12/01/2025
Please no birds in the kitchen while cooking!!!
Last night, a little cockatiel named Coco passed away after flying into a pot of boiling food on the stove. Earlier this month it was Felix, a Quaker. This is the third time in four weeks we’ve been contacted about the same type of accident.
This isn’t about blame. Birds are fast, silent, and curious, and they don’t understand that the kitchen can hurt them. Even the most attentive families can’t react fast enough once a bird takes off.
So here’s the reminder none of us like giving, but all of us need:
Please keep your birds out of the kitchen when you’re cooking.
Closed doors, a playstand in another room, a carrier for a few minutes — whatever works in your home. Once the stove is off and everything is cooled, they can come right back out.
Accidents like this happen in seconds, and they’re almost always preventable with just a bit of separation during meal prep. Coco and Felix weren’t lost because their families didn’t care. They were lost because the kitchen is a dangerous place for birds, period.
Love your flock. Protect them from things they can’t understand.
In memory of sweet Coco, Felix and the third bird whose name we do not know.
