Finches in a sunroom - minimum temperature for finches?

[Nipper06]

I have a large "sunroom". It has glass walls and I keep it filled with tropical and subtropical plants most of the year. So it's lush, green, and has high humidity. I keep it around 60'F in the depth of winter because it's expensive to heat - on the absolute coldest nights, it might go down to 50'F in there. Can Gouldian Finches adjust to this kind of temperature if there are no drafts? I already have Ringneck Dove and Green Singers in there but I assume they will be fine with the cool temps since they've been in since summer so the temps will go down gradually as we head into Fall.

[EmilyHurd]

I think they should probably be fine. Gouldians can be more sensitive to the cold though.

One thing you may want to try is to provide a perch that has a heat lamp abouit 12" above it in one area, so if they do get cold they can fly over and sit under it to warm up.

[Sally]

I love using heat lamps. I think you can let a room get a lot cooler than you would otherwise. As long as the birds have room to get away from the heat if it gets to be too warm, they will regulate themselves.

[Nipper06]

Thanks for the advice on the heat lamp. I bought two Gouldians last weekend and put them in a large cage in my sunroom. They were fine until we had a cool night - the next morning it was 60'F in there, even with the windows closed. They looked cold the next morning and one was ruffled up.

So I bought one of those ceramic lamps and put it over the highest perch in the cage - and they took to it immediately - now they sleep in that spot and hang out there when not flying around. I guess Gouldians like heat when they can get it. I also put a portable radiator next to the cage so the immediate area stays in the 70s, even at night - at least for another week or so, since the female looked ruffled up. Today, with the extra heat, she was active again - but still goes back to the warm spot when she rests.