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Bird keeper's lung...

Scratchy

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So I found out about this a while ago while I have been researching birds as pets. My question is their any way to avoid the disease when you already own birds or plan on getting some? What have you all done to keep it away?

This has been worrying for me, because I love birds. It seems out of all the pets though that they are the ones that affect us the most.

I would really appreciate all of your thoughts.
 

MommyBird

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You want to reduce the amount of dust from droppings and feathers.
Avoid the most dusty birds like Cockatiels, Cockatoos, African Greys. (am I forgetting any?)
Give frequent baths or showers.
Use a very good HEPA air filter.
Do not use any bedding on cage bottoms as this is often also dusty. Use newspaper.
Clean cages and vacuum daily.
 

Scratchy

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You want to reduce the amount of dust from droppings and feathers.
Avoid the most dusty birds like Cockatiels, Cockatoos, African Greys. (am I forgetting any?)
Give frequent baths or showers.
Use a very good HEPA air filter.
Do not use any bedding on cage bottoms as this is often also dusty. Use newspaper.
Clean cages and vacuum daily.
I like it! A nice straight-forward list. I seem to recall pigeons/doves, and most other poultry being dusty as well.
 
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