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Urgent HELP MY BIRD ATE A BIT OF PENCIL LEAD

SkytheGcc

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i was doing hw with my bird and she wanted to play with my penicl so i took the eraser and lead out (mechanical pencil) and let her play with it. there was some left that didn't come out tho and i heard some cruching in her mouth. i saw she was chewing on the tip of the pencil and something black was in her mouth what do i do it was probably only a bit but im still rlly worried help
 

Tiel Feathers

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What a stinker! It should be okay because pencil lead isn’t toxic or made out of lead.
 

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What a stinker! It should be okay because pencil lead isn’t toxic or made out of lead.
Right! It's not lead.. but I'm thinking graphite now a days... not poison...unless a huge amount is ingested.... just dont let her do it again.. is she acting ok?
 
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