It's hard to believe something as simple as cooking a stir-fry could kill your bird! But it can.
While working in a Pet Store a lady came to me with a question about her cockatiel. She had a gathering of friends over for a BBQ, while sitting around and having a chat her cockatiel became quite noisy and the group were laughing and thought this chatty bird was marvellous... seconds later he died. I had the unfortunate task of informing her that the BBQ had actually killed him and he was being 'chatty' because he was being poisoned by the fumes from the BBQ.
The list of toxic things that you commonly use in your household is huge, I will try to name as many things as possible.
FOODS
Avoid anything high is salt, sugar, and fat content. Alcohol, Apple seeds, Apricot pits, Asparagus, Avocado (entire plant and fruit), Kidney & Lima Beans, Butter, Caffeine, Carbonated beverages, Cherry pits, Chocolate, Dried fruits (containing sulfides or sulphates), Egg Plant, Gatorade, Milk/cream in large quantities, Nectarine pits, Olives, Onions (raw or cooked), Peach pits, Pear pips, Plum pits, Raw Peanuts, Rhubarb, Tobacco, Tomato (entire plant, a little fruit okay), Some Houseplants.
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Alcoholic Drinks, Ammonia, AntiFreeze, Ant Syrup or Paste, Arsenic, Asbestos, Austo Products, Bathroom Cleaners, Bleach, Boric Acid, Camphophenique, Carbon Monoxide, Carpet Cleaners, Charcoal Fluids, Chlorine, Chlordane, Cigarette smoke, Clinitest Tablets, Copper/Brass Cleaner, Wart Remover, Doederants, Detergent, Diazinon, Disinfectents, Drain Cleaner, Epoxy Glue, Felt Tip Pens, Flea Products, Floor Cleaner, Garden Sprays, Gasonline, Hair Dye, Hair Spray, Herbicides, Insecticides, Iodine, Kerosene, Lighter Fluid, Matches, Melaleuca Oil, Mothballs, Muriatic Acid, Nail Polish & Remover, Nitrogen Dioxide, Over Cleaner, Over-heated Non Stick Cookware, Paint, Paint Thinner, Perfume, Pesticides, Photo Solutions, Pine Oil, Rodenticides, Scented Candles, Shaving Lotion, Shoe Polish, Snail Bait, Spot Removers, Spray Starch, Strychnine, Sulfuric Acid, Super Glue, Suntan Lotions, Surgical Acrylics, Tea Tree Oil, Turpentine, Wax, Weed Killers, Window Cleaners, Wood Preservatives.
Zinc poisoning comes from new cages and toys etc. Before introducing your birds to either of these scrub them down with water & white vinegar, make sure there are no small clumps of Zinc attached to any of the wire!
Teflon is also a big problem, the fumes from your lovely new teflon frying pan are actually killing your bird, keep them well away from the kitchen area while cooking - this goes for BBQ's aswell!
Avoid using these products around your birds, they are not only toxic if ingested but the fumes can also poison your bird.
If you are ever concerned call your Veterinarian.
If you'd like to add anything to the list or ask any questions feel free to comment =) I'd love to hear your suggestions!
- Lea
- Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia
- Animals are often perceived as second class citizens, it is a common thought that they lack the intelligence and emotion of a human being. My mission is to help to create a better understanding of animals in the hope that humans will be more considerate toward the animals’ welfare.
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