Bird Heater, Thermostatical Bird Warmer for Parakeets, IP67 Waterproof Bird Accessories and Supplies, 12V

My pet parakeet absolutely loved and used this little heater to keep himself warm during the cold winter season. At night he perched as close as he could to it when the temps dropped below 30 degrees at night outside. His cage is near a window but still good to see he uses it. Even used it in these spring days.I have it installed to a Omlet EEO 60 birdcage and this worked well to attach to the cage easily.Highly recommend this item though seems like a lot of money but a sick bird would cost more. The design is solid and durable with wire wrapped in metal to avoid bird from chewing for shock. Smart design and zero worry to run all day and night. Doesn’t get crazy hot to the touch but is like a nice gentle heat like you get from charging a phone battery or something like that.

Provides a comforting level of heat. Doesn't heat up the cage or its surroundings, but a nice, gentle heat like a bird would have from sitting near a cage mate. I wasn't sure Sparkabird would like it, but everytime I come in from being gone for a few hours, he is sitting next to it when I get home. I love it, he loves it. I was also nervous about the cord, but it is wrapped in a wire shielding and cannot be reached from inside the cage. Spark does climb all over the outside of the cage when he is out, but he explored it once with his beak and has never bothered it again. I highly recommend.

This is so great My budgie was so happy this winter.It gives off just the right amount of heat. We used it continuously throughout winter, and it doesn’t get overly hot. You can touch it with your hand and it is a comfortable warmth.

I've read horror stories of heated pads getting far too hot and burning birds and nervously took a shot on this one. I don't know what possessed me to buy a heated pad explicitly stated in multiple locations to be for parakeets and medium-sized birds for my tiny parrotlet, but I did (that was my error and not why I took off a star)It's comfortably warm with direct contact, but the heat is centered mostly around the circular area you can see on the back. Towards the edges the heat rapidly diffuses and it's only slightly warm. It's still been working for my bird (I think), but it's mostly the uneven heating that's an issue. I've yet to figure out a way to angle a perch with it so my bird can utilize the most heated section of the pad.It's super easy to clean, though.

Doesn't put off the most heat. Our bird doesn't even realize it's there to use.

Took my bird a week or so to figure out it was a good thing, but once she did, it is her favorate spot to nap and sleep during winter months. Bought a second one for our other cage. BTW, the description image bird looks exactly like my birdie. Go figure.

So far this is a hit. I've seen him snoozing up on his perch next to the heater on several occasions ... we cover his cage at night, so to see this I have to disturb him. I think it gives him options for comfort. It's nice and warm to the touch, but not "hot" and the bird has plenty of room to step away from it or go to another perch if needed.As for power use, it is definitely thermostatically-controlled. Using an AC watt meter, I see it sits at around 0.4 watts at idle (warmed up) and about 20 watts when "on". It warms up quickly, by the way. I'll leave the watt meter on all night tonight (we only use the heater at night, so, for an African Grey, 12 hours) and see if I can give an estimate for power consumption in kWh. Result: Last night for my "test" the meter recorded 0.11kWh over 14 hours. Let's squinch those numbers down to an estimate of 0.10kWh for 12 hours, and that results in approx. 3kWh per month, 36 per year.As for the fact that the metal coil protection is not clamped into the nut (and inviting beak attack) I tried hot-gluing it .. well, that didn't last ... he peeled that off and flung it. But I determined that with a loop under tension, the metal part is pressed against the nut, and so far, so good. Do not let the wire just hang. I agree ... it should have better true strain relief. The wire in question is on the outside of the cage ... we let him out of the cage most of the day, so he has access to that one area. The washers could be a bit smaller, for cages like mine (a 1" spacing) but it holds well enough.What I do not like is that the wire from the heater to the barrel connector is too short. I simply cut it off and connected the wires together, as I ran the whole thing through a capped PVC pipe to keep the feathery guy with the beak from getting at it. The protected wire could have been a couple feet longer, in my opinion.

good quality, works reliably! I recommend getting a thermometer to put on your cage so that you can keep and eye on the cage temp not going too high or fluctuating too much for your birds.