Painting house and bunny health?

[Ali925]

 Hi all,

So we’re in the process of doing some fixing up at our house (we’ll be trying to sell very soon) and we’ll be doing a little bit of painting here and there.  I doing think we’ll be doing anything in the room they live in, but the adjacent room where one free roams will get some minor painting (not the whole room,just touch up)…and I’m wondering how you handle this?  We’ll have the windows open for ventilation, but how sensitive are they just to a small amount of painting?  or paint in general?  

And if we did have to do painting in their room, maybe window sills, etc, would I need to move them for a day or two?  

Thanks!

Ali

[Sarita]

Use a VOC paint.

[MayaConsuelo]

You mean low-VOC paint
We just had this conversation hidden in another thread, I was wondering the same thing. My problem is that the low-VOC paints are hard to find, although they do have one brand at Home Depot, but they don’t have the color I want. Moving the cage during painting, and lots of ventilation are good ideas, although supposedly with VOCs (volatile organic compounds) they are released slowly over time, not just when you’re painting. So basically all the paint in my house is already releasing them anyway…? I’m confused as to how dangerous they actually are.

[Monkeybun]

Definitely move the bunnies out of the room if you paint in it. And keep them out til it dries,a nd the fumes are gone. If people get headaches from paint, imagine what poor little flufferbuns deal with? If they are in a room with a door, keep their door closed and their window open if you pain other parts of the house, just to keep their room fresh from fumes.

[Sarita]

LOL, yes Maya that’s what I mean – I didn’t even remember the acronym on your post. I’ve never used this type of paint but if it can be used then I would recommend that for everyone and everybun involved since it’s not supposed to have the odors that normal paints have.

[AbbyGirl]

Kilz Casual Colors is a low VOC paint. It is sold at most Walmart stores and they do color matching for it too. This is what we’ll be using when we paint the house we are buying.

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