Taking a QUAIL on a road trip/vacation...?

[allygibbs73]

Ok so... I have a 3 day old quail named Cricket. I am going to a cabin in the mountains in a month. I am bringing my dog so I'm not getting a pet sitter. This quail has been raised alone, and I'm his "mama bird". I feel it would damage our bond to leave him for a week. He will be about 4-5 weeks old when I leave he'd just be coming off the heat lamp. Has anyone every traveled with quail? What are some ideas for a cage for the car? Any tips/advice would be very helpful! Thank you!

 

[The Phantom]

I take mine when I travel. I would take him with you since he is a single.

 

[Lilorp14]

Ok so... I have a 3 day old quail named Cricket. I am going to a cabin in the mountains in a month. I am bringing my dog so I'm not getting a pet sitter. This quail has been raised alone, and I'm his "mama bird". I feel it would damage our bond to leave him for a week. He will be about 4-5 weeks old when I leave he'd just be coming off the heat lamp. Has anyone every traveled with quail? What are some ideas for a cage for the car? Any tips/advice would be very helpful! Thank you!
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Sure, bring him along. I usually use a cat carrier with straw and make the bird sleep the whole way with a towel thrown over. Just make sure there's airholes.

 

[Sara L]

My birds are usually ready to be off the heat lamp by the third week, once they have feathers all over and only a tiny bit of fluff remaining around the face. I agree with the other posters that if it's a single bird hand raised, you should probably bring it with you. My boy quail usually start crowing in week 5, so you might have a noisy trip.

 

[allygibbs73]

Sure, bring him along. I usually use a cat carrier with straw and make the bird sleep the whole way with a towel thrown over. Just make sure there's airholes.

Ok I'll try that, thank you!

 

[allygibbs73]

My birds are usually ready to be off the heat lamp by the third week, once they have feathers all over and only a tiny bit of fluff remaining around the face. I agree with the other posters that if it's a single bird hand raised, you should probably bring it with you. My boy quail usually start crowing in week 5, so you might have a noisy trip.

Oh ok hopefully he'll come off easily since it's so warm. Oh boy I didn't think about crowing! I don't mind tho. Maybe it'll be a female!