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Do you uses a night light or a light sourch in your bird room

Poll ended at Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:18 am

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Post by chrischris » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:49 pm

Yes that is what I'm always afraid of when a hen gets spooked off her nest and leaves the eggs to go cold.
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Post by Fancie Flight » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:10 am

good reason to have a light source all the time, let em see to get back to the nest if they need to
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Post by chrischris » Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:06 pm

As you all might of known I had a night light but think it may have been too dark still as the other night I was awoken with the male gouldian flying all over the cage in fright. I now have a lamp that I use and with the help of a dimer switch I'm able to get more light into the room than a night light would offer. Was afraid it was too bright but after a few days all the finches seem to be adjusting well and sleep well with this new dim light on over night.

Hope this helps the next time one of the goulds gets spooked off the perch.

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Post by Fancie Flight » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:09 pm

good I'm glad ya got everything settled, I don't use night lights Iuse colored heat lamps BUT you can also use the cheap $1.00 party lights in red or yellow to. i use red as its not alot of light but enough to see whats up.
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Post by Hilary » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:48 pm

I use the nightlights that turn on automatically when the room gets dark - my house is always lit to some extent now! I have found that some birds need it right next to their cage, though - otherwise they'll still freak out in the middle of the night.
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Post by chrischris » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:33 am

I got a frosted 6.7Watt light bulb and this seems to work well for them. But bob o boy is the room lit to the point that I could easily get around but the finches seem to be ok with it so I guess it will say on all night long.

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Post by Laura » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:18 am

I don't own any finches now (will be getting 2 soon), but when we had budgies my dad or mom would always leave christmas lights on around the cage so the birds could have a light source. They always felt much more comfortable with the lights on.
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