Pet Birds
Birds are warm blooded egg-laying vertebrates with feathers and wings. Their native habitats vary from dry land, fresh or ocean waters to marshes, forests, or desert. Some birds are migratory, some stay localized, and some cannot fly, like the ostrich. Some are predatory; some are scavengers. Their ecosystems determine their colorations, their food preferences, their migration patterns, and their body adaptations - short, long, pointed, or flat beaks; long or short, weak or strong legs, and webbed or toed feet.
Bird-safe (alternatively bird-proof) is a term used to describe objects and surroundings that are safe for captive birds and it is most commonly associated with pet birds. Birds are smaller than humans and other pets and therefore are considerably more vulnerable to dangers. Bird-safe environments are particularly important for parrots as they are inquisitive agile climbers and they have a tendency to chew objects.
Household Dangers
Household dangers are one of the most easily avoidable kinds of dangers for birds. Common bird dangers include other pets, ceiling fans, ammonia based cleaners (glass cleaners), hot surfaces such as heaters
and stoves, mirrors, electrical cords, open windows and doors, aerosol sprays, chemicals/pesticides,
filled tubs, sinks, or open toilets, terrycloth towels (toe tangle), and certain kinds of applicants as well
as lubricants. In some of the older buildings - roughly those built before the 1970s - the paint can also
include a certain amount of lead, which can be dangerous to birds if they swallow it.
Also a pet bird
should never be let out of its cage unattended, or else it can contact objectionable materials in its surroundings; such mishaps can also be avoided by keeping the bird's surroundings clear and free
from dangerous objects. Most common household dangers can be avoided by proper supervision of the
bird when it is outside its cage and by wing clipping, a bird that is not flighted will not try to fly through a
window or mirror or land in a bathtub full of hot water.
Birds should not be left alone on the floor or allowed
to wander on the floor unless being closely supervised. Captive birds do not see people as a source of
danger and can be accidentally stepped on, or rolled on by wheeled chairs. Even a trustworthy bird should
not be left alone out of its cage unless the entire room bird-safe: a bird that slips and falls from its cage or
play gym might try to climb back up by using the holes in an electrical outlet, or decide to chew the toxic
varnish from between the boards of a wood floor.
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