Woodstoves / Fireplaces

[katie_fleming]

I'm going home for Christmas and Jasper is of course coming with me. I had a quick question -- is it safe for him to be in the same room as a fireplace or woodstove? (In his cage ofc, would never risk him being out)

Not sure if the smoke smell would be bad for him or not?

Also at my grandmother's she has one of those electric fireplaces, do those have Teflon I wonder? Last year I kept him out of that room completely but was curious.

I'm paranoid about floor heaters as well.....

 

[SailBoat]

Sorry, but I'm a bit busy at the moment to go into detail on this subject.

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Read them and see if they address your questions. If not, come back.

Once again, sorry!

 

[SailBoat]

I'm going home for Christmas and Jasper is of course coming with me. I had a quick question -- is it safe for him to be in the same room as a fireplace or woodstove? (In his cage ofc, would never risk him being out)

Not sure if the smoke smell would be bad for him or not?

Also at my grandmother's she has one of those electric fireplaces, do those have Teflon I wonder? Last year I kept him out of that room completely but was curious.

I'm paranoid about floor heaters as well.....

Any luck on the search?

If you are visiting, I would recommend buying a couple of fairly high-end Carbon Monoxide Alarms. One sets under birds cage /perch and the other near the source.

Back in a bit!

 

[katie_fleming]

I just spent some time searching, not sure why that didn't cross my mind first! (oops)

So a normal wood-burning stove seems fine (with carbon monoxide alarms) but I wasn't able to find anything about the electric ones.

If you can point me in the right direction that'd be great.

And I believe all space heaters unless they're ceramic will have Teflon, correct?

 

[plumsmum2005]

I am sure I have read something lately to the effect that as long as the wood burning stove is left to do just that and is not constantly played with (and who can resist poking a fire LOL) and stays sealed it is fine. Each time it is opened smoke is released in the room. So IMO take a battery smoke detector with you, too much smoke released into the room, it will let you know.

Of course smoke isn't just caused by fires and smokers need to be mindful around our parrots delicate lungs.

 

[SailBoat]

I just spent some time searching, not sure why that didn't cross my mind first! (oops)

So a normal wood-burning stove seems fine (with carbon monoxide alarms) but I wasn't able to find anything about the electric ones.

If you can point me in the right direction that'd be great.

And I believe all space heaters unless they're ceramic will have Teflon, correct?

As stated by my good friend above, also having a smoke alarm is a great idea. As a general statement, a well maintained wood-burning stove care be safe if it is used properly!

Ceramic electric heats are the first choice. You are correct that common electric heaters used Teflon, but not all. As a group, they are better to stay away from.