Are Cedar Nest Boxes for Birds Dangerous?
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Are Cedar Nest Boxes for Birds Dangerous?

We recently received this email from a customer:

I was looking at your nest box cams and noticed that your shop carries cedarwood nest boxes. Not sure if these are somehow treated to prevent off-gassing, but cedar wood is particularly poisonous to birds, especially when the wood has been cut.

I apologize if this is a null point and a response that you get often. On a forum recently we had a person who saw cedarwood nest boxes and decided to make some himself, causing the poisoning and near death of one of his parrots from the finished box being in his bird room. 

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Conure With Sore Foot  – Help!
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Conure With Sore Foot – Help!

Joanne A. Relates,

I recently saw a forum thread “Conure with sore foot help”. 

What are your thoughts?

OK, Joanne,

There are Causes & There are Actions:

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Should Birds Play With Dogs & Cats?
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Should Birds Play With Dogs & Cats?

I recently posted the video below to our Facebook fan page. The comments were what I expected in regards to allowing birds to play with other species like dogs and cats. In the video below the umbrella, the cockatoo is barking like a dog, and the dogs barking back and they are both having a grand time and getting a lot of exercise to boot.
 
I’ve also posted in the past that I am not a big fan of parrots playing with dogs and cats because of all the things that go terribly wrong in a split second. Not to mention that cat saliva is poisonous for birds. I’m reminded of the time back in the early 80s when I had a sled dog team of Malamutes and Huskies. I also had a cockatiel. It was winter and the dogs resided outside year-round.

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