Once tile grout has dried, does it contain any harmful chemicals? I have a parrot that's chewing it.
Chemicals in dry grout?
Oct 05, 2017
10 Replies
... Polly wants to crack 'er ?
John T.
Polly wants to take everything apart.
Grout is calcium carbonate plus silica if sanded. May have a bit of talc. I don't think any of thoose would hurt the bird but it might prefer to get its calcium via a cuttlefish bone.
It's not trying to eat it, it's trying to destroy it. Most ends up on the floor, but I was concerned about a bit that gets in it's throat.
So the strong smell you get when using pre-mixed grout is just a solvent which has by now long since evaporated?
Birds often ingest pebbles for aid in digestion. Next time use epoxy grout.
Your parrot is bored and/or it's trimming its beak. Either way, get off you fat ass and go get some non-toxic tree branches and build a tree for it to chew/play on.
I bought this recently, is this epoxy based?
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She has plenty to play on, with, and chew up. Branches, nestboxes, cardboard boxes, an old wooden birdtable, some old wooden furniture, two other parrots, .....
I'm also growing a tree to go in the aviary.
Try Polly Filler
Bill
[groan]
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