Managing Cockatiel Dust

 

If you share your home with a Cockatiel,  you know their antics can literally leave you laughing in their dust. 

And if you own a Cockatiel you know that the dust isn’t a joke. 

They are wonderful little birds with huge personalities that create a ton of white, powdery dust.

Looking at the big picture this white dust is a natural and ongoing part of their growth and development.  You will always need to manage it for as long as you have your pet.  But if you’re reading this, you know that it’s easier said than done.

Cleaning with water, furnishing your room with furniture that allows dust to fall to the floor easily, and regular cleaning are all great ways to manage the dust.  But regardless of how much or how well you do these things, dust will still go airborne.

Once airborne, this dust is a hazard to the respiratory system of both you and your bird.  Your bird has tiny air passages that clog easily.  And clogged air passages in our feathered friends often lead to disease and infection that are not usually able to be reversed.  This single factor is the cause of far too many deaths that didn’t have to happen.

In people, this dust can exacerbate existing respiratory conditions such as asthma and allergies.  Constant inhalation of high levels of this dust can cause the onset of conditions not previously a problem.

Continuous filtering of the air is the only way to reliably keep the dust and dander low without putting your bird at risk by opening windows that can introduce other pollutants, change the temperature, cause drafts, and in some cases even allow it to escape.

Not just any filter will consistently and effectively reduce the particulates in the air.  If you want efficiency then only a high efficiency particle arresting (HEPA) filter will do. 

In order to hold this designation it must be able to remove 99,997 out of every 10,000 particles that are .3 microns or greater. So it can easily remove bird dust, dander, and other microscopic particles from the air.

PurerAir.com offers the Bird Dust Air Purifier as an effective and reliable solution for removing Cockatiel dust.  See it now at http://purerair.com/bird_dust_air_purifier.html

Take good care,

Debbie Davis, President

PurerAir.com

(800) 997-2989