She won't go if it's leaking--she's got a good enough head on her. I'll have her look into Mister Buddy. She's already looked into solar and plans on that.
Staying in it for a week once it's fixed is a good idea I hadn't quite come to yet (probably because I'm hoping she won't be able to get the thing in shape at all...which I feel guilty about but it's the truth!) I also have a bestie who lived the 60s in a van, who can give her some advice.
She has a cellphone. She plans to join a 24-hour fitness club for showers etc. I'll remind her about carbon monoxide. A friend lost her husband that way so I can make it personal and real.
I am glad to know there is a heater out there that is worth looking into. She listens to us some...but a dealbreaker like "You can't move out because you can't heat it" may make her dig in. She wouldn't freeze to death, because she'd seek warmth. But I worry a lot about Haz. The bird will acclimate, of course--kestrels live outdoors in the wild--but my daughter has reverse-molter her (so she molts in winter), and she's been living in heated and air-conditioned quarters nearly her whole birdy life.
(Another thing that may prove to be a bigger problem than my daughter realizes is Hazzie's food, which consists of frozen dead things much of the year. The cabover has only an icebox. I guess it will work for winter; she can put a bag of them in the truck cab as long as the weather is cold...)
I appreciate everyone's suggestions. She's my fourth child, but the olders were less...unusual... :)
