Greetings! I have an older home that is getting two rooms painted this coming week. There is also going to be some drywall repair happening. I have reached out to the vet to board my B&G macaw, Amazon, and African Gray. I am not sure if they have the room though. If they do not, here are my choices, either move them and their cages to the other side of the 1800 sq ft ranch to the master bedroom with windows open and hubby and I will sleep in the camper. Hubby would need to access the bathroom in the bedroom early in the morning so it may disturb their sleep. Their cages won't fit in camper unfortunately. The second choice is to move them and their cages outside under the carport against the house. The carport is actually somewhat behind the house so not street facing. I'm not sure if I have hardware cloth to go go around their cages to make them super predator proof though. I'd probably take a cot out and sleep with them and also put a camera on them that I can view with an app on my phone when I can't be out there. Thoughts? I can't reschedule the painting due to my daughter coming to visit end of the month and the painter's schedule
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Can you choose to use low-VOC or no VOC paint? (VOC = volatile organic compounds.)
There is usually no odor or it goes away very quickly and will make things easier on everyone.
You certainly don't want then in the same room with a scary painter so it is still good to isolate birds in another room with a towel under the door but much, much less dangerous than 'traditional' paint.
And it is OK to disturb their sleep in these unusual circumstances, but it would probably be one night only with no-VOC paint.
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The low VOC paint was amazing. I was honestly so shocked at the lack of stink from it. It is more expensive and not many professional painters seem to want to make the change but will if you insist.
Fans set up to draw the air straight out of the painted rooms so none of that air enters the rest of the house help too.
My birds are disturbed nearly every night (by outside birds, dogs, myself, cars ect) and so are the wild birds- it will not be a huge issue disturbing sleep hours once or even a few times, most wild birds are disturbed multiple times a night.
Fans set up to draw the air straight out of the painted rooms so none of that air enters the rest of the house help too.
My birds are disturbed nearly every night (by outside birds, dogs, myself, cars ect) and so are the wild birds- it will not be a huge issue disturbing sleep hours once or even a few times, most wild birds are disturbed multiple times a night.
