jaynemc
Registered
Hello folks,
I have been reading the various sections of your great Forum as part of my research. We would love to get a parrot. We've not had one before but we have a good set up at home - no kinds and both at home almost all of the day so it will not be short on company + interaction. Ideally we are looking for a medium sized type of bird who can talk.
The one major issue is my husband does sometimes use an inhaler for asthma. He doesn't use it all the time but some things do set it off - sometimes he knows what's made him wheezy and other times he doesn't have any idea. He does insist on non-feather pillows + duvets so feathers may be a problem.
When we first met I had 2 cats. My then husband in waiting would visit regularly and the cats would really get his asthma going. However over time this did seem to die down and a year after meeting we started living together and by then he had no reaction whatsoever to the cats. So you see how this asthma thing can be a bit unpredictable.
We are based in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire and the next step would be if we could visit somebody who keeps birds so that my husband could interact with them and see if he gets any reaction. If he has an allergy to them it will be clear fairly quickly given close contact. We are happy to travel a bit. Can anybody here suggest somebody?
Also perhaps somebody could advise if there are some birds that might be lower risk than others in terms of allergy + asthma simply because of the amount of dust or type of dust they create on their feathers.
Many thanks in advance,
Jayne
I have been reading the various sections of your great Forum as part of my research. We would love to get a parrot. We've not had one before but we have a good set up at home - no kinds and both at home almost all of the day so it will not be short on company + interaction. Ideally we are looking for a medium sized type of bird who can talk.
The one major issue is my husband does sometimes use an inhaler for asthma. He doesn't use it all the time but some things do set it off - sometimes he knows what's made him wheezy and other times he doesn't have any idea. He does insist on non-feather pillows + duvets so feathers may be a problem.
When we first met I had 2 cats. My then husband in waiting would visit regularly and the cats would really get his asthma going. However over time this did seem to die down and a year after meeting we started living together and by then he had no reaction whatsoever to the cats. So you see how this asthma thing can be a bit unpredictable.
We are based in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire and the next step would be if we could visit somebody who keeps birds so that my husband could interact with them and see if he gets any reaction. If he has an allergy to them it will be clear fairly quickly given close contact. We are happy to travel a bit. Can anybody here suggest somebody?
Also perhaps somebody could advise if there are some birds that might be lower risk than others in terms of allergy + asthma simply because of the amount of dust or type of dust they create on their feathers.
Many thanks in advance,
Jayne