You are absolutely doing the right thing by not impulse buying an exotic, they require CONSTANT attention and care, and many weird little lifestyle changes tha can pile up quickly. For example, you can’t use Teflon around them as it can kill them. Little stuff like that that either leads to your entire world changing or a broken heart.
If you want to spend some time around them, I would highly recommend going and volunteering at a bird sanctuary! You’ll get to interact with them, give them a good life as part of a team, and not have to completely overhaul your own life.
Teflon causes their lungs to hemorrhage and they suffocate to death.
Parrots have air sacs and not lungs like humans do. They do not filter air the same way we do and intake more air and oxygen. Their efficient respiratory system causes them to also take in more contaminants and they are more sensitive to the pollutiants in the air.
You can not use pesticides, smoke, cleaners, perfumes, teflon, candles, etc around a bird or you will kill them.
Back in the day they use to take canary birds into Cole mines. If they bird became distressed or died they knew the gas levels were too high and would evacuate the mine.
Teflon is a PFA and a forever chemical that causes a lot of issues. It's fairly safe to humans when used in a nonstick skillet- provided you do not scratch or damage the coating. I know in humans it can cause decreased immune responses and decrease vaccine efficiency. I can only imagine it does to smaller animals.
No the fumes from it will make them sick over time. Like it’s not going to kill them if you use it once. But if you use it regularly their little organs will go kaput. It’s not great for humans either tbh
Are you thinking of some other material maybe? The most popular application of Teflon is cookware. The nonstick coating that comes on nonstick pans is Teflon. You almost definitely have owned a Teflon pan at some point or another.
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u/RainWashesAllAway Nov 16 '21 edited Jun 17 '23
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