Could Pine Sol fumes have killed my dove? I inherited a dove. I 've never had a bird, but I loved this bird.

My husband built it a special perch, I bought it a new, big cage and did everything I knew to give this bird a good life. I got a "care sheet" off the PetCo sight, and followed it. The only thing they said about fumes was to avoid non-stick surfaces because they emit fumes.





Last week I cleaned the floor in my doves room with diluted pine-sol and water. I left the door open for about 8 hours, but the dove was still in there.





She seemed fine--the next morning she seemed fine, but when I went to check on her at noon she was on the floor, dying. She was dead in within 30 minutes of my finding her on the floor.





Today, I did a search and found out NOT to use any kind of cleaning products around bird, because it can be toxic to their respiritory system.





I feel absolutely terrible. I think I killed my dove with pine-sol fumes.





If so, why did it take her over 14 hours to show any kind of illness?





I fee like the world's biggest jerk--having a hard time forgiving myself.

Could Pine Sol fumes have killed my dove? I inherited a dove. I 've never had a bird, but I loved this bird.
Birds are very sensitive to fumes. Cleaning fumes.. fumes while cooking fumes from candles perfumes air sprays. Is very hard on their tiny lungs. Sorry about your Dove better late then never to learn something. Don't beat yourself you would be shocked how people don't realize how such things can kill their birds.
Reply:Birds are extremely sensitive, so they are many things which don't bother us, but can kill them. I have even been told not to even use not stick pans in the house with birds since it can give off chemicals which can kill a bird.
Reply:i am sooooo sorry but yes they could most definitely have killed your dove!!!!!
Reply:i use pinesol, havent lost a bird yet.
Reply:we live and learn. it is hard to loose some thing we find that we love.
Reply:It is possible that the fumes might have been fatal to her--but don't beat yourself up over it! We all make mistakes--I've made several. But we live and learn from them--after all, how can we live if we don't learn?





One of the mistakes I regret most deeply is the death of my snake. It was winter, and it was night--I had forgotten to turn on his heating lamp, 2 nights in a row.





He froze.





But don't worry about the death of your beloved dove--just think, she's flying free, she can fly to the ends of the Earth and back.





But it is true that some fumes are lethal to birds.





Best of luck,


Phoenix