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Post by findit on Mar 2, 2009 12:58:55 GMT -7
my tag accumulates very little powder around the cage or room that he is in. my cag on the other hand is very bad with dust balls and powder. they both bathe about the same. do some produce more than others, and is there a way to make it better?
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Post by Shirl on Mar 2, 2009 14:06:18 GMT -7
Well if you find a way please post it .. ;D Greys are noted for the dust so are Tiels . Have no idea the different in CAG and TAG. I will say my first grey let me spay her almost every day . Had less dust . Then with Boomer which hates water and so do the tiels .
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Post by sans on Mar 2, 2009 23:05:42 GMT -7
Piccolo has very little dust. I shower her at least 4 times a week and this definately helps
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Post by lenke on Mar 2, 2009 23:26:32 GMT -7
yes please. if you find a way to reduce dust, please tell. Lucky is a big dust bucket and hates being sprayed or showering (i still bear the scars!) and will only bath when he can spray my whole lounge down with the water from his water bowl!
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Post by rick on Mar 3, 2009 18:46:46 GMT -7
I have found that if I lightly spray above the cage with water before I change the paper, it will keep the dust on the paper rather than flying up into the air and around the house. Other than that about the only way I know of to keep the dust down is frequent baths and/or misting.
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Post by Shirl on Mar 4, 2009 3:49:44 GMT -7
Am with you on that Rick . I even put a electronic filter on my furnace and air condition which cost 650.00 extra on the unit . But really can't see where it helps that much . Maybe it is cause I have three birds which are noted to give off alot of dust . We even take it out every 2 weeks and clean it . Which they said to do it every 6 months . It is just something I have to live with cause I love my baby .And new they was dusty birds when I got them .
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Post by DF on Mar 4, 2009 6:14:22 GMT -7
I guess it's relative? After I've had the tiels, I don't think Auggie is that dusty. He bathes about once a month on his own, and I spray him about once a week, when I can catch him on a fly-by. Otherwise, he hates the mister bottle too.
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Post by Jane on Mar 4, 2009 6:20:24 GMT -7
Mine are dusty. I have an air purifier but it doesn't deal with all the dust. They weren't so dusty when they were babies.
Jane
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Post by welovedj on Mar 4, 2009 10:17:13 GMT -7
DJ is a DUSTBALL!! He is a little dirty boy that hates showers...when he flies and comes down for a crash landing we can always tell the point of impact because there is a HUGE dust mark where he lands. He is located in my dining room so my dark cherry floor looks like the whole family has a dandruff problem, but thankfully it doesn't bother us (me and hubby are very allergic to just about everything but DJ's dust). Between the dust and the fluff feathers my new vaccums are really getting a work out....go ROOMBA.
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Post by Adele on Mar 4, 2009 14:41:29 GMT -7
Manzi is very dusty right now, but he hasn't showered in a long time. Now that I am back, I will shower him just about every day. I noticed that now he has dust built up where his beak meets his nares. When he showers everyday he never has that. There is still lots of down (puff balls) floating around either way. I am not sure how to take care of that. We don't have any air filters (we had a hepa but were quite unimpressed so we took it back). Maybe surrounding his cage in air filters might do the trick. For now I just vacuum many times a day. Our old vacuum finally gave out and now we just have a hand held dirt devil that does the job (its not strong, but strong enough for the puffs of feathers).
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Post by tonik on Mar 4, 2009 19:51:41 GMT -7
I guess I'm lucky, Lady isn't very dusty. Our Roomba (we named her Tivo) is kept very busy but mostly it is from our golden retriever fuzz.
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Post by lenke on Mar 4, 2009 22:40:33 GMT -7
well ditto with Adele - my dust buster (a luminous purple hand held vacume) more than deals with luckys dust and teh combined lucky & lovebird husks and tantrum food mess on the tiles beneath their cage. Lucky also likes the dustbuster, every time he sees me reach for it, he starts his war dance and coo maneuvering (and i know for 100% sure it is not an expression of dislike - his vocalisations are very different). If I forget to put it back when I'm done, and then let him out of his cage, he comes right away to the table to peck at and climb on it.
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Post by Shirl on Mar 5, 2009 8:50:25 GMT -7
Well you are one of the lucky one's .Boomer still doesn't like the new cordless vac we got ;D
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Post by DF on Mar 5, 2009 8:59:39 GMT -7
I went thru 2 dust busters with the tiels before I decided it was more money down the hole. I also had an upright type vacuum that couldn't cut it either. My good 'ole Sears bag system vacuum that is umpteen years old is now the bird room vacuum, and I got a new one for for the house 3 years ago when we moved here.
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Post by congogrey82 on Mar 27, 2009 7:47:53 GMT -7
my hades is a dust bucket, i try to bath him at least 4 times a week, goku on the other hand likes the water, hes noticably less dusty than hades so bathing/showerings is definately one way to minimize dust. Unfortunately congo greys are dusty birds. I would probably give your congo grey 1 to 2 more baths a week then you give your timneh.
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