About an hour or so ago my 3 year old son sprayed my african grey and parakeet with windowlene. I have washed both with water and their cages, I am encouraging them to eat and drink. I dont know what else to do. They are dry now and I am keeping a close eye on them but Is there anything else I can do ??????????????????????????????????????????
2007-03-22 03:22:22 · 7 answers · asked by BunnyBond 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
Hi again Im sorry Nathalie what are bird buster collars I have never heard of them
2007-03-22 04:17:07 · update #1
I know he could have drank it Music Man he is very smart but Im trying to deal with one problem at a time here criticising me isnt helping
2007-03-22 04:21:32 · update #2
I would like to Thank everyone for their contributions. The two birds are fine we called the vet anyways just in case. He said to keep a close eye on them and if anything changes he would come straight down but no need they are singing away today no problems. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ADVICE IT GAVE ME SOME RELIEF AND SOME TIPS I WOULD NOT HAVE GOT ELSEWHERE. XXXXXX
2007-03-23 09:15:30 · update #3
What is windowlene? A glass cleaner maybe? Bigger question and solution is always keep cleaners/chemicals away from children. What if he would have drank it?
2007-03-22 03:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think you've done the best thing you could do. Washing the birds was great; now make sure they keep eating and drinking and acting their normal selves. If they start acting 'funny', or, for example, if their eyes seem irritated (they start scratching or rubbing them), they need to get to the vet ASAP. In fact, I would give the vet a call just in case.
I hope all turns out well.
2007-03-22 05:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi ya, your best bet would be to see if you and wash or spray your birds with plain warm watter. You dont want then to spart cleaning themselves. They can ingest the chemicals and then get sick. I would see if your local vet had some bird 'Buster Collars' I used this when my bird got into a used car oil. You could aslo try washing them in fairy liquid if your birds are easy to handle this would help to remove the chemicals but you bust be able to get all of the fairy liquid off as well! I could on do this with my senagal parrot! Other wise yust use plain warm water and keep them dry, warm and quite!
Good Luck
2007-03-22 03:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Natalie K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have acted wastefully, before the windlene was dry you should have wiped your windows over with the birds, then after they dried out use the as dusters to polish them up. To the US citzen who has never heard of windowlene, do they ever clean their windows or do they have 10,000 different brands in ten gallon bottles, none of which are called widowlene. we apologise most humbly for quoting things they have never heard of , one would have thought it obvious
2007-03-22 06:06:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Call poison control they can usually help with animals too, or call an emergency vet for help.
2007-03-22 21:27:20 · answer #5 · answered by Mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my birds were sprayed with a similar substance and i didnt wash them they got into the water bowl and washed themselves but they were completely fine so dont worry about it they are rosellas so probably about the same size as your parakeet
2007-03-22 05:28:45 · answer #6 · answered by MARIE S 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just keep them warm and away from draughts until they have settled back into their routine
2007-03-22 03:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by jamand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋