Princessrabbit
Mama Doe
This may sound really silly but Princess is a house bun and lives in my living room, anyway since we got her I haven't sprayed air freshner in the living room, I was just wondering if it's ok to spray the air freshner?
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Rabbits and air freshners
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Coineanach
Wise Old Thumper
I wouldn't chance it. It's bad enough around some humans, imagine what it must be like for the particles in their little lungs. I use sented candles :wave:
Princessrabbit
Mama Doe
Ty, yes I have stayed away from doing it for now, and just have it in my hall so you smell it when you walk in, yet it's away from her.
I do have a plug in though, do you think that's ok?
I do have a plug in though, do you think that's ok?
VickiP
Wise Old Thumper
I wouldn't use anything artificial but, airfreshners are a really bad idea with any pets, their sense of smell is so sensitive compared to ours, try using something natural like freisia's or stocks in a vase they smell lovely and last a few days minimum or go to holland and barratt and get essential oils, you add a couple of drops to boiled water or a carrier oil and at least you can control it more and it's natural, i would still ventilate the rooms well with any form of airfreshner, the best airfreshner is fresh air:lol:
VickiP
Wise Old Thumper
I think the plug ins are meant to be the worst ones, I know they are lethal to fish. The woman who owned my piggies before me had their tiny hamster cage in front of a plug in air freshener :shock: 3 months and about 5 baths later I can still smell the mix of air freshener and cigarette smoke on them.
Princessrabbit
Mama Doe
Yer it does tend to linger a bit. Well I'll pop that in my bedroom. I gotta admit I love the smells of them, I'm the same with fabric conditioner. I do like though when you iron with the smelly ironing water, that sends off a lovely smell.
Coineanach
Wise Old Thumper
Plug-ins are worse as they're so much more conentrated. I've just remembered that I burn essential oils, I have a pretty little burner for them but I've never used it in the room Vin was in, just in our bedroom. I don't think they'd be great either. I know these things are most harmful to birds but don't know much about it in buns. :?
Baking soda is also meant to be good for absorbing smells, but I've never used it myself. You wouldn't want to leave that around buns either! In the winter, I make a big pot of water, cinnamon, cloves, allspice etc and leave it to simmer - it gives a lovely smell but is very wintery. I got the idea when I was making mulled wine and the smell permeated through the house. Maybe using lemons and other citrus fruit would have the same effect?
Baking soda is also meant to be good for absorbing smells, but I've never used it myself. You wouldn't want to leave that around buns either! In the winter, I make a big pot of water, cinnamon, cloves, allspice etc and leave it to simmer - it gives a lovely smell but is very wintery. I got the idea when I was making mulled wine and the smell permeated through the house. Maybe using lemons and other citrus fruit would have the same effect?
Princessrabbit
Mama Doe
Sounds a good idea, Im not bothered about it for masking smells, as we don't have any smells (don't think :? :lol I was just brought up in a house that always smelled of something, and I've always liked it myself, makes it feel homely. But I'm sure there's much more natural ways of doing it
I was just brought up in a house that always smelled of something, and I've always liked it myself, makes it feel homely. But I'm sure there's much more natural ways of doing it I don't use artificial scents at all. It is a purely personal matter, based on the premise that scent is so important to buns, it's even how they distinguish between humans they know & those they don't.
A kind neighbour gave me a blanket, smelling strongly (pleasantly) of fabric conditioner. For the 1st. time in his life Thumps kept spraying the blanket. The answer was so simple, to wash the blanket in my own powder.
I don't know the facts about health issues. I'm simply saying that there are also psychological/stress issues which we cannot begin to understand.
A kind neighbour gave me a blanket, smelling strongly (pleasantly) of fabric conditioner. For the 1st. time in his life Thumps kept spraying the blanket. The answer was so simple, to wash the blanket in my own powder.
I don't know the facts about health issues. I'm simply saying that there are also psychological/stress issues which we cannot begin to understand.
prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
I agree.
I also feel vapourising any hydrocarbon isn't good for anyone's lungs. Rabbit or human!
Best fresh air is an open window.
