There are perch heaters - at least there were when I got my in-cage heater from Amazon.
AT the time, there were many many reviews saying they were great BUT a few reviews where there had been problems --- and, when the Perch Heaters have a problem it causes Injury to the Bird.
That is, in the rare chance of a defect and IF the cage-mounted heater overheats, the bird simply moves Away.
However IF a defective perch-heater gradually overheats, it will burn the birds' feet before they realize it has gotten too warm. So, in my view, the risk of a perch-heater is much to high of a risk.
I would suggest getting an Cheap Cage and dismantling it. Use one piece of it to mount the cage heater, and attach that to one of your bird's trees.
Alternatively look up the "Sweeter Heater." This is like the in-cage heater but significantly larger and also, I believe, freestanding. At least, it is Not cage-mounted. You may be able to place in a convenient spot for your bird.
ALSO I suggest keeping one room more warm than all the others, so partner can escape heat and bird can escape the cold. Either - by slightly opening window (s) in a few rooms (with screen of course!) to let cool air IN, or, using a space heater in one room to keep one room warmer. IF you go the route of a space heater, you must do good research to make sure it has NO TEFLON, PTFOA'S or any of those letter-chemicals (i dont have the memorized, others can specify), which will endanger your bird if heated.
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> However IF a defective perch-heater gradually overheats, it will burn the birds' feet before they realize it has gotten too warm.
How is that possible? Technically, a if you stand on something gradually overheating, you'll feel when it starts burning and move.
(I have a heating blanket that malfunctioned under my butt)
> I would suggest getting an Cheap Cage and dismantling it. Use one piece of it to mount the cage heater, and attach that to one of your bird's trees.
The problem is that everything that's not a perch, it's a toy. He'll try to chew it.
He's not allowed to chew things that are not on his tree, but everything on his tree can be destroyed.
The perch heater would not be destroyed, because I plan to route the cables inside the tree. It wouldn't make sense that the cables came out randomly from a weird spot, so I expect the cable would be at the same place where the perch attaches to the tree.
> Alternatively look up the "Sweeter Heater." This is like the in-cage heater but significantly larger and also, I believe, freestanding. At least, it is Not cage-mounted. You may be able to place in a convenient spot for your bird.
I did google that (suggested in another post), but all I find is oil heaters and things that are "too big", meaning they would heat the room. I'm looking to heat up the parrot "locally", without affecting the room temperature.
I don't need a space heater because I can just raise the temperature (but it would be uncomfortable for ppl)
> ALSO I suggest keeping one room more warm than all the others, so partner can escape heat and bird can escape the cold. Either - by slightly opening window (s) in a few rooms (with screen of course!) to let cool air IN, or, using a space heater in one room to keep one room warmer. IF you go the route of a space heater, you must do good research to make sure it has NO TEFLON, PTFOA'S or any of those letter-chemicals (i dont have the memorized, others can specify), which will endanger your bird if heated.
None of those are an option. We work from home and the bird sits with us all day. The point to have several trees is that he can chill with us and be "part of the flock".
Having different work places is also not an option, while the bird is mine, he's in love with my parthner and only tolerates me because I bring him to my parthner(who's terrified of my dragon) and feed him.
If we go the separate office way and the bird sits with me in the office, he'll just sleep all day and then chew his feathers. He really wants to be with my parthner.
If he's left alone in a warm room, he'll also sleep all day and then chew his feathers.
He's a rescue and I got him when he was 8. He already had the chewing problem and I've got him to the point it's almost gone, however, stress/boredom will trigger feather chewing. He doesn't pluck, just chews the feathers until they're gone, making a bald-ish spot. It re-grows each time, since he doesn't pull the feather.
Keeping the office warmer is not an option, since parthner won't be able to focus.
The room is kept at 21 degrees Celcius (33.8F), so it's not THAT cold, it just feels colder than it actually is because we're in autumn. I'm looking for something like a "heating blanket" but for parrot, so I can warm him up "locally", without setting the room temperature to "sauna" levels.
