Controlling Cockatoo Dust---5 Ways To Clear The Air

Cockatoos are incredibly beautiful birds. And
whether the bird you own is white, pink, or
black in color, they belong to the powder down
species which produce a white dust to facilitate
healthy wings.

This powder is healthy for the bird, but for you
it means your air has the potential for a ton
more particles than the normal bird would
produce. Here are 5 manageable ways to keep your
air clear and fresh for you and your bird.

Bird Baths---This can be accomplished in several
ways. You can mist your pet with fine spray from
a spray bottle. Or you can leave a bowl of clean
water out separate from drinking water and allow
your bird to take care of its own bath.

Another thing that might be fun for you and your
bird is to install a shower perch. These are
fairly inexpensive and can be found in many
stores that have bird supplies.

If you decide to do this make sure the water is
misting rather than a hard stream. Put the perch
away from the water source so that you pet gets
to choose when it approaches the water, and can
use the perch as a place of retreat.

Clean Frequently---In order to keep dust and
dander down with this type of bird, there is no
way around frequent cleaning. And even with
daily cleaning there is no way to remove all of
it, but you can lessen the number of particles
that are available to go airborne and be inhaled
by you and your Cockatoo.

Reduce Particulates With Water---Use water to
clean whether you are mopping the floor or
dusting. Cleaning slowly and gently with a wet
mop or cloth makes the particles too heavy to go
back into the air.

So rather than stirring the particles up again,
you can really trap them and wash them out of
your environment. Reducing the number of
particles is the ultimate goal.

Know How Much You Can Do---Providing the best
environment for a bird is truly a gift. If your
space allows you to do that for one bird,
recognize that and provide an absolutely
fabulous life for that one.

Even though it may seem like you're being
generous when adopting numerous birds, that's
only true if their environment (and yours)
doesn't suffer because you're not able to keep
conditions healthy.

Filter The Air---The best way to effectively
remove airborne particulates and gases from the
air is to continually filter the air. Since the
makeup of particles differs from gases, the
filters in an air purifier need to be able to
eliminate both types.

For particles the most effective type of filter
is a high efficiency particles arresting (or
HEPA) filter. It can eliminate airborne
particulates that are .3 microns or greater in
size.

The benefit to you is that out of every 10,000
airborne particles it will eliminate 99,997 of
them with 99.97% efficiency. Even though nothing
will take out all of the particles, this comes
pretty close.

For gaseous pollutants the best type of filter
is carbon. Well known for its ability to remove
gaseous pollutants it is highly effective at
removing the odors, gases, and noxious chemicals
that can have such grave health effects on birds.

A carbon cloth filter in a unit is the best of
both worlds because it can remove gaseous
irritants because it is carbon based and
particulates because it is woven like a cloth.

Taking these 5 steps will keep you happier with
the way your bird room and home look and
healthier because there is less in the air that
can cause potential health problems for you and
your bird.


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