Originally posted by Cookiebaker
Teflon pans can be deadly to birds!!!! Back at home, I had a friend who bred cockatiels. Her son was ill home with the flu, turned the wrong burner on and left it until it was too late. It killed her entire flock. I do have 2 teflon pans, but very rarely use them (only for eggs) and am sooooo precautious with them.
That's so sad.

On the cockatiel board I go to, there's this one member who had 4 cockatiels. Someone gave her a toaster oven as a gift. She had no idea it was coated with teflon. She plugged it in, and within seconds, all 4 of her babies were gone. She was so devastated she never returned to the board.

Its something us bird owners must be VERY cautious about. We do use a sandwich maker, that is non-stick, but it doesn't heat to high temperatures. Still, when we use that or one of our few nonstick pans, the birds go as far from the kitchen as possible. The most unfortunate thing is so many bird owners are unaware of this until its too late. I think its wrong on the manufacturer's part not to put warnings. One in every 10 homes in the US has companion birds, so they are VERY common pets, and in my opinion, anything coated with teflon SHOULD have a warning on it, just as chemicals have warnings against using them around kids and pets.

My mom always gets tempted to buy these nice new nonstick ware available in the market. I never let her though! He he he