New Apt ??

[davefv92c]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMpoxAWChs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMpoxAWChs[/ame]morning
ok im going to be moving into a apt kinda in the woods
taking a 2nd floor unit with a huge deck, creek running below me.
i want to put a couple of cages out on the deck for the birds so they have some outside time during the day no big direct sunlight so no worry bout that. temps in the summer there will run as high as the low 100s dry when that hot. what is the temp limit i should use for the birds outside?
also very humid at times is there a level i should be looking for there also?
now my biggest worry is insect bites,how do i protect them from that?
also the wild birds from wanting to approach the cages. thought about the ol fake owl, but i think that would freak the parrots?
have though about screening in part of it but i dont want to spend the bucks.
does this sound silly, thought about putting the cages inside of one of those screen rooms you take camping, please don't laugh to hard at that one.
would it work?

birds involved Eclectus, Lilac Crown Amazon.

thanks much
just hada post the vid, one of my all time favs

 

[Kiwibird]

My parents house is in the "woods" with plenty of bugs around in the warm months and my mom puts their parrots outside all summer long. They've never been bitten by any bugs. Kiwi has lived in various suburban/rural apartment/comdo living arrangements locations and spent countless hours outside and never been bitten by a bug either. Parrots, even pets who've spent most of their lives indoors, have an instinctual reaction to avoid bugs that sting. like bees, mosquitoes, wasps etc... and harmless bugs like beetles are, well..., harmless.

As for wild birds, I've always observed that they tend to make a wide berth around the area when large parrots are outdoors. Think of it from the perspective of a songbird- big bright colored parrots are a very foreign looking bird compared to the mostly brown/tan/black color wild birds and their powerful hooked bill makes them look somewhat predatory (compared to the beaks of most common birds, a parrot beak is closer to a BOP beak than theirs) and amazons/eclectus are roughly the size of a small BOP too.

Obviously you should never leave home with them outside, but it's fine if you go in and just check in on them every so often and leave a window open so you can hear any commotion right away. One thing that is super important is to double lock them in. Use padlocks in addition to the built in locks on anything that can be opened (main door, dish doors, breeder door, cage top etc...). Last thing you need with a bird outside is to forget or just have the lock not fasten right or something and they escape. Also, while it would be unlikely for a human to try to steal a bird on a second floor balcony, padlocks will keep wild animals like a squirrel or chipmunk from being able to open the cage door in search of food.

 

[SailBoat]

Great advise provided by Kiwi's Mom!

This side of the great divide, in North America, we have a couple of blood based viruses that are deadly to birds. Mosquitoes are the common carriers and although we have seen the number of infections and deaths fall in recent years. It is wise to take precautions and your camping /dinning mosquitoe netted enclosure with a floor as part of it, is a great idea. Very common in our area!

Heat combined with humidity is difficult for Companion Parrots as they have adjusted to our World and if it is hot and humid for us, so is it for them.

*** If the Parrots are outside, you are there also!!!