Hello wonderful bird people. I am bran new here today. My name is Larry and I am the owner of another talk forum. The reason for my visit today I saw a thread here about a very sick bird that is suspected to have heavy metal poisoning. It is thought that the cage might be the source of that poisoning.
http://www.talkparrotlets.com/showthread.php?t=1940
My website was mentioned in your thread as a source of information on this vital subject. I am the person who wrote that article. Thank you all for referencing that important imformation.
I am just a regular guy that wanted to find out if my Umbie was safe in her China made cage. I sent paint scrapings off to the lab and they came back with 3,200 parts per million in lead - highly toxic. Since then I have contacted hundreds of people across the country in order for me to gain correct information about lead and zinc in cages. Sorry to say - the retailers and ones who sell cages have not been forth-right. Dr. Peter Jowette the chief toxicologist at LADDL and several other heads of labortories around the country have been most helpful in this undertaking.
Please do not believe anything that a cage seller tells you about the safety of their cages. They only want to sell cages - they do not care about our birds. And yes - I do name names and I do expose the bad guys.
I am not here to promote my talk forum at all... I am here to open up any discussions and answer any questions you might have about toxins in cages.
My email address is larry@vikinghost.net if any one of you might need help in this matter. My purpose is to warn every bird owner about these dangers.
Respectfully,
Larry Houston
Central Florida, USA
I post as Larry, Baby and Me
http://www.talkparrotlets.com/showthread.php?t=1940
My website was mentioned in your thread as a source of information on this vital subject. I am the person who wrote that article. Thank you all for referencing that important imformation.
I am just a regular guy that wanted to find out if my Umbie was safe in her China made cage. I sent paint scrapings off to the lab and they came back with 3,200 parts per million in lead - highly toxic. Since then I have contacted hundreds of people across the country in order for me to gain correct information about lead and zinc in cages. Sorry to say - the retailers and ones who sell cages have not been forth-right. Dr. Peter Jowette the chief toxicologist at LADDL and several other heads of labortories around the country have been most helpful in this undertaking.
Please do not believe anything that a cage seller tells you about the safety of their cages. They only want to sell cages - they do not care about our birds. And yes - I do name names and I do expose the bad guys.
I am not here to promote my talk forum at all... I am here to open up any discussions and answer any questions you might have about toxins in cages.
My email address is larry@vikinghost.net if any one of you might need help in this matter. My purpose is to warn every bird owner about these dangers.
Respectfully,
Larry Houston
Central Florida, USA
I post as Larry, Baby and Me