Ionizer air cleaner dangers for small birds
Hello, thank you for the information stated above regarding ozone being a danger for parakeets and birds. I just lost my son’s parakeet because we got a 5 in 1 air cleaner that had a UV portion as well as ionization that apparently created a small amount of ozone. Within 3 days my 2-year-old blue parakeet suffocated and was gasping for air on the bottom of the cage and died in my autistic sons hands as he was desperate and trying to seek help from my son as he took his last breaths. It was so sudden and I had no idea that the air cleaner could have been the culprit until that thought crossed my mind and I went and looked at the warnings in the box and it said that they’re ionizer creates a small amount of ozone which can be hazardous for small pets. I contacted the company and they said that they’re unaware of it being a danger to animals and they’d like for me to provide any research or anything proving that ionization is dangerous for parakeets or birds. So, I know it’s a long shot but if you have any information from a veterinary standpoint or any medical veterinary science literature that I could present to them, they might be willing to change their warnings in the insert in their air cleaners to hopefully save some other people’s pets and avoid this heartbreaking situation. Thank you so much, Anna