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Hi All

Just wondering if anyone out there takes their Parrot with them in their caravan

Any tips would be grateful on cages and travel etc

Thanks

Alexis

Do i count ?  hubby takes me,

sorry could'nt resist.

We are hoping to get a parrot in the future and take it with us.  I know that is no help to you at this moment in time.

I reared birds for some years and I can maybe help. The biggest concern I have is travelling down. You may have travelled with him before so it will be easier, but if you havent then you can cause some distress to the bird.

Birds dont like movement of their area, and it will cause him to have to move his wings to keep balance. It helps if you can manage to put him in a central area of the car were movement will be less. Covering the cage helps reduce distress. There is a part of me which says travelling in the caravan - over the axle would be ok as there is likely less movement than the car - but it is illegal to carry livestock in a caravan if i recall so you musnt do that!

Try to use his normal cage if you can as this reduces stress - birds are terratorial and a new cage will make him worry as his domain has changed.

I dont know what you have, the larger the more careful you have to be as they are more prone to imbalance as they are taller. A macaw for example is a big lad and easily knocked off his equilibrium but likely less worried about noises. An adelaide or something like that will be a little less easy to imbalance BUT easier to frighten.

A lot also depends on how you keep them at home - if you let him fly free then touring will wind them up if they cant come out. If you have him in a quiet area then this will also make him more spooked.

On site is no different to being at home - parrots dont like draughts - in the wild they get used to wind but domesticated birds do not. There would be no problem to having him on site as long as he is kept away from direct sunlight. Outside aviary birds tend to be healthier than inside ones, so an awning is a great place during the day as long as you watch the heat. A bit of fresh air does them good.

Keep any eye on him first trip out, if he starts to pull feathers or go off his food then maybe he isnt a traveller! Some arent...

Good luck.

Thanks for that sean

Yes she is used to going in the car she has a travel cage but as we have a large 4 x 4 I thought she could travel in her own large cage.

By the way she is an Amazon

glad to hear that she will be ok in the awning and can bring her in at night as she likes to sit on my shoulder and watch the soaps with me

 Hi alexis, i no they are different but we took our to cockateils away with us last year for a week, we had to use a smaller cage as theres will not fit in car put together,

 all we did is put a small tray of water on the cage floor and placed the cage in middle of the 2 kids on the bak seat with cover over it.

  while we were away we let they out in the awning when we was in but put them in the van away from sunlight when we went out & at night

  the birds seemed happy enough hope this helps..

   cheers eddy& co

Afternoon Doublehander  Cant really help re:  the parrot, when we were Kids we used to take our budgies with us in the van, with out any problems a bit different to Large Parrots.....  I notice you are from Leicester..... theres not many of us on here as far as I'm aware lol 

Hi All

Thanks for all your comments looks like she will be fine

Will try her with a short 2 day break first and see how she goes

Also Hi to you Tres I have noticed too that there is not many of us Leicester lot on here

Alexis (doublehander)

Hi,

I recall being sited next to a parrot (and owner) a few years ago. Seem to recall it was a very noisy neighbour, we kept thinking our phone was ringing.

Mr U-M

We had a couple of cocatiels who unfortunately ate the curtains.

Jenny

We've had parrots for very many years. Now we have only one, an Orange Wing (Amazon). He travels with no problem.....however I would never take him to a campsite as the whole site would be aware that a few times every day he can wake the dead!!!

If yours is a 'Yellow or Doubly Yellow Headed Amazon' they are not quite as loud!

PS. Blue fronts are also reasonable but I still wouldn't camp with any of them.

Good luck 

Alexis,

Our Yellow bellied Senegal is such a noisey & messy little so & so, there's no way we woulsd even consider taking him in the van, he could wake the dead at dawn or at any other time he decides to have a "chat" and no, covering him up makes no diffrence, must have a built in clock!