QUESTION

What household and common items are poisonous to a love bird?




REPLY - By Kathy Greaser

With very few exceptions, dangerous or poisonous items to tiels also affect other birds.
Here's a list of airborne toxins. The Fumes from the following products will endanger your
bird's health.

Do not expose your birds to fumes from: Asbestos, Bleach, Bread makers, Car
Fresheners, Carbon monoxide, Chlorine, Chlordane, Some commercial (live cut) Christmas
trees, Cigarette smoke, Curling irons, Diazanon, DDT, Deodorants, Drain cleaner,
Electric heaters, Flea bombs, Flea collars, Floor polish, Formaldehyde, Gasoline, Glade
scented candles & plug-ins, Hair dryers, Hair dye, Hair spray, Herbicides, House paint,
Indelible felt tip markers, Kerosene, Leather protectant, Love My Carpet, Lye, Matches,
Mothballs, Nail polish & Remover, Nitrogen dioxide, Non stick cookware, Oven cleaner, Paint
& Paint Products, Perfume, Pesticides, Permanent wave solution, Rodenticides,
Scented Kleenex & toilet paper rolls, Shoe polish, Spot remover, Spray starch, Suntan
lotions, Surgical & Nail acrylics, Toilet Bowl cleaners, Wax, Wood preservatives & Stains

Note: This list cannot name every toxic substance.


Kathy Greaser
http://members.tripod.com/~KGKAT/Aviary.html

 

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