Bird & Dog warnings

[Guest guest]

Yesterday I dug out my boxes and boxes of essential oils from over the years; it

was a real trip down memory lane. I was surprised how many bottles were

empty...even tightly closed quite a few were empty.

 

I am very careful using EOs because of having a cockatiel (18 years old) and a

dog. So I usually only diffuse EOs in the living room where they both hang out,

which come from foods like orange, grapefruit and tangerine.

 

Since 90% of the books I have are from the " casual user " catagory, I wanted some

expert advice on the safe use of EOs aroung birds and dogs. My winter stale

house needs some freshening.

[Guest guest]

Real quickie answer here as I'm trying to get the stupid website done (have

I mentioned that I hate hate HATE web work. >sigh<). Birds are a no-no.

Dogs: basic formula that I worked out yonks ago when I was working on dogs.

weird story.

 

Large Dogs, 1/2 the amount used on an adult person

Medium dog, 1/4

Small, 1/8

Toy, just a couple drops MAX

 

All in a carrier solution.

 

Cats never (http://www.thelavendercat.com)

 

Horses, yes, but I can't remember the formula

 

And never never NEVER buy into the crap; " Let your animal choose their

oils " . UNLESS your animal has been to school and can process all the

information about e.o.s and write a paper explaining why Raindrop therapy is

dangerous.

 

And Susan, this is not entirely aimed at you, it's aimed at anyone reading

who doesn't know this information.

 

Hope this helped.

 

Back to " hell on earth " .

 

K

 

 

 

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM, SUSAN <sueapito wrote:

 

>

>

> Yesterday I dug out my boxes and boxes of essential oils from over the

> years; it was a real trip down memory lane. I was surprised how many bottles

> were empty...even tightly closed quite a few were empty.

>

> I am very careful using EOs because of having a cockatiel (18 years old)

> and a dog. So I usually only diffuse EOs in the living room where they both

> hang out, which come from foods like orange, grapefruit and tangerine.

>

> Since 90% of the books I have are from the " casual user " catagory, I wanted

> some expert advice on the safe use of EOs aroung birds and dogs. My winter

> stale house needs some freshening.

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> I mentioned that I hate hate HATE web work. >sigh<).<

 

As a professional web designer...I know what you mean, I do too sometimes!

 

> Birds are a no-no.

> Large Dogs, 1/2 the amount used on an adult person

> All in a carrier solution.

 

I'm sorry...I don't mean topically...just in the air!

 

I know there are strange things like teflon pans that can kill a bird from the

odors that are created from cooking on one at too high a temperature...and that

there are some EOs that should not be diffused. But I want to know which

warnings are " nonsense " and which are GOOD SAFETY INFO!

 

THANKS, Sue

[Guest guest]

Hey Susan

 

Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't explain myself very clearly.

 

EO's and birds and cat's dont mix topically or in the air.

 

Dogs don't have a problem unless you're diffusing heavy amounts all the

time. I try and not diffuse around any of my " people " but if the dogs are in

the room, I don't fuss about it. I keep my diffusing infreqent and low

quantities anyway.

 

Sorry about the rushed answer. Should have taken the timeto do it properly.

It's just when I'm FINALLY in a " gotta work on the website " mode, I just sit

and do it as I know that urge will pass quite shortly. Unfortunately, I HAVE

to work on it this weekend, so I'm trying to rush through it and get it

done. ;-)

 

K

 

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM, SUSAN <sueapito wrote:

 

>

>

> > I mentioned that I hate hate HATE web work. >sigh<).<

>

> As a professional web designer...I know what you mean, I do too sometimes!

>

>

> > Birds are a no-no.

> > Large Dogs, 1/2 the amount used on an adult person

> > All in a carrier solution.

>

> I'm sorry...I don't mean topically...just in the air!

>

> I know there are strange things like teflon pans that can kill a bird from

> the odors that are created from cooking on one at too high a

> temperature...and that there are some EOs that should not be diffused. But I

> want to know which warnings are " nonsense " and which are GOOD SAFETY INFO!

>

> THANKS, Sue

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering WHY it's a no-no for birds. I know it has nothing to do with the

way it smells since birds in general don't have a sense of smell (per a local

raptor rescue program). I'm assuming it has something to do with their

lung/heart size and the way they react to the constituents? *shrug*

 

Thanks for the info--good luck on the website brewha!

 

Jessica, NC

Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

[Guest guest]

> EO's and birds and cat's dont mix topically or in the air.

 

That's what I was afraid of.

 

I did diffuse tangerine yesterday, I tend to stick to the " scents " the bird

would be exposed to from dinnertime anyway!

 

I was hoping there was a super safe list so I could to more than burn plain

beeswax candles like I have been. The scent is wonderful but I am battling the

staleness in the air...and maybe...a dead mouse somewhere! There is a smell I

have been unsuccessfully trying to track down and I hope it's not a dead

thing...just the compost crock or something!!

[Guest guest]

Eo are molecules,chemical structures.they connect directly trough the brain with

no liver filtration,so,they do notanalyse the smell,but the chemical structure

remain.plus the birds have the aerial sacks that collect the air for while for

the flight purposes,so that may be an explanation as well

 

Friday, February 19, 2010 9:30:17 pm

ATFE

familymassage

Re: Re: Bird & Dog warnings

 

I'm wondering WHY it's a no-no for birds. I know it has nothing to do with the

way it smells since birds in general don't have a sense of smell (per a local

raptor rescue program). I'm assuming it has something to do with their

lung/heart size and the way they react to the constituents? *shrug*

 

Thanks for the info--good luck on the website brewha!

 

Jessica, NC

Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

 

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[Guest guest]

I'm wondering WHY it's a no-no for birds. I know it has nothing to do with

the way it smells since birds in general don't have a sense of smell (per a

local raptor rescue program). I'm assuming it has something to do with

their lung/heart size and the way they react to the constituents? *shrug*

 

Thanks for the info--good luck on the website brewha!

 

Jessica, NC

 

My response: If this has been said already, please forgive (I'm trying to

catch up on my emails). Birds are extremely sensitive to chemicals in the

air. Canaries were taken into mines because they served as an " early warning

sign " for the miners to get the @$%* out of Dodge (dead bird=danger to the

humans). Teflon pans when heated to high temps put off a gas that doesn't

bother us (says who?) but will kill a bird. I don't spray ANYTHING in the

bird's room or that might migrate to the air in the bird's room. I would

also not use a diffuser in my house because of my bird. Being owned by a

bird requires a high level of vigilance!

 

Tina