Keeping my birdies warm in winter

[MissLKG]

Hi guys! Just wanted to get some opinions on keeping my birds warm in winter. I live in Queensland, Australia so our winter (if you could even call it that) is not overly cold. Usually around 9 degrees Celsius at night. I have two rainbow lorikeets who are outside birds and I'm wondering whether I should be doing anything different in the winter to keep them comfortable. I know wild lorikeets obviously fair well during winter nights, but I'm being the over worrying mother. In past years I used to bring them in every single night (no matter the season) so this will be their first winter outside. I have been putting a blanket over their cage at night since the temperature dropped in the past couple of weeks. Do you think this will be enough? Any suggestions welcome! Thanks in advance!

Laura

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

We worried when Casper first came to live with us about him getting cold at night. I don't think nine degrees is going to be a problem, we are lucky to have that during the day except in the summer week. I even went as far as getting a digital thermometer and putting it in the cage when covered with a blanket and it was quite toasty in there. Feathers are incredible insulators - feel how warm you get when your bird cuddles up to your neck.
Wind Chill
Something to watch out for with open enclosures, but shouldn't be a problem under a blanket.