Help - Dust advice!

[deanna1204]

Hi all,

Any advice MUUUUCH appreciated!

My partner and I have been wanting to get a parrot for years! In the last 6months we have been concentrating solely on researching African Greys. Obviously we were aware that African Greys produce a lot of dust. However we have now found out that due to a condition our 2 yr old son has - Greys unfortunately are a no-no for us due to the dust/down they create.

I was just wondering if there are any parrot breeds who don't create this ?

Thanks all,

Deanna

 

[Joeyx]

yep there are a lot of other parrot breeds that don't create dust. all i know myself is that
greys, macaws, cockatoos, and cockatiels are dusty. oh and soooome amazons, apparently.

 

[roxynoodle]

Conures might be the most hypo allergenic of them all. It was on my list for why I chose one. Very little dust and they bathe almost every day. Sometimes more than once a day.

 

[Cliffordsmom]

Eclectus!!! they are supposed to be very very very hypo allergenic birds! and they are looooovely