It would not surprise me if Chinese bird toys are a risk too.
I have two bird ladders that are colored with dyes that run when wet. I'd have been happy to buy them as plain wood without the dyes, which look very much like those in the photo above. I've decided to remove the ladders from my cages. From now on, no painted or dyed wooden toys from China for any of my birds. Better safe than sorry.
One removed. One more to go. |
This one was recently cleaned and dyes ran badly. |
Zinc and lead are both dangerous for birds. How can we know if paint from outside the USA is lead free?
All my cages have one or more of these hard plastic mirror & bead toys. All the birds use them to play with the beads and even sleep on them. |
Peace & Blessings.
4 comments:
Thank for the warning, Gail! I lost my rosy Bourke's last May because she was ingesting the rope from the cotton rope perches. The autopsy showed it was in her crop, stomach and intestines. I still don't know why she would eat rope. Since I don't use cotton or rope bird perches or toys anymore, the cage is less colorful. But as you said, better safe than sorry.
-Melissa
So Sorry, Melissa.
Can someone tell me the difference between Rosey Bourke and Splendids? I'm not even sure if the Splendid is a Bourke. Are the names the same and refer to the same bird. If the names are to distinguish coloring, what are the coloring differences?
Cathy, If you look at the photos on this site, you can see the color differences. There are many Parakeet varieties of various sizes. Bourkes are beautiful, but they are not Splendids. Another name for Splendid Parakeets is Scarlet-chested Parakeets because the males have a scarlet red chest. Bourkes and Splendids are very different in personality and appearance. When I began this Blog, I was raising both of them and thought "Splendid Bourke" as a play on words was cute. I have since raised other small exotic birds as well. By the way, Bourkes cannot interbreed with any other variety of bird, not even Splendids.
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