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Allergic to Cockatiel?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 367691" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Usually you'd see respiratory symptoms with a bird allergy.</p><p></p><p>BUT, cockatiels and other parrots of the cockatoo family produce special feathers that break down into a very fine powder. It's called "powder down" and the birds use it in grooming.</p><p></p><p>I have a respiratory allergy to powder down,but am fine with other parrots that don't produce it. Problem is that the other parrots need a lot more interaction and attention than I can provide (imagine one person trying to provide all the stimulation that in nature would come from living in a huge flock).</p><p></p><p>in my opinion, it's quite likely that you could see a skin reaction in someone with a contact allergy to the powder down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 367691, member: 1963"] Usually you'd see respiratory symptoms with a bird allergy. BUT, cockatiels and other parrots of the cockatoo family produce special feathers that break down into a very fine powder. It's called "powder down" and the birds use it in grooming. I have a respiratory allergy to powder down,but am fine with other parrots that don't produce it. Problem is that the other parrots need a lot more interaction and attention than I can provide (imagine one person trying to provide all the stimulation that in nature would come from living in a huge flock). in my opinion, it's quite likely that you could see a skin reaction in someone with a contact allergy to the powder down. [/QUOTE]
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