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Post by carlshave on Mar 5, 2012 18:58:40 GMT
Hiya all
Was wondering do any of you's have nite lights in avairy? I know a few people use a red bulb is that ok?? At the mo I just have one of them child night lights but wud rather try the red bulb
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Post by brian1 on Mar 8, 2012 23:57:36 GMT
Hiya all Was wondering do any of you's have nite lights in avairy? I know a few people use a red bulb is that ok?? At the mo I just have one of them child night lights but wud rather try the red bulb I would stick to the one you have Carl, budgies see in ultra violet light, red would be too vivid......just my thoughts |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 0:12:11 GMT
i only use night lights...... when iv got chicks...and .....or.....very young budgies ..... apart from that there is a street light which shines in to my aviary . so its never totally dark.... id never use a colored bulb..  .. just a dim night light...  . |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 9, 2012 6:22:49 GMT
I use normal tube lights.
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Post by Kath/Gaz on Mar 9, 2012 15:52:59 GMT
i only use night lights...... when iv got chicks...and .....or.....very young budgies ..... apart from that there is a street light which shines in to my aviary . so its never totally dark.... id never use a colored bulb.. .. just a dim night light... . Our aviary will pick up the street light from the window in the inside aviary where the birds will be....we were considering covering it at night as we thought the light would bother them....so should we not cover it..... Attachments:
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 9, 2012 15:55:39 GMT
How much light comes in at the night from this window. They need some light in the night as well.
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Post by ianb on Mar 9, 2012 22:31:20 GMT
i only use night lights...... when iv got chicks...and .....or.....very young budgies ..... apart from that there is a street light which shines in to my aviary . so its never totally dark.... id never use a colored bulb.. .. just a dim night light... . Our aviary will pick up the street light from the window in the inside aviary where the birds will be....we were considering covering it at night as we thought the light would bother them....so should we not cover it..... Don't cover the window Kath,i have a 10 watt bulb in my nightlight which comes on 15 mins before main lights go off, and stays on all night until after it comes daylight in the mornings |
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Post by carlshave on Mar 10, 2012 8:31:59 GMT
Do you use timers for your lights then?
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 10, 2012 9:52:37 GMT
Our aviary will pick up the street light from the window in the inside aviary where the birds will be....we were considering covering it at night as we thought the light would bother them....so should we not cover it..... Don't cover the window Kath,i have a 10 watt bulb in my nightlight which comes on 15 mins before main lights go off, and stays on all night until after it comes daylight in the mornings Ian is right. That's what I wanted to say when I asked how much light the window lets through in the night |
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Post by Rachael Kellett on Mar 10, 2012 15:09:27 GMT
I have a night light which is a very low wattage red bulb and it is on a timer to come on just before it starts to go dark and then goes off again after the sun rises. I have been using this for about 8 or 9 months and never had any trouble with them. |
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Post by ianb on Mar 10, 2012 18:43:07 GMT
Do you use timers for your lights then? yes,night light comes on at 9-45pm,main kights off at 10pm,i always set the nightlight to come on earlier as the birds seem to see it as a signal that the main lights are about to go off and go to perch in night mode. |
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Post by Kath/Gaz on Mar 13, 2012 11:33:01 GMT
Don't cover the window Kath,i have a 10 watt bulb in my nightlight which comes on 15 mins before main lights go off, and stays on all night until after it comes daylight in the mornings Ian is right. That's what I wanted to say when I asked how much light the window lets through in the night There is just enough light that it shines off the back wall of the indoor flight....so we will leave that window alone....(darn and I was all set to get designer curtains for the budgies..... ;D )we have also put in a solar light for days when there is little light in the winter....we have used the same sort of solar lights in the garden and they work a treat..... |
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Post by ianb on Mar 13, 2012 19:17:13 GMT
The problem i see with solar lights Kath,being,if the sun don't shine,the lights don't charge up.we have them at the backgoing up to the aviary [by the steps] and in periods of cluod/rain they don't light up at night.
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