Risk of disease to birds from raw meat

[SunnyTheConure]

So where I live it's common practice to wash meat to remove any excess blood and dirt from the meat. I do disinfect it and everything properly but my when the meat is being washed people wash there hands and then touch the same taps to turn it off then dry it on the towel this wont cause my bird to get I'll if I wash to use the same towel. I am one of the only few who disinfect the taps after. Most people here dont bother whether they own birds or not.

 

[noodles123]

A parrot should not be eating raw meat....very few are omnivorous...
Wait...I am confused...The tap should be disinfected to prevent contamination..the towel should not be re-used if dirty hands touched it...if you touch with raw meat, you cant just touch the rests of your home...
My dad is lazy about this (wasn't historically), but even he admits there is disease risk for humans..Microbiology masters...
Your bird shouldn't eat raw meat. Your bird shouldn't touch it...or touch surfaces contaminated with the juices/bacteria etc
if you wash a towel in hot water with good detergent etc, it is fine if it isn't highly scented, as long as the water is hot and detergent is okay.

 

[SunnyTheConure]

Okay thanks the bird doesnt get to eat raw meat or go into the kitchen at all. Also dirty hands didnt touch the towel but before we disinfect it we wash our hands and then dry them on the towel in doing so touch the taps to turn them off again.

 

[noodles123]

Just change the towel out if you think someone is not washing hands well or if a lot of meat is being handled...My dad,despite his fairly extensive microbiology background, has gotten semi-lazy as he has gotten older, so if he cooks meat and then goes to bed, I wash the towels lol (because sometimes the hand towel gets confused with the dish towel, and it is just gross)...He then says, "where is the towel?" But I have tried to get better about replacing them if I wash them when visiting ha.

I dk if you eat halaal or not in your house, but pork is not a very safe raw meat. Chicken is also fairly risky (probably on-par, if not worse in some respects)..Beef is safer, but still not without risk..at least for humans.

If the tap is touched raw meat hands, you need to clean the handles before turning it off and touching a communal towel- this is just food safety for humans too. I always have someone else in the kitchen turn the tap on for me if I have meat on my hands, or use my elbow to do it (depending on the style of the tap). If not, I use paper towels to dry and the clean the handles that I touched...

 

[Ephy]

Im sorry, but why are the birds in the kitchen?
The kitchen is the MOST UNSAFE room for ANY animal

Regardless of mess, the kitchen IS NOT the place for birds.

Always wash your hands before and after handling birds no matter how insignificant or annoying it may seem at the time, it will most likely save your birds life.

Why would you ever offer raw meat to a bird, I just cant comprehend.

 

[noodles123]

Im sorry, but why are the birds in the kitchen?
The kitchen is the MOST UNSAFE room for ANY animal

Regardless of mess, the kitchen IS NOT the place for birds.

Always wash your hands before and after handling birds no matter how insignificant or annoying it may seem at the time, it will most likely save your birds life.

Why would you ever offer raw meat to a bird, I just cant comprehend.

The bird was not eating it directly- I misunderstood too.

 

[Ephy]

Im sorry, but why are the birds in the kitchen?
The kitchen is the MOST UNSAFE room for ANY animal

Regardless of mess, the kitchen IS NOT the place for birds.

Always wash your hands before and after handling birds no matter how insignificant or annoying it may seem at the time, it will most likely save your birds life.

Why would you ever offer raw meat to a bird, I just cant comprehend.

The bird was not eating it directly- I misunderstood too.

Oops, my mistake. I apologize.

IMO, kitchens are not safe for any animals. Too many potential accidents. Eating an avocado in my house, forces a full lock down every inch of every counter, knife or floor that could have come into contact with it, is combed over and cleaned.
If you have baby gates, doors, curtains....I suggest you "use them" before you "'lose them,"

 

[SunnyTheConure]

The bird is never in the kitchen

 

[charmedbyekkie]

Technically it would be the same risks, e.g. salmonella. E.coli causes digestive tract infections, etc.

 

[noodles123]

Yes,
So if I have raw chicken on my hands and turn on the sink with those hands, then wash them and turn the sink off with those same hands, then I have recontaminated my hands and spread those germs to whatever I touch next (towel, fridge handle, whatever)..because the sink handles were dirty from when I turned them on with gross hands. Then, whoever touches the surfaces you touch after turning off the dirty sink will get those germs on their hands as well.

People and birds can get all sorts of diseases from consuming raw meat (I know you aren't eating it, but still, you could end up ingesting the bacteria by mistake if it's on the towel and you dry your hands on it before eating etc)

 

[SunnyTheConure]

Okay I replaced the towel