Is it safe to have incense sticks or scented candles burning in the same room as budgies are kept in? Thanks

sorry i cant help with that but i would also be intrested to now i imagine though incent sticks are bad becouse they let of smoke candles not so much until you blow them out

here is an article http://www.budgies.org/info/harms.html

 

it states you do not want to burn when you budgie is out and like air fresheners, scented candles can be dangerous to the birds upper respiratory tract. Also there may be some candle out there with lead in the wick, which is harmful. I would only burn paper and wax wicks. Also I read that it is the soot that is more dangerous, so if you burn soy candles they do not emit soot.

 

Here is more information from this site: http://www.parrotparrot.com/birdhealth/alerts.htm#candles

 

not endorsing this site just posting for information use, you can also do your research , and I am sure other members from our site with more experience will also comment.

 

Scented candles or any candles with oils used to scent them: A woman put three different fragrances of Glade candles in various rooms. Birds were in each of these rooms. The birds died within a few minutes of lighting the candles. back to top

 

Scented toilet paper and tissues: a woman used scented Kleenex in her baby brooder and the babies died soon after. Another woman gave a bird the inner cardboard of a scented toilet paper roll and the bird chewed it and died soon after. Use only unscented rolls or tissue.

 

Pine-scented items: It has become more and more well known that pine-scented cleaners and other pine-scented substances are toxic to birds. A woman was taking her two cockatiels to the vet in her car. It was a 1-hour drive. The birds were not sick, they were just going in for a normal check-up. Upon arriving at the vet, the birds were clearly very ill. They both died about an hour later and necroscopy revealed hemorrhaging in the lungs. The woman reported that she had two pine-scented air fresheners hanging from her rearview mirror in the car. back to top

 

Leather protectant sprays: A man took the leather coat into another room to avoid exposing his birds to the spray. He left the house for a few hours after this. He came home and all his birds were dead.

 

Potpourri: An English budgie found on the floor seemingly died of unexplained causes. However, on careful consideration, the owners suspected that the bird had nibbled at the potpourri that had been sitting in an open bowl on the table next to where he had been found. Potpourri can look very enticing to a bird, but the perfumes used to give it scent would definitely be poisonous if ingested. back to top

 

Wax Potpourri: A woman reports, "A few years ago, a friend's husband left their cockatiel unattended on their kitchen counter. The bird took a few bites of some cooled melted potpourri wax that goes into one of those cute little electric

mini-crockpots. (We found the bite marks in the flat surface of the wax). The bird began vomiting a sticky black substance a few hours later, and died the next morning. A necropsy was not performed, but the bird was fine and healthy before ingesting the wax, and dead within 12 hours of ingesting it.

 

 

 

I am sure this is a contervesial issue.

Edited February 6, 200619 yr by lovey

it is widely advised that you do not use scented candles or incense sticks in your budgies environment. it can be very damaging to their health.

Budgies, or any bird, have very tiny little lungs (think of canaries being sent down into the mines to check for gas leaks), and a small amount of toxin can kill them. Better safe than sorry. I used to burn incense in my room, but since having birds inside, I no longer do, as you will find a faint smell of it all over the house. I'm not sure if it is okay for birds or not, so I no longer use it. Better safe than sorry

Iwas told that it is not good for the birds respriatory system for you to use any form of candles or sprays. Candles take the oxygen out of a room and therefore would make it difficult for the birds to breath. Likewise I will not let any one smoke in the room where the birds are kept.

 

Scented oils are also not good for the birds respiratory system.

 

I also keep water in a container on the radiators to get moisture into the room during the winter when the central heating is on.

Edited February 11, 200619 yr by JJ2571

Also, I read somewhere once that flyspray toxins will build up in their livers, and eventually cause their death. With all chemicals, once you can smell them, then they are in your body, so be careful with all products like this

I'm going to have to try to convince mum that she doesn't need to burn pretty smelling candles in the kitchen then.....even though as far as i can tell they don't have a scent. The only scent i ever smell is candle smoke after it's been blown out.