- Four birds died in their cage after being overcome by
fumes when their owner took a meat pie on a non-stick baking tray from
the oven.
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- Irene Clark heard her two budgerigars Billy and Gregory
squawk as she sat down to eat her dinner while it was still hot.
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- When she went to inspect them, she realised that they
were dying and five minutes later her cockatiel Molly "started going
all wobbly" and died soon after.
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- Later the same evening her parrot Charlie began behaving
oddly before he also expired.
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- A vet examined one of the dead birds the next day and
Mrs Clark realised that all four might have been poisoned by gases.
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- Mrs Clark, of Hibaldstow, Lincs, said: "The post
mortem initially proved inconclusive, but the vet added he suspected Teflon
gas could have been to blame.
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- "He told me gases were sometimes given off when
a tray is heated up and those gases just don't stay in one room.
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- "It has been heartbreaking. The more people who
are made aware of this thing the better."
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- Mrs Clark has been told not to replace the birds for
a week because of lingering gas traces.
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- DuPont, manufacturers of non-stick pans, admit that when
over-heated their Teflon products can harm birds.
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