Will the leftover cigar smell hurt my bird?

[birdlover999]

I want to smoke cigars in my room. I would never smoke around my cockatoo as i know the smoke is very bad for them. Will the leftover smell the next day hurt my bird? My room is on one end of the house and the birdcage on the other so i know no actual smoke will get to him. And I will ofcourse wash my hands well afterwards. Just worried about the smell after.

 

[SailBoat]

I want to smoke cigars in my room. I would never smoke around my cockatoo as i know the smoke is very bad for them. Will the leftover smell the next day hurt my bird? My room is on one end of the house and the birdcage on the other so i know no actual smoke will get to him. And I will of course wash my hands well afterwards. Just worried about the smell after.

The smell of the smoke is the indicator of its presents. If it can be smelled by an individual that does not smoke, it maybe too heavy for the safety of your Parrot(s). There have been no studies that I am aware of that connect 'second-hand smoke' and illness and dead in Parrots. That said, years of observation as to the build-up on chemicals found in smoke on feathers and the increase of heart and air-sack failure based deaths are seen in the journals of the AVA.

Smoking is a choice and what occurs within your home is commonly seen as part of your choice.

Since you are asking in an Open Forum setting I will provide you my 'opinion'! I would choice to move your choice to smoke outside. As this would be the safest choice for your Parrot!

 

[birdlover999]

I want to smoke cigars in my room. I would never smoke around my cockatoo as i know the smoke is very bad for them. Will the leftover smell the next day hurt my bird? My room is on one end of the house and the birdcage on the other so i know no actual smoke will get to him. And I will of course wash my hands well afterwards. Just worried about the smell after.

The smell of the smoke is the indicator of its presents. If if can be smelled by an individual that does not smoke, it maybe too heavy for the safety of your Parrot(s). There have been no studies that I am aware of that connect 'second-hand smoke' and illness and dead in Parrots. That said, years of observation as to the build-up on chemicals found in smoke on feathers and the increase of heart and air-sack failure based deaths are seen in the journals of the AVA.

Smoking is a choice and what occurs within your home is commonly seen as part of your choice.

Since you are asking in an Open Forum setting I will provide you my 'opinion'! I would choice to move your choice to smoke outside. As this would be the safest choice for your Parrot!

What about the smell that stays on your clothing after you come back in?

 

[SailBoat]

In my opinion: The smell that remains on your clothing and your skin and hair is as stated before. An indication of its presents.

The action to one far side would be to fully change cloths and fully shower and to the other far side, just interact without concern. This then defines a center ground defined around your Parrot. If your Parrot does or wants to be physically on you and Beak your clothing, skin and hair. You should understand that would be considered transfer of those chemicals. If you're Parrot has no interest, then transfer would not occur.

Again, these are my opinions.

 

[Flboy]

The smell of the smoke is the indicator of its presents.

What about the smell that stays on your clothing after you come back in?

If I remember correctly from school days, smell isn’t just ‘smell’!
Molecules of the item are floating in the air, and as you breath, you are filtering them out! Tars, nicotine, etc! This substance coats the entire area!

 

[EllenD]

It's a HUGE no-no...I smoke, I have smoked since I was 21, and I'm now 38 and have ALWAYS owned multiple parrots, and I have NEVER ONCE smoked a cigarette inside my home/apartment. I put on a hoodie before I walk outside, walk outside to smoke, then I come in and immediately take off the hoodie, wash my hands with antibacterial soap, and don't go anywhere near the birds until I do...

Honestly I can't imagine actually smoking inside my house, not anywhere inside my house, and I don't say that to be rude to you, I say it because you are lucky enough to own a Cockatoo and it shocks me that you would even think about doing so.

You have to remember something very important, and that is that you are thinking of smoking/second-hand smoke in terms of how it effects humans and attaches to human's clothing, etc., BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT COMPARE BIRDS TO HUMANS WHEN IT COMES TO ANY TYPE OF SMOKE, FUMES, ETC.

Birds have such a complicated and important respiratory/air sac system throughout their bodies that it effects everything they do. Think about it this way: A PERSON CAN COOK USING TEFLON PANS IN THEIR KITCHEN, WITH THEIR PARROT IN ANOTHER ROOM WITH THE DOOR SHUT, AND THE PARROT WILL OFTEN STILL DROP OVER DEAD FROM THE TEFLON FUMES...Think about that for a minute and then ask yourself whether or not you think that if you smoke a cigar in your bedroom with the door shut, your Cockatoo will not only be able to smell it WHILE YOU'RE SMOKING IT, but forever afterwards, not only in the air, but on you, on everything...

In my opinion you are greatly risking the life/shortening the life of your Cockatoo if you make the decision to smoke ANYTHING inside your home, anywhere in your home, as they will be breathing-in those molecules all day and all night, every day, forever unless you do a deep clean throughout the house. That's the scientific truth, you can read several journal articles stating as much if you Google it...

You have a Cockatoo, you have a responsibility. Please, never ever smoke anything, not a cigar, a cigarette, a spliff, etc. inside your home anywhere. I know you "want" to smoke cigars in your bedroom, but you have a parrot that relies upon you to take care of him for decades and decades, so you can't always do what you "want" to do...Go outside to smoke your cigars please...And just so you know, I live in central Pennsylvania, so smoking outside in the winter is a *****, but I do it, because I made the choice to have birds, so if I want to smoke I have to do it outside of my house. End of story.

 

[ParrotGenie]

I want to smoke cigars in my room. I would never smoke around my cockatoo as i know the smoke is very bad for them. Will the leftover smell the next day hurt my bird? My room is on one end of the house and the birdcage on the other so i know no actual smoke will get to him. And I will ofcourse wash my hands well afterwards. Just worried about the smell after.

Just get a good air purifier like a Rabbit air, or IQ Air as will help keep the air clean, or better smoke outside to play it safe. I not going to get into the topic that smoking is bad, as your choice, just don't smoke around the birds.

 

[noodles123]

If you smell it, it's a potentially harmful.