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| | From:  TinaTwo (Original Message) | Sent: 10/30/2002 1:11 PM |
 Has anyone out there had the very unfortunate experience of becoming lung congested from the feather dust? No matter how careful and clean we were, my husband still became deathly ill because of this. Consequently we had to not just stop breeding, but actually take down the part of our home that we used for our birds. He couldn't even help with the dismantling of the breeding rooms, of course it broke our hearts, losing all we had worked so hard at, and then after many years of loving a wonderful hobby, couldn't even keep our favourites for pets. Now though several years have past, and he has recovered 100% of his lung capacity back, and we do have 2 of our favourite parrots in our home again, with no reprecussions, thank Heavens. But the danger of this lung disease, caused suddenly from the feather dust will never cease to upset me. Has anyone else ever heard of or had such an awful experience. Many years of love, and care had been put into our babies(all of the birds), and worse than the disease. was the shock and depression that came along with this nightmare.Tina 2.
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Hi Tina--this is really quite common and while I forget the technical name for it the common name is Bird Keepers Lung--if you type that in main search you will find a lot of information on it--My own daughter can not live in the same house as my cockatoo--never had problems with the macaw or non down bird but can't take the tiel or too dust. As I understand this it isn't something you get over and will come back. To keep the dust down I use a honeywell air cleaner set very close to the large cages and a smaller one in the tiel room. I also mist the too a couple times a day and lightly mist the papers before I pull them to keep any dust on them from jumping around. I try to vacuum all surfaces before I dust--furniture that is--to keep the dust from moving too much. And with all that my house still looks like I could roll the dust and sell it!! Good luck--Katz |
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Here is a link for you with lots more info and suggestions in it. Katz |
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Here is a better link on this subject. |
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Tina, Sorry I am so slow in replying to this. I have read of severe problems that some people have had when keeping the dusty birds. Hope your hubby is completely well now. Do you mind sharing the species of birds you used to have and the kind you have now? I am wondering if the breeding birds were the big dust producers like cockatoos and cockatiels. My tiel produces an awful amount of dust. The grey does also, but not like that little tiel. Annie |
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Annie This will surprise you I am sure because it did me--the most common bird associated with this seems to be the budgie. At least those are the folks who will talk about it. I am wondering if that is because they are the most commonly kept bird--also was surprised at how fast this can attack--even with many years of bird keeping it can just pop up. Katz |
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If budgies are the most likely to cause lung disease, I wonder if it could have anything to do with their droppings being so tiny that they dry out and aerosolize faster than the larger birds? They also move so fast and keep the surrounding air moving more than the larger birds. It occurs to me that I used to visit a budgie breeder quite often and I had difficulty breathing when in their home. I don't have any trouble in my bird room and it is fairly dusty in there unless I have just vacuumed all the shelving and under the cabinetry. Annie |
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