Actually increasing the humidity somewhat can assist as it appears to reduce
the rate of dehydration but you need not to overdo it and to ensure there is
a breeze.
It's often useful to provide rehydration fluids to drink in addition to
water. You don't have to go over board, just a salt/glucose mix can be
effective and popular.
cheers
storm
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From:
Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2009 12:55 PM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Re: Effect of extreme heat on birds
you have to be very careful humidifying the environment of caged/confined
birds and other animals.
They can only cool by panting and increasing blood flow to skin and getting
some air movement to allow cooling. Humidifying their environment is
counterproductive.
While it is a natural reaction - because of how our bodies work.
On hot day I always recall the a story, relayed to me, of a successful and
experienced rare bird breeder who lost 1 or 2 Eclectus Parrots (long kept,
successful breeding pair) in a heat wave because he hosed their enclosure
endeavouring to cool it/them down. If there is no air movement the
conditions can become stifling.
I was lucky and lost no chooks (inner Melb) a friend on the Mornington
Peninsula lost some despite the animals having shade, water and being in a
huge area
Wendy
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