out in the hot sun

[Tycos_mom]

I like to put the birds outside for a hour or

so in the nice weather to enjoy and to reap the benifits if I cover half the cage with a towel so they have some shade and make sure they have water to drink do you think that an hour is to long out there in 90 degree weather I worry that they might over heat

[slmclean]

i put chloe in the shade and only keep her outside for about 30 minutes course this is new to her to.

[Slider84]

I was just wondering this yesterday, with water and shade i would have thought it would be ok. Of course i could be totally wrong.

[lovemyGreys]

Pat here is a link to an article Dan wrote about hot weather ....

 

http://www.greyforums.net/forums/african-grey/83704-hot-weather-advisory.html#83705

[kittykittykitty]

An excellent link! It gets hot here so fast, even in the shade, I won't take Precious out. But that's my decission.

[judygram]

Its been getting 90 to 95 here during the day and that sun is very hot, too hot for me much less my birds:S

 

 

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[Tycos_mom]

I usually take the birds outside early in the day before it gets to hot and I sit right with them so I can watch if the get to hot but I think we will wait until 2 pm by that time of day the sundeck is pretty much completely shaded and I'll give them their bath before I take them out and then the can dry off and be cool at the same time. Tyco is only starting to enjoy her time out side so she only get 15 minutes a day out there she's still a bit to nervous for anything longer.

[zooman]

I agree with extended periods of time yes i think it was a useful link and everyone should be vigilant in keeping an eye on their bird saying this our birds history is from Africa and its hot there..all the time i agree in the wild they would go and bathe or just get cool and ive seen my TAG do what he described and ive misted him and he was fine here in Canada it does get hot hmm trying to do the celcius to fahrenheit and id say for sure this summer its been high 80s and the biggest concern are those that put their birds in windows thats no good. I truly believe outdoor time is very important and what im trying to say is being fearful of taking your bird out period worrying about the heat is wrong as well limiting the time sure i am totally agree