rose wrote

Jan 19, 2020

I have an African Gray. He/she is 19 years old. We just had a three-season sunroom installed which I heat with an Eden pure heater. I live in the Rochester NY area and it gets cold here.

My gray is currently in a spare bedroom which serves as our office. We just purchased a new bigger cage. I would like to put him in the sunroom during the day. I was concerned about him getting cold and thought about putting a ceramic heater near the cage.

The room is 12 x 12 and I do let our two miniature schnauzers out the sliders to go out to do their business. My Gray is a special needs parrot, he has no toes. I adopted him as a baby as his parents had bitten them off.

He gets around well but instead of a perch, I have a laminate shelf that my husband cuts to size for him to walk on. I would like your opinion as to whether or not I should do this or wait until spring. I would put him back in his old cage at night until the weather warms. If it is feasible could you direct me to what I should purchase?

Thank you for your time.

Rose

Samnotoes is adorable.

Don’t wait until spring.

We’ve always used oil-filled electric heaters, they are efficient and easy to control with no airflow to be concerned about. (blowing air can trigger over preening leading to plucking).

We also offer many flat perches that could easily be installed in any cage.

Best – MitchR

Hi:

Is Black Seed Oil ok for cockatoos?

My cockatoo has very dry rather scaly feet.

The vet can’t figure out why, and she checks out very well otherwise.

I have some liquid black seed oil and would like to rub it into her feet and legs.

Or rub anything else in if that would help.

She doesn’t pick at her feet or legs and came to me that way.

(She’s a rescue, and I’m her fourth home.

She’s lovely and keeps the cats in line.

I have to give her a spoon of the tilapia food when I give them that just so she doesn’t go down, push them away, and eat some.)

Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you. Arlene