Heater for Bird Room

[zhavener]

I am looking into additional heating for my bird room as I prefer to keep a cooler house. My bird room is about 200 ft/sq and id like to find some sort of heater to keep the bird room close to 75 for the winter. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should be looking for and what I should be avoiding?

[CandoAviary]

I like the electric oil filled radiators. They are quite safe, economical, and cost arond $50.00.
Only precaution is to cut on high and burn off the coating of the radiator outside. The fumes, like any new heater or cookware can put off harnful fumes.
I have even put these in the outdoor aviary (have one on tonight) I took the bottom of a 30" x 18" x 36" H flight cage off and sat the cage over the heater.... No birds can land directly on the heater but can land on the top of the cage and toast their buns I have the totally closed kind so even if they poop om it it can't be hurt. Just wipe off with a damp rag.
http://www.nextag.com/electric-oil-fill ... mpare-html

[Finch Fry]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=12343345

Thats what I use.

I have forced air heating in my house set to 68F. Bird room is 180 Sq. Ft and this, at about 1/3 setting on low keeps my bird room at 71-73 F.

[nixity]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=12343345

Thats what I use.

I have forced air heating in my house set to 68F. Bird room is 180 Sq. Ft and this, at about 1/3 setting on low keeps my bird room at 71-73 F.

Really?

I have been toying with the idea of getting something now that my birds are in my basement but I have no idea what size heater I'd need to get.
I had no idea these smaller ones would be suitable..
It stays at least 5+ degrees cooler down there and I also keep my home around 65-68.
I also need a dehumidifier something fierce and feel like I should wait on the heater until I get the Dehumidifier because I'm told it will probably put out sufficient heat.
Only problem is the heaters are less expensive in terms of decision making right now
Dehumidifier is more important though.. blah

[MLaRue]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=12343345

Thats what I use.

I have forced air heating in my house set to 68F. Bird room is 180 Sq. Ft and this, at about 1/3 setting on low keeps my bird room at 71-73 F.

Really?

I have been toying with the idea of getting something now that my birds are in my basement but I have no idea what size heater I'd need to get.
I had no idea these smaller ones would be suitable..
It stays at least 5+ degrees cooler down there and I also keep my home around 65-68.
I also need a dehumidifier something fierce and feel like I should wait on the heater until I get the Dehumidifier because I'm told it will probably put out sufficient heat.
Only problem is the heaters are less expensive in terms of decision making right now
Dehumidifier is more important though.. blah

BTW - I looked and none in stock right now.

[nixity]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=12343345

Thats what I use.

I have forced air heating in my house set to 68F. Bird room is 180 Sq. Ft and this, at about 1/3 setting on low keeps my bird room at 71-73 F.

Really?

I have been toying with the idea of getting something now that my birds are in my basement but I have no idea what size heater I'd need to get.
I had no idea these smaller ones would be suitable..
It stays at least 5+ degrees cooler down there and I also keep my home around 65-68.
I also need a dehumidifier something fierce and feel like I should wait on the heater until I get the Dehumidifier because I'm told it will probably put out sufficient heat.
Only problem is the heaters are less expensive in terms of decision making right now
Dehumidifier is more important though.. blah

BTW - I looked and none in stock right now.

I figured, Laraine said I probably can't find anything other than Frigidaire because they are out of season right now
I have one in my shopping cart right now in check out mode but can't bring myself to actually go through with it..
Thinking of the need to buy Christmas gifts instead..

[ac12]

Tiffany
My experience is rather old, but the last time that I used a dehumidifier, I had a problem when the room temperature was not warm enough. The humidity in the air would condense on the cold condensing coils...BUT...rather than dripping off into the collection container like it should, the water would FREEZE on the condensing coils. At a certain point, the ice would get so thick that it would block all the air flow past the condensing coils. That particular dehumidifier required a certain minimum ambient temperature to work. So check the specs on the dehumidifier that you are looking at, to make sure that you don't get stuck in the same situation.

[CandoAviary]

Wouldn't a heater dry the room out enough. I know my skin sure dries out due to lack of humidity in the house once the heater comes on.....
I have a heater like the one Gary showed but it is the taller cylinder one in my 20' x 10' breeding building. I have many fledglings in there so I keep the room 72%. The air is very dry.
In the crazy bird house I use the oil filled electric radiators and they dry the air out a good bit also. They are keeping the night temp at 65%..I have the older gouldians and parrot chicks there in different stages of moulting so I want them to stay warm but I don't want to cut on the central heat unit.

[MLaRue]

I'm testing this theory right now in the bird house - heating it up to see what the end result will be on the humidity. Right now it is over 65 on humidity and it is in the 50's (temp) right now.

I think I have the same heaters you are using Candace

[lovemyfinch]

Not meaning to but in or anything, but for those of you with high humidity, humidity is harder to heat than dry air. Which means that it takes longer to heat a room that has high humidity than a room that has none. Our basement has a high level of humidiity, but when we have the dehumidifier going it is much warmer.

[dfcauley]

In my aviary I do not have one. But.... I use an electric fan heater to provide extra heat and I keep the temp at about 70-72.

I check the humidity with a guage daily and it varies from 35 to 65 depending on the weather. I also have a fountain in there which provides I am sure alot of humidity in the air.

[CandoAviary]

Yes, I am keeping my bird room at 72% also and have no problem with high humidity.....even though it's raining alot here. I think the higher temperature helps dry the humidity out.

[nixity]

I don't know that high temperatures would necessarily lower the humidity; I think it would depend on where you are in the country and where the birds themselves are kept.

Afterall, in summer, when the temps are highest in Florida, is also when it is the absolute most humid usually.

It seems like my best bet for now is to invest in the dehumidifier first..

[CandoAviary]

Yes, Florida in the summer... well I don't even deal with the humidity. Had some trouble with the scarlet grasskeets but so far no problems with the gouldians. I keep the goulds in the indoor areas though and right now they are in a house (crazy bird house) with dry heat.
I have been talking with several grasskeet breeders and many have had problems with the high humidity and their birds. I will not keep this species if I continue to have health problems.

[dfcauley]

Isn't air conditioning an automatic dehumidifier? Well... at least that is what my husband tells me.