i have two cockatiels, a budgie and a canary in my bedroom, they cant live in any other part of my house. but alot of power comes off their wings all the time and wen i spend along time in my room or when i go to sleep my chest feels heavy and it feels uncomfortabl to breathe all the way in. why? and is this dangerous to my health?
2006-12-21 21:36:36 · 15 answers · asked by amy c 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
i mean alot of powder comes off their wings not power.
2006-12-21 21:37:30 · update #1
Yes, it can be. You could just be allergic to bird dander. Bird dander is highly allergenic for humans, even more so than dog or cat dander. Cockatiels have powder down feathers and so are especially dusty. However, there is a more serious lung disease that people can develop from exposure to birds. Look up extrinsic allergic alveolitis or hypersensitivity pneumonitis on the web. This is a lung disease, sometimes called "Birdkeeper's Lung" or "Bird Fancier's Lung" and is caused by exposure to organic dust with bird dander being a common cause. Sometimes people who get this disease only have one bird, others have lots of birds. Sometimes it can take one year or maybe 20 years of exposure to develop it. I don't want to alarm you but you really should move the birds to another part of the house. Allergic alveolitis is serious business. It is basically incurable and in some cases people need to be on oxygen the rest of their life and even getting all their birds out of the home does not help. Some people even die because of the damage done to their lungs. I'd move the birds to another part of the house and invest in a good HEPA filter (about $100).
Here are some links to get you started:
http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/Diseases/allergy.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cliffs/6483/lungs.html
2006-12-22 04:36:43 · answer #1 · answered by Rags to Riches 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can be harmful to you because it sounds like you have an allergy to this "powder".
If the birds must be in that room, then you must sleep in another room. Othewise you will develop asthma over time and that is so bad. Believe me, I had it.
if being in another room is not an option try this: put up a track on the ceiling next to your bed and hang a curtain/ room divider there from ceiling to floor, wall to wall. That way you will be protected in your sleeping space.
Another things you can do is get an Ionic Breeze from Sharper Image to go in the part of the room that the birds are in. It will collect the powder and dander and then you can clean it twice weekly.
No other ionizers work. These are fairly costly, but they permitted me to stop my allergy injections and antibiotics. That more than paid for the ionizer in a few months!!
Good luck.
2006-12-21 22:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi as someone has already said you can get one of them units that suck and trap the dust from parrots there fore limmiting how much is getting to you, it certainly sounds like you have an allergy to the feather dust, this is not good for you and could land you in hospital, it also only gets worse, You might find also spraying your teils (make sure the room is warm first) use a a water bottle with Just warm water set on the mist setting, do this every other day, they may hate it at first but they will beging to enjoy it!
2006-12-21 23:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by worldchampatpool 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is dangerous. You can get cancer from the dust(if there's too much). And as for having a hard time breathing, you may be allergic to the birds feathers. I would recommend getting an air filter and vacuuming the room every other day.
2006-12-22 09:57:08 · answer #4 · answered by Eve M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is bad for your health, sounds like you are alergic to the down from the birds. VACCUM your room everywhere even the walls and cieling with UTILITY VAC. You dont see it but its all there in dust form. Wash down your walls and all your furniture with a wash rag by hand and wash and clean their cages the best you can. Get a AIR PURIFIER and run it 24/7 in the room the birds are in. If all of this cleaning and air purifier doesnt work, you will have no choice but to get rid of the birds or you could die from being alergic to the birds.
2006-12-22 09:12:31 · answer #5 · answered by reasonable-sale-lots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than your health, if they are that dusty, that's bad for THEIR health. i'm assuming that if it's bad enough that you can breathe in the powder they need baths desparately. birds are used to bathing everyday in the wild and they need their feathers to be moisturized. especially birds that are 100% indoors because there is usually minimal humidity in the air. go to your petstore NOW and buy some bird shower spray (if you don't already give them sink/shower baths). i like birdall shower spray. it's like $6 at petco. spray them at least 3 times a week. always in the morning so they have the entire day to dry off and so they won't get a chill overnight.
this will help reduce their dandar and will hopefully help your breathing problems.
2006-12-23 04:01:44 · answer #6 · answered by Becca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do birds have sixth experience??? i do not understand, yet i don't think of they ask themselves that question, or no matter if why they don't seem to be like human beings... i do not understand in case you want wings, or what. As for the sixth experience, God did create us with an section which could basically belong to Him in our hearts. that's in a fashion "sixth experience" telling us about God. besides, God gave birds wings... And that replaced into good. yet to us, human beings, God gave the finished international.
2016-12-01 02:05:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try to keep the cage some where in the gallary/hang outside the window spl in the morning hours, after cleaning their cage, from where they get fresh air and sunlight. It takes about two hours for them to get fully fresh i e cleaning their feathers and streaching their wings and legs after long night.
Some people have allergy to feathers and dust so its better to keep them some where else Or Wrap a cloth aroun the cage during night hours
2006-12-22 18:30:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an Air Purifier and run a cool mister at night to help keep any residual dust down. Giving your birds a daily bath or shower will also help, and vacuum, vacuum, vacuum.
2006-12-22 01:47:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no but if it is bothering you then you may want to move them to a different room and if they keep singing dureing the night then put a blanket over the cage and they will sleep try moving them inthe living room or somthing
2006-12-22 03:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋