Air Filtration?

[Artistic Feathers]

Hi, I am wondering how I can cut down on the dust.
We currently have 10 birds collectively btwn my boyfriend and I.
I am wondering if anyone uses and air filter in their bird room?
If so, what kind and what are the results?

The cockatiels are the worst offenders, that also tend to make my conure and quakers sneeze. Anyone with ideas?!?!?!

 

[Bokkapooh]

Oh yes, we use air filiters here! I could live without my air purifiers! OH MY they make a HUGE difference in the quality of air we all breath! I recommend HEPA! And the largest one you can buy (I buy the ones that are like $129-169). Larger is definitely bigger when it comes to the HEPA filters and having birds, JMHO.

 

[JLcribber]

This was posted just the other day. I have pretty good Hepa filters but this one is really nice. Just the machine for someone with multiple birds.

http://forums.avianavenue.com/macaw...ing-i-didnt-know-about-macaws.html#post369194

 

[TITANIS]

Air filtration is an absolute must not only for the birds' health, but for yours and your BF's. With that many birds in your flock which includes cockatiels (dustiest) you can also develop Bird Breeder's Disease in the long term.

Pet Birds and Air Purifiers
Bird Fancier's / Breeder's Lung or Allergic Alvolitis / Asthma

 

[Artistic Feathers]

Sorry didn't mean to repeat a post...Just joined

Thank you for your quick and informative responses, Mercedez & TITANIS!! Very helpful

 

[atvchick95]

Right now we have 2 Honeywell Hepa Air Purfiers in the birds room, one in my sons room and one in my daughters room My daughters room is beside the birds room my son has a tiel and 2 ringneck doves in his room

birds room is full with 9 cockatiels, 2 Quakers, 20+ budgie parakeets, 2 rosy Bourke's and 8 lovebirds and 2 conures

when we get the money (hopefully here soon) we are buying a Austin Air Purfier and the 2 in the birds room will be removed and one will be in the living room (2 Quakers) and my room(Indian ringneck parakeet soon to be 2, and what ever babies Im hand feeding at the time)

when you go to buy one DO NOT BUY ONE WITH A IONIZER the 2 smaller ones in my kids room have them BUT you have to turn the IONIZER ON - and it is NEVER turned on Ever!
I didn't know it until after I bought it and the time ran out to return them that they even had a Ionizer on it

the Ionizer is dangerous to the birds and unhealthy for us humans as well

 

[Holiday]

A lot of us here use Austins: Welcome to Austin Air

They do a great job.

 

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A lot of us here use Austins: Welcome to Austin Air

They do a great job.

This is what I have and I love it.