Hi

 

What is the hottest that budgies like and what is the coolest?

 

Madeline

A very hard question, Madeline.

 

Their natural environment is Australia's dry arid desserts. The temperature out there can get to 45 + (113 Fahrenheit) and at night it can plummet to below 10 degrees (50 Fahrenheit). Of course in the wild the sick or injured birds would die in these extremes.

 

Most budgies seem to cope with the heat, but hens and their offspring would need to be kept as cool as possible during the very hot times.

 

Feathers.

Hi there, anything over 40c they start to struggle a bit- panting wings spread, it has currently been 43-46c this week where I live and my birds have been panting heavily and I have been worried. Sitting still it isn't too bad but if these birds were required to fly (if a large aviary or in the wild) they would more than likely die. Mine spend the day sitting around the water container and they look very stressed

When it gets this hot out the bush and birds are frightened by something they take off into the air, get stressed and heat builds up and they actually fall out the sky or out of trees dead. A strange thing to see.

We also get to minus 2-3 here and as long as they are sheltered from the frost and have protection from the wind they live okay. But young babies or out of condition/ aged birds usually die with the extreme temps.

It's definitely a good idea to mist your birds on the really hot days.

 

Feathers.