There are paints without fumes. It's called low VOC,{volatile organic compounds} and sometimes is used in baby nurseries. People have painted with birds present, but my preference would be that they are at least in another closed room while each one is painted. There is also milk paint which has no VOC.
We found some No VOC paint at Walmart!
Now if only they'd fix their paint mixer, I'd already have the room painted... Our Walmart around here is kinda 'ghetto'. It was an amazing place until they rearranged the entire store and removed a bunch of stuff. Now it just feels like a giant gas station store.
I'd leave them at a vet if the only avian vet weren't an hour and a half away and one that I don't like. Dr. Von in Louisville, KY. I wouldn't trust my babies in the hands of a vet that knew nothing about them. I also wouldn't trust them in the hands of Dr. Von unless it was an emergency, but there's also one in Ohio about the same distance away, I just don't have personal experience with them.
Why do I hate Dr. Von? Because he supports the way Most Valuable Pets, the pet store I used to work for, treats their birds, wing clipping, forced weaning, etc. He clings onto the OLD way of raising and treating birds. Treating them as BIRDS and not valued members of the FAMILY. To me, birds are just like us, though a little more complex simply because there's so much more we need to learn about them... So much that we -don't- know about them at this time. Dr. Von sees them as birds, not people. Just. Birds. Nothing more.
At any rate, they only place that boards birds around here, that has extensive experience with them, is Most Valuable Pets, and I wouldn't leave my babies with them if my life depended on it... They'd be locked in a cage all day with no time out... Yes, this is seriously how they treat their boarding animals and also how they treat their other birds if they're misbehaving. They have one chance, and if they blow it, they spend ALL DAY locked in their cage, often with no toys to even stimulate their minds..
Once again, going off topic... The only other person I'd trust with my babies is Alyx(BirdsNChins), and I know Kariba is already a handful! I'd trust my parents, but they don't know a single thing about the larger parrots, don't have the time for them, and my mother sprays fragrances in the house, flea killers, etc. I never take my birds over there, just to make sure none of that hurts them. Ha, I really need to find more bird people around the area.
Anywho, the no VOC paint sounds awesome! I'll just move them elsewhere in the house while I paint.~ Thanks!
Edit: I'd leave them in the room if I didn't know Nir the way I do. She'd HAVE to come over and make a mess of things.
