Making a room or house bird-safe (or bird-proof) is an often overlooked necessity for bird owners. This is usually more challenging than making a room baby-safe or baby-proof. For babies, most of your focus will be at or near ground level. For birds, you must consider everything from floor to ceiling. If left unsupervised, your bird can fly and land nearly anywhere. It's up to you to make sure that their landing spot isn't in a boiling pot of water, on top of a hot light bulb or any other dangerous location in your house. Check out the bird-safe/bird-proof tips below and take a few moments to check your house for these common bird dangers. Your bird may thank you later.
- Dangerous Landing Spots - Remove any sharp edge or dangerous locations that it can fly into or land on. One often overlooked item is a floor lamp with the lights turned up toward the ceilings. A hot light bulb is a potentially dangerous landing spot for birds. Verify that all possible landing spots are bird-safe/bird-proof.
- Toxic Chew Toys - Remove or secure all toxic substances that it can chew on. Chewing on the outside of an empty box (one of my parrots favorite past times) might be okay but chewing on a box with a poisonous or toxic substance inside it could be lethal. So take a few minutes to bird-safe/bird-proof any toxic items in your house (pesticides, cleaning materials, etc).
- Expensive Chew Toys - Remove anything of value that you don't want chewed up or destroyed. Birds love to explore with their beaks and exploring that new leather couch you just bought seems like a really good idea to a parrot. If you have any valuable items that can be destroyed by a powerful beak then you better make it bird-safe/bird-proof.
- Overheating Teflon - Don't use Teflon. This is a well known dangerous item. Overheating Teflon causes it to release gases that are toxic and often lethal for birds. Nobody intentionally overheats Teflon pans but leaving one on the stove accidentally could be disasterous. Raise your hand if you've ever forgot and left a pot burning on the stove. Most bird owners avoid the inevitable and simply decide to use bird-safe/bird-proof stainless steel cookware.
- Open Toilet - Close the toilet lid if the room is a restroom. Landing in a toilet full of water could be disastrous. A closed toilet lid makes a toilet a bird-safe/bird-proof toilet.
- Fans - Remove or turn off all fans (ceiling, floor, and window). The only way to make a fan bird-safe/bird-proof is to turn it off.
- Windows - Keep windows closed and covered so it doesn't attempt to fly out of them. There are also stickers that can be applied to windows to let the birds know that there is a window there instead of just a free flight path to another room or outside. These bird-safe/bird-proof stickers can be purchased online or you can make your own.
- Shocking Hazards - Lift all electrical cords up off the ground out of reach. A parrot walking on the ground will be curious about the cord and want to explore it. Beaks and electrical lines do not mix! ZAP! Also don't forget about electrical cords hanging down to ceiling lights. A parrot landing on the ceiling light may be interested in exploring that electrical cord too.
- Bucket of Trouble - Keep all containers of liquids or dangerous materials closed that are large enough for your bird to land in. Landing in any bucket or container with liquid or any other dangerous items could be lethal. Keep these containers stored away out of reach or at least covered.
- Predators - Keep all predators (cats, dogs, hateful neighbor kids, etc) out of the room/house.
I hope these tips about making a room or house bird-safe (or bird-proof) have been helpful. Please send me an email if you can think of any items to add to this list.
The Author is the creator of the InfoSuperFlyway.com. It's a webpage dedicated to Kibibi a Congo African Grey Parrot with parrot recordings, funny parrot videos, top ten lists, parrot jokes, clicker training info and a large database of parrot articles. For more articles about African Greys and other Parrots, check out Kibibi's Parrot Article Archive.
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