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It's always advisable to use the Utmost Caution and Care
when one uses teflon pots, pans and other non-stick cookware (cookie sheets, casserole pans etc). Overheated teflon CAN and WILL kill birds
within close proximity of the kitchen area, or where fumes can travel.
However, the other side of the coin is.... I know people with birds,
both large and small, who use non-stick cookware for years, with no
ill effects to their birds. One or two of these people even keep their birds right off the kitchen's cooking area. Is it likely these people have never - in all those years - burned something or had an overheated pan?
Thats probably highly unlikely. But their birds are just fine...
Would I risk using teflon AND keeping the birds close to or in the kitchen? No way!
But I also wouldn't throw away perfectly good (or brand new) non-stick cookware either. I use one or two frying pans that are non-stick...
Very cautiously and carefully.
But if you can't trust yourself to be 100% committed to *always* being careful when using it... every second, then it's probably best not to use it at all.
Same holds true for scented candles, cleaning sprays and such; using them clear across the home from where your birds are -with ventilation- will probably not be a problem... But if you can't commit to be totally aware and use common sense at all times (and making sure OTHERS in the house are as well!) then it's probably best not to use these things at all.
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