The International Bird Carrier Caper and Paperwork Avalanche

A couple of months ago we talked about the how to’s of traveling with your bird. the physical portion of terrestrial travel doesn’t change whether you’re traveling in town or across the country.

You can travel with your bird by air or by car. We talked about Disaster preparation with your bird. Here’s a great page that outlines what you need to do and lists a whole bunch of pet friendly hotels and motels which dovetails with our talk about travel today.

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6 How To’s for Terrestrial Travel with Your Bird
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6 How To’s for Terrestrial Travel with Your Bird

Air travel with your bird is a post all it’s own so today we’ll focus on terrestrial travel.
  
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We’ve talked about travel carrier rehearsal. As we approach the peak of the summer travel season I thought we’d talk about best practices for vehicular travel.
We travel with Popcorn our (White Face Lutino) Cockatiel, seven days a week. On the weekends we have a permanent spot with 25 foot (1979 vintage :-)travel trailer at a campground. It’s a 75 mile trip each way.
 

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Cage for My Grey for When I Take Her to the Boarder
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Cage for My Grey for When I Take Her to the Boarder

I am trying to find a cage for my grey for when I take her to the boarder. I would like it to be around 20″ square and about 29″ high. It must have three feeding stations, and that’s where I’m having trouble finding what I want. 

 I would rather the top not open into a play area but that is optional. I would like to keep the cost to $100-$150 but if I can find exactly what I want, I will consider going higher. Thanks!!

Hi Veronica

In order to stay close to your budget certain trade-offs need to be met. The issue is “3” feeders which you won’t find unless you’re looking at conventional “wrought iron” cages otherwise cages close to your price range will have 2 “exterior” feeding doors.

You can always add a third feeding dish but that would require the temporary caregiver to enter the cage with their hand.

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Responses to Tips for Traveling with Your Bird
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Responses to Tips for Traveling with Your Bird

You may not remember me. I am the person who years ago purchased a California Cage for one of my parrots. We are still using the cage and it has worked out great!
 
In response to the various carsick remedies, I want to share something. My husband and I have had a feral Pigeon named Walter Pigeon for almost nine years now. We also had a feral Pigeon named Ginger (Ginger Rogers) who we lost to egg problems almost two years ago.

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Can I Travel with My Bird Safely?
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Can I Travel with My Bird Safely?

Let’s review the basics. Why do we keep birds in cages? Because if we didn’t, they would fly away.
 

The weather is getting warm which causes humans to make travel plans. We love our birds, we want them to travel with us. We love our birds, we want them to experience the out-of-doors, something we regretfully deprive them of for the majority of their lives.

Whaaaat?

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Travel Carrier for African Grey Parrot
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Travel Carrier for African Grey Parrot

Click here for info on this travel cage 
 
I’m considering the purchase of this cage for my African Grey for a 3-4 day trip and want to know if its size would be okay for my parrot. I want the cage to fit on the back seat of my SUV. Here’s the cage I’m considering: 

Fold Away Travel Cage Carrier for Medium Parrots AE BC1819M

Item Id: 19301061058 ~  The cage is a fine size for that time frame,

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