air quality

Hello, my parrot (10 year old white-winged parakeet) and I recently moved next to an oil refinery for the next few months. I want to make sure that my bird is safe to breathe in this house. It's a single story home with an attic I don't use. I have 2 Winex 5300 air purifiers running - 1 in the...

Hey, first time poster and long time parrot owner. I have bought a new tower fan and upon opening I’ve noticed it has an optional setting on the remote to turn on ION. I just wanted to know if this fan is safe to use in the room where the parrot sleeps if the ION feature is turned off at all...

1) I’m moving from my parents’ into a new manufactured home next week. I’m concerned about using a brand new heating system and new appliances, that they may emit toxins that could hurt my budgies. I was planning on keeping the birds at my parents’ for a couple weeks while I use the appliances...

I currently live in a flat and I don't have a garden which means I don't get to take my birds outside as much as I want. However I am now looking to move to a house and the plan is to build an aviary that is joined to the house, accessible by a back door or something, so that in the summer my...

I've been doing some research into getting an air purifier for the small room I have my Clover (Crimson Bellied Conure) in. I've read about the ion feature being bad for birds. I'm hoping some of y'all that have air purifiers can give me some good recommendations as I want to make sure my little...

I can't find any information on pet birds and laser printers. My bird (Green Cheek Conure) lives in the same room as my computer. We just bought a used, professional sized laser printer at a garage sale. This is a scanner, fax, copier, printer. It is a tabletop version of the large ones you see...