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Re: Budgies Outside
Posted by phil on 3/03/07

all austrailian parrakets can survive all year without heat my
budgies and cockatiels are still outside its mid winter


On 3/02/07, Chris wrote:
> On 3/01/07, Dave wrote:
>> On 3/01/07, Chris wrote:
>>> Hi, Can budgies stay in an outside enclosure, year
>>> around. I live in Texas and the enclosure is 3 feet off
>>> the ground with a solid roof and windbreaks. I would like
>>> them to be able to enjoy the outdoors but am a little
>>> skeptical about nitetime.
>>
>> For quite a long time, budgies have been bred, inbred,
>> crossbred and linebred and the eventual results concerning
>> them is that sadly, their natural resistance to outside
>> temperatures and environments have been drastically
>> compromised. They're also very likely to pick up airborne
>> bacteria in the summer which their internal systems can no
>> longer fight off. It would be best that you keep the budgies
>> indoors year round but near a draft free window so that they
>> can see what's going on------Dave
>
> Thank you Dave for your response. They currently stay at my
> office in a nice size cage and fly free during the day so
> inside they will stay. Thanks again.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Budgies Outside, 3/01/07, by Chris.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/01/07, by Dave.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/02/07, by Chris.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/03/07, by phil.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/06/07, by Chris.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/06/07, by KittyJ.
• Re: Budgies Outside, 3/07/07, by Chris.