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Candles and Birds
Many people have concerns regarding the safety of candles around birds, While we make no claim regarding this issue, we do offer, for information only, a testimony from a fellow bird owner
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MIA BELLA AND BIRDS
Charlie asked us to share our story with all of you because Bill and I feel there is a whole other aspect to these wonderful candles that some may not know, but which was recently a topic of great concern on one of our online candle groups.
We were originally contacted and told about these incredible candles from Terry Capelan a friend of ours in Texas that had joined the Mia Bella family. She sent me an email saying "Kellene, I know how you love candles and I have one you have GOT to try! " She went on to tell of all the wonderful qualities of the candles but ended with the part that really got my attention, "and I think they would be safe to burn around your birds and new grandbaby". Okay, that got my attention because as a long time exotic bird owner I knew the sometimes, fatal dangers of burning toxic candles around birds. Bird owners out there you know about this, and consequently if I burned candles at all they had to be carefully burned only in a part of the house well away from where the birds were kept. How amazing that most of us spent years not giving ourselves the same consideration.
I had lost an Umbrella Cockatoo at three years of age that I had raised from a baby to lead poisoning so toxic products around our birds was a critical issue for me. I had to try these candles and when I received our first one I knew the traditional candle burning restrictions were going to be lifted. Not only was this the best smelling and performing candle we had ever burned, but as I researched the information on them I realized this truly was a candle that I felt we could safely burn with our birds.
These candles are lead and zinc free. Most people know the ramifications of being exposed to lead but bird owners are also aware of the hazards of being exposed to zinc. These two elements alone are a deadly combination for our birds. Even separately these toxins can have devastating effects on our feathered pets. It also stands to reason that if they are toxic to our birds what are we exposing our selves and loved ones to all in the guise of enhancing our living space. Combine this with the documented health hazards of burning petroleum based candles in your homes and you have the very real basis for every bird owners concern and fears.
Then along came Carmen and Lynn’s candles into our life. I don’t think either of them realized the impact their candles were going to have on a whole separate population of the country that had been doing without. Bird Owners. Bill and I have been burning these incredible candles in our home WITH our birds not separate from them for a year now without fear or reservation. My favorite remains Orange Creamsicle and that fragrance is most often burned in our bedroom within two feet of our two cockatiels, Nicki and Herbie’s cage. This is something I would have never done before being introduced to Mia Bella candles. Our two Umbrella Cockatoos, Parsley and Scooter are housed both in the living room and Bill’s office/sunroom and we have candles burning in both these rooms at all times when we are home. Additionally all of our bird friends are now burning these candles in their homes with their beloved feathered family members.
Everyone was so unanimous in being ecstatic about having a candle of this unsurpassed quality that they feel they can now safely burn and enjoy in their homes alongside their birds that Bill and I decided to take it a step further and share them with the bird owner community as a whole. We are proud and steadfast in our belief of the candle that Carmen and Lynn have created and so we took them to the arena of Bird Fairs and Expos. We felt that once bird owners got over the fear and stigma of traditional candles in their homes and opened their homes to our candles that we would be tapping into a huge market of long starved candle lovers. I am pleased to share with you all that we were right. The response has been overwhelming in love and appreciation of our candles. Bill and I simply provide the opportunity for smell and sell and share our own experience and belief as bird owners and those of others that have now made these candles are part of their daily lives.
Doris and Tim Kuhns are two examples of the never ending fringe benefits that this company and product inspire and success that we have personally had with this venue. We attended a bird fair in an area we had not before been to and as we set up our table a vendor from across the way came over and introduced herself as Doris Kuhns. She said that she loved candles but knew the dangers of mixing them with birds so she and her husband had been developing a "safe" candle in their home for about a year trying to come up with something that had strong fragrance that lasted, and would burn cleaner as well as being safe for bird owners. Yes, they are a very sharp couple and had already realized the huge untapped market of bird owners in the candle industry. Well, to summarize, Doris spent nearly as much time at our table having fallen in love at first sniff as she did her own that day. Tim quickly realized he didn’t have far to look, simply over to our table and there she was asking questions and soaking up all the information like a sponge, and as she later said; her brain going kaching, kaching with the business opportunities. They went home decided why should we continue to labor developing a safe candle when we have everything in this candle we have been striving to create and more just waiting for us to tap into this incredible business opportunity and product! And so she has…..
In two months time she has become a very successful distributor and her and Tim have taken over covering the Kansas City area bird shows and expos. Tim has been so impressed with their success and the positive reception these candles have received within the bird community and elsewhere that he has set a goal of a very special trip for Doris of which she is nearly halfway to completing already!
I know for legal purposes Scentsations as a company is not in a position to make a definitive claim of safety for birds in the burning of their candles. But speaking from a personal perspective Bill and I and a growing population of Mia Bella Candle burning bird owners will unreservedly say how thankful we are to Carmen and Lynn for putting candles back into our lives in a huge way, and to Bobby and Charlie for having the foresight, experience, and knowledge to see the far reaching business opportunities of one of the most unique and incredible products on the market and having the insight to create an equally unique business in which to market them and share the wealth of both product, and financial potential with all of us. Now all Charlie and Bobby need is a feathered friend in which to share the experience. I believe Doris and Tim can help you guys with that! Kellene, Bill, Parsley, Scooter, Nicki, and Herbie in Kansas
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