cold at night and calcium plus

[vslopes]

this is 2 different questions i live in florida and is getting kind of cold at night is whose 59 the last 2 nights but 87 during day i got the gouldians on eggs on a outside flight they been outside for almost 2 months in early morning the ones that are not on the nest are kind off fluffed up and not looking sow good until it gets warm again i'm going to get a heather soon and use it at night should i wait until it get really cold or do it now?
the 2 question is about calcium plus i got it because it whose powder and i putt it on the soaked seeds and the egg food but it doesn't say in the package if i can use it on water and in case of emergency of egg binding i will have problems do anybody use calcium plus and should i get the regular calcium in liquid for to use in a emergency i will appreciate all the help i can get

[Sally]

Can't help you with the outside aviary question, since my birds are all inside, but I would recommend you keep a small bottle of liquid calcium on hand for emergency use. A drop or two of liquid calcium directly into the beak can save the life of an eggbound hen.

[cindy]

Morningbird makes liquid calcium with D3.... you can get it at ladygouldian.com or glamgouldians.com

In a dire emergency human grade liquid calcium with D3 can be used but since it is meant for humans I would not use it daily. (you can get this at the pharmacy)

As far as the Florida weather it is that time of the year where our temps yo-yo all over the place and it is getting cooler outside... you can tarp or use a visqueen sheeting to prevent chilly wind and rain from getting to the birds... a small heat lamp helps also... do not put it next to the box, it may make the box to warm. you can put it a little away from the box to warm the area near the perch near the box. Many use a ceramic heat shield and warming(not basking) bulb.

I had turned a very long lanai into a bird room years ago, during our cooler/cold months I hung tarps from hooks on the wood trim above the patio screening, overlapping to prevent wind from coming in... I could draw them back, clipping them open (you can do the same thing with a curtain rod and shower rings and pull them to one side) to let the warm sun come into the room when it warmed up but could close the tarp like curtains on chilly nights and ran a heater... it was toasty warm and the birds did great.

[vslopes]

my flight got a 8 foot by 8 foot area in closed out of plywood and with a small door that i close at night sow there's no wind going in at night but it gets as cold in there as the temperature is outside

[vslopes]

well i got the wrong picture on the last response

[cindy]

Love both pictures...you can use an heater in the closed room... Think Debbie said she uses an oil filled heater. do you have a cement slab or solid floor in the enclosed/walled in area?

You can run tarps on the outside on really cold nights and adding heat lamps in area in screened in area, I have seen folks enclose ceramic heat lamps in 1/4 inch wire boxes, the lamp is suspended inside the box, the 1/4 inch wire box keeps the birds off the lamp so not to burn themselves.

[vslopes]

thank you for the replies i got a solid wood floor inside and i got a small door in the in closed area sow im going to use a oil filled heater and only open the small door when it warms up

[Jen]

vslopes
I also have any outdoor aviary for my finches. It has been in the mid to low 50's in the evening (in SE Texas) and up to 90 during the day. So far I haven't enclosed the aviary but I have a couple of heat lamps on at night in case some of them want to use them. Once it starts getting below 50 I will start enclosing the aviary to have more warmth and block any cold wind. I used oil filled heaters last winter and they worked great. I also used Debbie's idea of the remote thermometer that you can pick up at Lowes, Walmart or Home Depot. That way you can monitor the temp in your aviary from inside your home...day and night! It was a life saver!!!