Kerosene lamps???

[FeatheredM]

Are kerosene lamps safe to use around birds, and deos anyone know some bird safe methods to keep warm in case anything happens?

 

[expressmailtome]

Do you mean if you lose electricity, or if you just lose heat?

 

[FeatheredM]

Do you mean if you lose electricity, or if you just lose heat?

In case of both

 

[Hankmacaw]

Kerosene lamps are quite unsafe for birds. First they burn an oil products that isn't highly refined. Just like any flame from oil products they emit terribly dangerous Vocs into the air that do damage to the lungs. Kerosene also emits lots of particles when it burns - just look at how black and sooty a kerosene lamp chimney gets - that goes right into the bird's lungs and never comes out.

I'm somewhat surprised that you would ask this question, bearing in mind how many conversations there have been on candles and many others burning items.

 

[FeatheredM]

Kerosene lamps are quite unsafe for birds. First they burn an oil products that isn't highly refined. Just like any flame from oil products they emit terribly dangerous Vocs into the air that do damage to the lungs. Kerosene also emits lots of particles when it burns - just look at how black and sooty a kerosene lamp chimney gets - that goes right into the bird's lungs and never comes out.

I'm somewhat surprised that you would ask this question, bearing in mind how many conversations there have been on candles and many others burning items.

Thank you, I'm was just wondering because my family has a kerosene lamp(we don't use it). And we might have power outages this winter, so my mom suggested that we could use that. I was not completely sure that it was safe, so I asked here. I know that when you burn stuff, it will release what you burned into the air and is never safe to birds. I also saw somewhere here that I could use a lamp of some sort, so that is why I asked.

 

[Hankmacaw]

There are numerous battery operated lanterns on the market that put out a lot of light and last for a long time.

Such as these; Amazon.com : battery operated lanterns for indoor power outages