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they were fine one minute and then the younger bird dropped from his perch to the bottom of the cage panting then it looked like he took a fit and died, no sooner did this on die but then the older budgie died exactly the same

Submitted: 275 days and 7 hours ago.
Category: Bird
Value: $9
Status: AWAITING CUSTOMER ACTION

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I am deeply sorry for this awful loss and how bad you must feel.

While there's no way to know for sure what happened without a necropsy (animal 'autopsy') - what you describe is something often seen after exposure to an airborne toxin.

A companion bird may be exposed to cigarette smoke, fumes from cleansers or (the worst) overheated teflon products. Other toxins could be the result of carbon monoxide from heating systems (if you have gas/oil heat having a carbon monoxide detector is as important as a smoke detector) - air cleaners may be putting out ozone as part of their 'freshening' promise and though they claim to be safe, no ozone level is safe for a bird - potporri, candles, plug in air fresheners, chlorine bleach fumes, many other cleaner fumes, being too close to a hand held hair dryer or curling/straightening iron (they are often lined with a Teflon product), even toaster ovens, self cleaning regular ovens, crock pots and some coffee makers can be dangerous.


In any event - again, I'm very sorry for your loss and chances are there was nothing you could have done. These things happen very quickly, as you've seen and no one (manufacturers) bother to note their products might be harmful to pet birds

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Expert: S. August Abbott, CAS
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Answered: 6/19/2009

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