Will the scent of smoke hurt Kirby?

happycat

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I went to a bonfire today with my mother's friends and a lady was smoking the whole time. I'm home now but I still smell this odd smell that I think is smoke. Is that okay for Kirby? I'm about to go to bed so hopefully no shower tonight. I don't want to go in my bedroom though if it will hurt him.
 
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happycat

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Ah, scratch that. The smell coming off me is making me sick so I'm going to take a shower. I did stand next to his cage for a bit but my sister says it doesn't smell in there.
 

EAI

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Not sure how anybody else would approach this, but I would take off my clothes and place them in the opposite side of where my bird was and cover it up with my other clothes to mask the scent. I'd also take a shower-even if its to just rinse off.

Make sure you wash off before interacting with him.
 

Tosca

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Smoke is not good for them long term, but they will survive. Think about birds who live with owners who smoke. Wild fires as well in forests. I think birds are stronger than we humans think. Birds in the wild live with bugs on tree branches, walk on surfaces that are not clean, drink and bath in dirty water. I rarely find a wild dead bird. How is it these birds can survive with less care than our pet birds? Do different birds have better immune systems?

On a personal note, I have seen pet and wild birds exposed to camp fires with no ill side effects.
 
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Kiwibird

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Smoke is not the most harmful things to birds in small doses. As mentioned, they are occasionally exposed to wildfires in nature, so a cigarette being smoked in another part of the house once in a blue moon isn't going to do long term damage. Obviously, if the owner is a heavy smoker, they should smoke outside and away from their bird because heavy smoking and long term exposure can hurt them.

Personally, I'd be more concerned about air fresheners and candles and cleaners than the odd cigarette.
 

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