you just LOVE cold weather  |
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Sunday April 15, 2007 2:28 am |
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birdloveraddict33
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Sorry, that's too cold for them. Budgies are tropical birds they live in Australlia so they are kind of used to warm weather, I'd suggest that you take the budgies outside when the weather get's a little warmer.
( Not exactly sure what exact temperature would be good for them, but yesterday it was 80 degrees out and I had my budgie out)  |
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Monday April 23, 2007 5:06 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
quote:
Originally posted by cystanley
oh alas... sigh.. i really wanted to do this.... oh well if its better for them without it....don't you just LOVE cold weather
well I actually do love the 'cold' weather here.. and by cold weather, we dont ever reach below 0Celcius... hehe.  well except for the occasional early morning |
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Monday April 23, 2007 5:24 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
quote:
Originally posted by birdloveraddict33
Sorry, that's too cold for them. Budgies are tropical birds they live in Australlia so they are kind of used to warm weather, I'd suggest that you take the budgies outside when the weather get's a little warmer.
( Not exactly sure what exact temperature would be good for them, but yesterday it was 80 degrees out and I had my budgie out)
Budgies aren't actually tropical birds.. they are more deserts birds living in the arid centre of Australia near/next to waterholes (billabongs) in the very very hot temperature during the day, and yet very very cold temperature at night. So they can stand the cold, just not a long long period of time... |
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Monday April 23, 2007 5:26 pm |
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luke1
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Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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My aviary budgies are outside year round, no heating.
They have a frost-free shelter, and i put bubble wrap up on the sides to stop cold wind on them. They're fine. I think it maybe have got down to -4 or colder! |
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Thursday April 26, 2007 3:59 pm |
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jletaz
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Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1286
Location: CA, USA |
I think it just matters what temperatures they have been accllimated to. When Bih says the Budgies in the wild can stand very hot and very cold weather, that would be more than our pets can stand, because our pets are not acclimated to that sort of weather extremes... our little pets are more wimpy Just like us probably compared to our "wild" caveman ancestors who had to either live or die in the harsh environment
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Thursday April 26, 2007 10:38 pm |
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jletaz
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Posts: 1286
Location: CA, USA |
Oh, I forgot... except for Luke's Budgies... they must be pretty used to it!
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Thursday April 26, 2007 10:40 pm |
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