Common Pet Parrot Dangers
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Chris_A_Bloor]Chris A Bloor
The fact that your parrot will probably be tucked away in his cage for most of the time might give you the false impression that he’s safer than other pets, since there won’t be any outdoor dangers lurking around him. Even if your parrot is trained not to leave the house and you can literally let him fly around loose, there are still several household dangers that you need to keep off him. The following article will try to list these dangers and offer you some tips on how to avoid them, saving your parrot’s life or at least keeping him away from serious injury.
The main source of household related parrot deaths is by far poisoning and intoxication. Parrots are extremely sensitive to a large array of toxic substances and their weak structure doesn’t recommend them as particularly sturdy in situations where they inhale, or eat these substances. Anything from insecticides, kitchen cleaners, fresh paint, strong perfumes, ammonia, bleach or glues can be toxic for your parrot, if he comes into direct contact with these substances. Eating food that has come into contact with them can also be dangerous to their health, so make sure you double check before feeding your bird. Loose gas and fumes emitted by non stick coatings are also extremely dangerous (well, they’re dangerous to humans as well, not to mention birds) so if your parrot spends a lot of time in the kitchen, make sure it’s well aired and unhealthy emissions are at a low.
Water is the second biggest source of danger for parrots. If you usually allow your bird to fly free around the house, make sure he can’t get to any sources of open water such as toilets, sinks, bathtubs and even larger water bowls, barrels or full buckets. If your parrot hits the water for some reason, he’ll have an extremely hard time getting out, his feathers getting soaked and he’ll most likely drown. It’s especially important to keep them off open water sources when there’s no one at home to hear his distress calls if he actually gets into the water. A parrot that fell in open water can keep himself alive for a few minutes, by flapping his wings, but if you don’t get to him in time he’ll surely die.
Ceiling and mobile fans are also very dangerous for most parrots. Since pet parrots are not the best of flyers, getting into a running fan is quite easy and can have life-threatening effects, or cause serious injuries. Parrots are usually curious about the motion of things surrounding them and they can get sucked in by the airflow if they go to close to “investigate” the running fan.
Lastly, if you own other pets, try not to get your parrot in direct contact with him. Birds usually get along fine with any other pet, but that doesn’t always apply from the other side of the barricade. Seeing a flying bird may very well “activate” the natural predator instincts of cats and dogs, especially species that are prone to be aggressive. Since the parrot is not the quickest, nor the most intuitive of birds, they can easily get bitten or scratched by their more agile pet friends.
(c) Chris Bloor
Chris Bloor shares more common pet parrot dangers at his parrot website http://AcmeBirdCages.com
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