Communicating with the animals living at home brings joy and helps relieve stress. However, people sometimes do not think that too close contact with a pet can be dangerous. In nature, there are few birds sick with infectious diseases. The same cannot be said about poultry markets and pet shops. Failure to comply with the standards of maintenance and sanitation, as well as the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, leads to the emergence of new resistant strains of microorganisms that can be transmitted to humans.
Instructions
Step 1
Too close contact with parrots sometimes ends up badly for humans. You can become infected with psittacosis if the bird is a carrier of the disease. The infection affects the lungs and central nervous system of a person. It is transmitted by airborne dust, it is difficult to cure.
Step 2
Don't buy your parrot from the bird market. This is best done in a nursery or specialty store. When buying a bird, ask the seller for a veterinary passport and a CITES certificate. Each animal put up for sale must have it and prove its legal origin. Most of the large parrots in the bird markets are smuggled. During transportation, they could "catch" an infection.
Step 3
Either way, check the parrot first. The bird must be healthy at the time of purchase. Lethargy, blurred eyes, baldness, mucous discharge on the nostrils, swelling on the eyelids are signs of ill health. It should be especially alarming if the bird sneezes, drinks greedily, breathes heavily, with wheezing, freezes for a long time in an unnatural position. Most likely it is an infection. Since decorative birds practically do not communicate with each other, the risk of infection of a parrot after purchase is low.
Step 4
At home, bird feces can become a source of infection for humans. Clean up the cage as often as possible. Do this with gloves. Wash your hands with soap and water after cleaning.
Step 5
Do not let your parrot peck food from the table or drink from glasses. The saliva of birds that are carriers of the disease is dangerous to humans. But the surest way to "earn" psittacosis or another disease is to feed and water the parrot from your own mouth, as some owners do.
Step 6
Infection with psittacosis from parrots does not happen often. However, it is possible. But if you follow all the safety rules, then communication with the birds living at home will bring you many pleasant minutes.
