Teflon fume poisoning in canaries and finches
Other names: Kitchen poisoning
Symptoms
- Sudden death of several birds
- Severe difficulty breathing
How it spreads
Through the air.
Diagnosis
History.
Treatment
Per Merck: supportive treatment (oxygen, heat, fluids) and the prognosis is guarded; small birds usually die right away. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
Do not keep birds near the kitchen, avoid Teflon, and avoid new heaters without ventilation.
Season
Year-round (winter with heaters)
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Egg binding
- Chronic egg laying
- Egg yolk peritonitis
- Cloacal prolapse
- Feather plucking
- Overgrown claws and beak
- Heatstroke / heat stress
- Cold stress in adult birds and chicks