The general sentiment with essential oils is that, in theory, all essential oils are toxic, as the oils can coat their air sacs and suffocate them over time.
Some threads have mentioned to avoid using them to make the air smell nice, since birds are very sensitive to the air they breathe.
The hard no is that we shouldn’t be using things like diffusers and incense because that’ll really mess them up. But for “bird safe” oils (assuming I can use them on my body and maybe be around/touch the birdies), this is that list:
- Lavender essential oil
- Lemon essential oil
- Orange essential oil
- Frankincense essential oil
- Ylang ylang essential oil
- Grapefruit essential oil
- Helichrysum essential oil
- Oregano essential oil
- Cedarwood essential oil