Do parakeets die of paint fumes or cleaning products?

Question

my mom cleaned the bird cage with fabuloso and recently we painted he was 6 years old please help

Answer 1

Yes. And heated Teflon will kill them too.  If you have teflon pot's or pans do not use them in your house at all. Cleaners have fumes that will kill them as well Fabreeze, bleach and cleaners of that sort are bad for birds. Your vet can give you a list of things that are harmful to birds. You can also get a book on parakeets and that will have a list in it.  

The following website has a list of plants that are poisonous to birds:

http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/plnts...

This one has common household toxins:

http://www.netpets.org/birds/healthspa/t...

Good luck!

Answer 2

Small birds are very susceptible to fumes. We used a bleach based  cleaner for mold in  our bathroom and our cockatiels cage was near by. That was all it took. I miss him  he was a great bird and I was a dumb owner...:-( Definitely be careful about what you use to clean the cage. Here is a list I copied from birdlovers.com this may help

Acetone (nail polish remover)

Aerosols

Alcohol

Algae toxins

Ammonia

Amphetamines

Ant syrup or paste

Antifreeze

Arsenic

Asbestos

Aspirin

Auto products

Bathroom cleaners

Bleach

Boric acid

Caffeine

Camphopenique

Candles (scented)

Carbon monoxide

Carbon tetrachloride

Carpet cleaners

Carpet freshens

Charcoal fluids

Chlorine

Cigarette smoke

Clinitest tablets

Copper & brass cleaners

Corn & wart removers

Cosmetics

Crayons

DDT

Deodorants

Detergents

Diazinon

Disinfectants

Drain cleaner

Epoxy glue

Fabreeze

Fabric softeners

Felt tip markers

Firecrackers

Flea products

Floor polish

Formaldehyde

Fluoracetates

Furniture polish

Garbage toxins

Garden sprays

Gasoline

Gun cleaners

Hair dyes & sprays

Herbicides

Hexachloraphene (in some soaps)

Indelible markers

Insecticides

Iodine

Kerosene

Lighter fluid

Linoleum

Lye

Matches

Medicines/RX drugs

Melaleuca oil

Model cement

Mothballs

Muriatic acid

Mushroom (many wild ones) Nail polish & remover

Nitrogen dioxide

Oven cleaners

Paint (lead based)

Perfumes

Permanents for hair

Pesticides

Photo solutions/chemicals

Pine oil

Paint remover/thinner

Rat/Roach/Mouse poison

Rubbing alcohol

Red squill

Scented candles

Shaving lotion

Shellac

Shoe polish

Sleeping pills

Smoke

Snail bait

Spot removers

Spray starch

Strychnine

Sulfuric acid

Suntan lotions/oils

Surgical acrylics

Tea tree oil

Thallium

Toilet bowl cleaner

Turpentine

Waxes

Weed killer

Window cleaners

Wood preservatives

Keep in mind that birds do not need to ingest these toxins - breathing the fumes can be enough to cause death. Basically anything that smells toxic, don't take a chance!!!

Answer 3

Yes. Birds are very sensitive to many cleaning products especially ones containing bleach, ammonia, any aerosols, paints, perfumes, and teflon pans that overheat. Paints are very bad. If going to use around birds must ventilate well and put bird in another room behind closed doors. To clean cage should use only bird safe products that are sold for birds and cages in pet stores. A good one is organic called p**p off. Works well. Birds have such sensitive respiratory systems due to the fact they have air sacs in their bodies. What we smell is 50 times stronger to them. Sorry if he died but before getting any pet especially birds I would do some research so this does not happen again. Birds are not like cats and dogs they are very different in the way they need to be taken care of.  

Answer 4

Yes, parakeets die from cleaning products and paint fumes, especially those with pine scent, such as Pine Sol.  They also die if they get really scared. So if he was exposed to either fumes it could be fatal.  .

Answer 5

All birds have very efficient and very sensitive respiratory systems.  It's entirely possible to kill a bird with fumes from non-stick pans (PTFE), cleaning products, air fresheners, pesticides, etc.  I'm sorry for the loss of your little pal :-(

Colette

ParrotletsPlus

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Parro...

Answer 6

its possible, they used to take birds into coal mines to test for poisonous gases, if the bird died while you were digging it was time to get out in a hurry

Answer 7

when you smell the fumes dont you get dizzy or feel sick well it the same for a bird and it may die too

Answer 8

Yes they do.

Cleaning products and paint are all toxic and will kill birds.  The fumes killed him.  They are toxic to people too.

Sad, sad story.

Answer 9

They sure can and will!