FINCHforum

Hi there, wondering if I could pick your brains?!
Stumbled across this very useful forum tonight- been really helpful so far. I am re-establishing my finch stock, as I stopped keeping a few years ago after moving from zebra finches to budgies and cockatiels ,and have missed/ regretted it ever since. Collected some more zebras(crested!!!) today and am viewing some bengalese(crested! woo!)hecks, gouldians, parrot, strawberry, cherry (and poss more varieties not sure what the supplier I use will be getting in) throughout this week. My aviary is 20 foot by 6ft, with a 6x6ft shed attached. I know that for the varieties I would like to keep, I will need to heat the shed- my question is, how exactly can I go about that? I know you can run a heat lamp or similar from a car battery, but don't have a clue what I would need/where to get supplies/ and how to do it!! Is it safe to have a heat lamp in a shed? Could I use reptile infrared heat lamp??
Any help/advice would be much appreciated!!! Thankyou so muck in advance!

Annabel

sparklystuff121
First welcome to the forum,if you fill out your profile where your live in the world, people will be able to give you better answears to your questions

Hiya,
Have you a power supply to the shed?

Not really-
we have had a pond pump before, so there is a hole drilled through the brick next to the plug nearest the shed, so I suppose in theory I could run a really long extension lead from there? Not really something I want to do unless there isn't another way though.

It probably would be worth it to have an electrician run a line to the shed--not only would you have power for heat lamps, you could keep a night light on as well. And you could have supplemental lighting inside the shed, easier to do cleaning, etc., with some light.