Parrots allergic to parrots?

[DonnaBudgie]

I just read an Ask Lafeber inquiry about IRNs housed in a large cage with cockatiels (something if never try, regardless),

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Cont'd
LaFeber didn't recommend it either, but added that cockatiels are powder birds and IRN are not, and that IRNs can be allergic to 'tiel powder! If true, I would assume cockatoo powder too. I had never heard of this and I read a lot about h p

 

[foxgloveparrot]

This is true. Powder down birds have very fine dander compared to New World parrots, and it eventually settles into the respiratory system and stays there. Housing Old World parrots with New World parrots can gradually become dangerous.

https://www.reddit.com/r/parrots/comments/3ep0qg/how_my_african_grey_was_slowly_killing_my_macaw

 

[DonnaBudgie]

So is it a true allergy or a hypersensitivity reaction?

 

[foxgloveparrot]

So is it a true allergy or a hypersensitivity reaction?

Hypersensitivity, I think. I am pretty sure it's because they don't have filtering feathers around the nostrils (Old World parrots do).

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I wonder how many dusty little budgies is equivalent to one dusty cockatoo?

 

[kme3388]

When I was adopting my last parrot at a shelter they had a sectioned off area for just the cockatoo’s. I was informed the dust & dander can get the other parrots sick. They had a few umbrellas, a citron, a Moluccan, a Triton, and a Lesser-sulfur. I was under the impression that all parrots in the cockatoo species are dusty. I knew my cockatiel growing up was dusty. I myself didn’t find it that terrible. I have minimal experience with the larger cockatoos to even comment on how dusty they are.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I was warned to be careful of my first Pionus, August when I had cockatiels because of the tiel powder issue.