Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Problems Bird Dust Causes---3 Ways Bird Dust Can Be Harmful

Bird dust is a powder like substance that some
birds produce to keep their feather soft and in
good condition. The birds that produce this kind
of powder are appropriately called powder down
birds. These include Cockatoos, African Greys,
Cockatiels, and some Amazons.

Dust from the Amazon is less noticeable that from
the others because it is darker in color rather
than white, and goes unnoticed. And wing dust is
just one of several kinds of dust birds generate.

Even more than being a pain in the neck to clean
up, bird dust causes a tremendous increase in
particles in your home day after day, month after
month, and this can spell bad news. Here 3 ways
this nuisance can become a menace.

Clogged Air Passages---Birds have incredibly
efficient respiratory system and this is both
good news and bad. Basically, even though their
air passages are small these tubes take the air
directly to where it needs to go. But because
their airways are so tiny, they are easily
clogged.

When birds in captivity are forced to breathe air
that is thick with dander and dust as well as
other normal household pollutants, it almost
always leads to disease and infection. This
shortens your bird's life span considerably.

Instinct allows birds to be able to effectively
hide symptoms when they are ill. This is a built
in defense mechanism that keeps them from being
attacked in the wild. This behavior doesn't stop
once they become a part of your family.

Being able to hide the problem from their humans
allows the illness to progress, many times, until
there is little or no chance of having them
recover even with medical attention.

Bird Fancier's Lung----This is a disease that
affects humans. It starts when dried feces dust
is inhaled. Onset of symptoms occurs fairly
rapidly-usually within a 6 hour period. Symptoms
include chills, fever, dry cough, and chest pain.

Even though this condition is rare and is only
occasionally fatal, those statistics will serve
as very little comfort if by contracting this
condition your name is added to the list of rare
cases or occasional fatality numbers.

Allergy And Asthma Trigger---People who suffer
from airborne allergies are generally
hypersensitive to a variety of particulates.
They generally include the normal types of
irritants found in homes such as household dust,
dust mites, mold and mildew spores, and pet
dander.

Adding more particles into the air with a
feathered friend (who is dusty) usually increases
allergy and asthma flare ups to an uncomfortable
level. And at that point many are forced to make
a painful choice between the bird and their
health.

So what is the solution for loving a bird that
produces tons of dust, but keeping your health
too? The solution can be found by using HEPA
(short for high efficiency particle arresting)
filtration.

Using an air cleaner that can reliably and
continuously clean the air for you, your bird,
and your family will help insure a long and happy
life for you all.

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