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Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not
Posted by Jen on 4/14/07

I have two Greys (less dusty then 'Toos) and the dust is aweful...
about all I can take anyways. Was my dream to one day have a flock
of adopted Greys... but with all that powder, I don't think that
will be happening for me. It's annoying (in a cleaning sense), but
aggravating, in a breathing sense sometimes for me.

The dusts gets into everything, even the TV. The darn birds (and I
mean their dust here) "broke" my laptop last year 'cause I was dumb
enough to keep it in the living room/bird room.

I think if considering a 'Too, you should also get the filter, not
for the Macaw only, but for your family also. I swear, I never
thought it would be so irritating (for lack of a better word)... but
as the years pass I find myself becomming more sensitive. So don't
automatically think, it doesn't bug me now- it never will.

The same thing with the Macaw, its not as if it will just "be
allergic" one day... respiratory distress may start out as wheezing
when the bird is over-exited (like panting) but progress to having
problems breathing all the time.

Air filtration is a serious matter, not anly for the Macaw but for
you too.

Please consider this, for YOUR health and the Macaw's. I'm not
trying to discourage you of getting a 'Too; but please don't take
the powder situation too lightly... it may affect you someday.
(Never say never; I find myself more sensitive then before and I do
have air filters, lots of 'em).

Thanks and good luck!

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/13/07, by Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/13/07, by Jen.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/14/07, by To Jen/Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/14/07, by Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/14/07, by Tammy.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/14/07, by Jen.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/14/07, by Jen.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/15/07, by Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 4/15/07, by Jen.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/05/07, by KittyJ.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/05/07, by Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not---- Linda, 5/05/07, by FYI.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/06/07, by naomia ky.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/06/07, by Linda.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/26/07, by Kitty.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 5/26/07, by KittyJ.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 6/25/07, by Warrrior Woaman.
• Re: Wanted: a cockatoo handicapped or not, 3/15/10, by Robert.