Bird trips?

[WallyBirdie]

I'm home a lot and spend a significant amount of time with my feathered friends, but I feel awful and guilty whenever I have to leave them.

I've seen other people take their birds with them when they go places. Is this an option? Is it too stressful for the bird?

 

[casportpony]

What kind of birds?

 

[WallyBirdie]

What kind of birds?

My conure, for instance.
I wouldn't consider taking him anywhere without a harnesses and/or carrier, and he needs to be trained first. But I've seen posts on other sites, where people take their birds quite a few places.
For walks, a car ride, to visit others, etc.

I'd like to do that in the future. Maybe next summer, if he's trained well enough. But is that too stressful for a bird?

 

[casportpony]

I really don't know. :iduuno

 

[CatWhisperer]

My Pionus loved going on vacation with me. Driving from Arkansas to northern Minnesota. I had a smallish travel cage holding food and water and a perch to roost on at night. She traveled on our shoulders or seat backs. Loose in cabin during day, like at home. She was pretty well potty trained and not a destructive chewer. Birds can’t be left home alone all day. Options were to keep her at a relatives home or hire a pet sitter to stay at the house.

 

[Quailobsessed]

It really depends on the individual bird. Some love it, others hate it.

 

[featherhead007]

I take my rooster "Jaffar" with me in the car when I go to town. He loves to ride in the passenger seat. I really don't care about the strange looks I get from other drivers!