Featherbutt
New member
- Feb 19, 2013
- 2
- 0
- Parrots
- Blaze (Sun Conure)
Bastet (Cockatiel)
Baku (Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure)
Hello everyone!
I'm new here, but I've been searching for a forum that might be able to help me out with a problem I've been having.
Sunday morning our hot water heater exploded in our apartment leaving the wall, carpet, and baseboards damaged. We contacted the apartment maintenance, and they came in suctioned all the water out of the carpet, and sprayed the floors with a product called Biokill. They told me it would not harm my parrots (even though I was freaking out over them spraying it, it had a strong smell.) It is supposed to prevent mold and mildew from growing in the carpet.
The head maintenance man returned today to inspect our wall, the inside of the closet where the heater is (it sits on wood, so they say they're going to put enzymes in there to kill any mold, he did tell me enzymes wouldn't harm my parrots), a bathroom fan where it seems like mold is already growing, and the ceiling where our upstairs neighbors let water drip into our ceiling. But for the places where enzymes can't be used (such as the wall, ceiling, fan, and baseboards) they have to "capsulize" (not sure what this means) and the MM thinks that this method will harm my parrots because it has a respiratory warning. He says that as long as we air the APT out for 30 minutes to an hour it should be OK, but I'm not sure. He did suggest locking them in our bedroom while they were working, but it's right next to where they will be spraying.
I'm completely lost on what to do. At this point I feel like I have four options.
1. Take them to a friend's house (worried about this because she has a cat, and the cat has peed on their couch, so it can smell strongly like cat urine)
2. Take them to a vet for the day (would be $15 a day per bird, this is NOT an avian vet.)
3. Take them to a hotel with me for the day/night.
4. Take them in the car with me until the APT airs out.
***It is winter where I am at, so I cannot put the birds outside***
I have to be completely safe about this, these are my babies, and I can't lose them to something that I could have prevented.
Should I tell them not to spray? Should I try to do something natural? Should I let them spray? Please help me!
Thanks so much guys! Looking forward to being a part of this forum!
Taylor, Blaze , Bastet , and Baku (who is a green cheek! Not a macaw! Haha!)
I'm new here, but I've been searching for a forum that might be able to help me out with a problem I've been having.
Sunday morning our hot water heater exploded in our apartment leaving the wall, carpet, and baseboards damaged. We contacted the apartment maintenance, and they came in suctioned all the water out of the carpet, and sprayed the floors with a product called Biokill. They told me it would not harm my parrots (even though I was freaking out over them spraying it, it had a strong smell.) It is supposed to prevent mold and mildew from growing in the carpet.
The head maintenance man returned today to inspect our wall, the inside of the closet where the heater is (it sits on wood, so they say they're going to put enzymes in there to kill any mold, he did tell me enzymes wouldn't harm my parrots), a bathroom fan where it seems like mold is already growing, and the ceiling where our upstairs neighbors let water drip into our ceiling. But for the places where enzymes can't be used (such as the wall, ceiling, fan, and baseboards) they have to "capsulize" (not sure what this means) and the MM thinks that this method will harm my parrots because it has a respiratory warning. He says that as long as we air the APT out for 30 minutes to an hour it should be OK, but I'm not sure. He did suggest locking them in our bedroom while they were working, but it's right next to where they will be spraying.
I'm completely lost on what to do. At this point I feel like I have four options.
1. Take them to a friend's house (worried about this because she has a cat, and the cat has peed on their couch, so it can smell strongly like cat urine)
2. Take them to a vet for the day (would be $15 a day per bird, this is NOT an avian vet.)
3. Take them to a hotel with me for the day/night.
4. Take them in the car with me until the APT airs out.
***It is winter where I am at, so I cannot put the birds outside***
I have to be completely safe about this, these are my babies, and I can't lose them to something that I could have prevented.
Should I tell them not to spray? Should I try to do something natural? Should I let them spray? Please help me!
Thanks so much guys! Looking forward to being a part of this forum!
Taylor, Blaze , Bastet , and Baku (who is a green cheek! Not a macaw! Haha!)