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Cold Feet

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:19 pm
by birdsarebeautiful
Hi,
I am a new indian ringneck owner and my ringneck has much colder feet than normal, she is acting perfectly normal though, I was wondering if this is strange and what should do to keep her warm
Thanks

Re: Cold Feet

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:47 pm
by Melika
If her feet are cold to her, she will sit on them or tuck them up against her body for warmth. For the most part she should self-regulate. In fact, they use their feet to regulate their temperature in general according to these sites:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordb ... ation.html
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/birdmetabolism.html


If she is actually cold, she would be fluffed up all the time and might look as if she were 'shivering'.