So, my birthday is soon which means I will have guests over. There are two bathrooms in the house and one of them is mine so it's my responsibility to clean it for the occasion. Up until now I've always cleaned it using bird-safe methods but since I still live with my parents my mom is demanding I use commercially available detergents that I'm pretty sure emit fumes that are very dangerous for my cockatiel, Sunny. I tried convincing her vinegar is just as good, if not better than the detergents but she just got angry at me so I don't have a choice anyway.
So I am wondering what the safest way to go about this is? Here's a really crude diagram of the way things are positioned. The red are the doors from my room to the corridor and from the corridor to the bathroom, the yellow brown is the door to the porch, the blue are windows. Normally Sunny's cage is located towards what is the bottom right corner of my room in this image.
I'm wondering if it will be safe for him if I clean and ventilate the bathroom while he is still in my room, or if he'd need to be moved to an entirely different disconnected space for a few hours? Are the closed doors and walls enough to stop harmful fumes from getting to him ??? If moving him is necessary there's several rooms that don't share a single wall with any of these that he can stay in. If he needs to be moved, how long should he be away until it's safe for him to come back? In either case, I will leave the window in the bathroom open to ventilate the space for the duration of the entire day. I'm very upset that my family refuses to take his health seriously so I want to do everything I can to keep him as safe as possible. Thanks in advance for any and all advice!!!
So I am wondering what the safest way to go about this is? Here's a really crude diagram of the way things are positioned. The red are the doors from my room to the corridor and from the corridor to the bathroom, the yellow brown is the door to the porch, the blue are windows. Normally Sunny's cage is located towards what is the bottom right corner of my room in this image.
I'm wondering if it will be safe for him if I clean and ventilate the bathroom while he is still in my room, or if he'd need to be moved to an entirely different disconnected space for a few hours? Are the closed doors and walls enough to stop harmful fumes from getting to him ??? If moving him is necessary there's several rooms that don't share a single wall with any of these that he can stay in. If he needs to be moved, how long should he be away until it's safe for him to come back? In either case, I will leave the window in the bathroom open to ventilate the space for the duration of the entire day. I'm very upset that my family refuses to take his health seriously so I want to do everything I can to keep him as safe as possible. Thanks in advance for any and all advice!!!