Safest heating source(s)?

[fightinthebite]

Will someone please enlighten me on which heating sources are safe for our birds? Ours have a new room that is separated from the central heat, and we need to get some heat going. I was thinking a radiant heater might be ok; the finish on the coils (supposedly) is lead free; I just want to make sure what we use is safe.............

[angelicarboreals]

In the past I have successfully used a space heater that had coils inside that heated up. It kinda looks like those old timey radiators that used to sit under windows in apartments. The one that I used was marketed as 'The Incredible Heat Machine." A word of caution, if you use a type of space heater be sure to plug it in for a few days well away from your birds so that any fumes from where it was manufactured has time to blow off.

Also, it is a good idea to use a humidifier as well, as these types of heating apparatus suck the moisture out of the air and can make your birds itchy and dry skinned.

[fightinthebite]

Thanks for the reply..........I was kind of worried that the coils themselves might be bad..........but if you have had success that makes me much less worried about that.........and I totally forgot about the humidifier .

We did put a LOT of plants in the room and large mirrors surrounding the lights to disperse the light by different angles......

[Jannabellsmom]

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I can't vouch for this option but I personally am interested to try it.