Redditor Freaks Out After Accidentally Leaving The Fan Open While Their Birds Were Flying Around In The Room

"These little babies are my heart and if anything were to happen to them because i was distracted .. i would never forgive myself ."

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• November 24, 2022

Our houses are filled with things that could harm our birds and potentially be fatal. Birds have sensitive lungs, and any toxins in the air can cause harm to them. 

Generally, any substance with a pungent smell should be handled with care around birds. Products that release strong fumes need to be kept as far as possible from them while also ensuring to air out the place after being done with it.

It's best to keep the following things away from birds: Smoke, paints and glues, toys, sprays or diffusers, non-stick pans, glass windows and doors, human foods, beauty products, carbon monoxide, household cleaners, zinc, lead, candles, and plants. A Redditor who goes by the username u/BrnNCrash made a post on the r/tifu subReddit where they explained how they almost exposed their birds to deadly danger. 

The subReddit is usually about people who already f***ed up, but this one has a happy ending. The user forgot that their birds were flying around their room and turned on a pedestal fan. 

The user received a lot of different reactions to their post. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

Here's the original post by Reddit user u/BrnNCrash:

OP would commonly use the ceiling fan to cool off the room, but they bought a pedestal one so the birds could fly freely.

OP realized after 15 mins that they forgot a very important detail.

Thankfully, things didn't turn out as tragically as OP imagined.

OP added a TL;DR at the end for people who don't wish to read the whole thing.

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/BrnNCrash's post:

That would have been OP's response if things had gone terribly.

It's more like "Today I almost F-ed Up"

Budgies are quite social and talkative birds.

It's better to have them as pairs, but you could also buy them individually.

It's awesome that OP allows their birds to have a lot of freedom.

A good ending is always something to be happy about.

"Always be careful before you release any animal in your house or some room."

Thankfully, no birds were harmed in this situation.

You don't usually expect a happy ending after reading "bird" and "exposed fan" in the same sentence.

Still not over it after 25 years.

Illegally smuggling a budgie.

OP answered with the bird's full, official name to clear any confusion.

Budgies are not even common in Australia.

It was an "almost," but it came close.

That's one of the many situations where you have to make sure that the instructions are clearly followed.

Thankfully, OP's birds were not harmed. Op could consider this scare a learning experience and be extra careful next time.

It would have been quite tragic if anything had happened to the birds because of a slight mishap. If you enjoyed this story, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

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