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Could the Bird Flu strike my Cockatiel2007-11-24 17:19:11Answers:

Demographics (farther up the page) don't quite tell all of the story. It's totally unlikely right now that American pet birds are at any risk at all, however the avian flu physically can infect your pet.

Someone else asked a question very similar to this one in another post, and I explained the risk groups outlined by the American Federation of Aviculture. These are simply protocols that bird owners can use to ensure that the groups effected remain predominantly wild fowl. I've summarized my other post below:

You probably don't live in the kind of conditions that place you at a high risk. After farm birds, who walk in, and peck at seed that comes in contact with, each other's droppings, the next highest risk group is the wild bird flock; after that, open aviaries (aviaries that allow new birds to join their numbers while the flu is a risk factor).

As long as you keep your bird indoors, and away from situations where it may incidentally encounter an infected wild bird; and you don't introduce new birds into your home; and you don't go around petting every stray and retail bird within reach; you're absolutely fine.

Having said that, avian flus are taken as seriously as they are because they left a bad mark upon early 1900's America, where a similar flu (bird and pig) wiped out more of the human US population in a year than aids has in the last 10. It was called "the great influenza".

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Only if it goes outside or is exposed to an infected bird in some other way. The chances of that happening are extremely slim.

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If U live in America no if u live in asia possibly

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If it does be sure to go visit your Urologist hahaha.