| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
| Total number of notes: | 6016 |
This may seem like a silly question, but here goes. I've noticed that
people tend to sell or give away their birds when moving to a new home.
Do birds not travel well? Can you take a bird on a plane? Under the
seat perhaps as you can a small dog or cat? Will a bird get sick or
die during prolonged car travel?
When I moved from New Hampshire to Arizona, the deal was that all 3
cats and 1 dog also move or I was not budging. I now have 2 birds and
although I have no plans to move, one never know what the future
brings. I simply couldn't leave my birds behind!
Maybe those with experience can give us some travel tips. It's a shame
to think people are giving away their pets when there may be some way
around it which we unexperienced people simply have not thought of.
Thanks for the advice!
Jeanne
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| 407.1 | Where there's a will... | DIZZY::GRADY | Tue Sep 04 1990 17:34 | 20 | |
I guess it depends on the people... I have moved all my animals (dogs,
cats, horses & birds) with no problems. Several of my birds where
bought in Florida and flown home to Mass. It's stressful for all but its
very much doable... I guess getting my horses overseas would present a
problem but it can be done. As far as birds are concerned, they can
handle climate changes if its gradual. Do the most to keep them safe
in a travel cage, no drafts and as little disturbances as possible. My
Amazon loves to ride in the car. A friend of mine has driven to Florida
with a car load of birds... They all did fine. I am planning a move in
a few months and all my pets are coming with me. I wouldn't give them up
for the world.
Just use common sense and ask questions if your unsure... There
are many pet lovers out there to help...
Happy trails...
Debbi
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| 407.2 | HAVE PETS WILL TRAVEL! | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | Tue Sep 04 1990 17:41 | 13 | |
I have often wondered that myself. I have taken birds across country
by plane (A cockatoo, finches and lovebirds) and all weathered the
trip very well.
I guess that I too get attached to a pet and consider it part of the
family. If I moved my only concern would be getting the pets
transferred as comfortably as possible! Whatever minor stress that
they encounter on their trip has to be far less than moving to a
totally new environment with strangers. Don't you think?
Well this is just my opinion.
Denise
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| 407.3 | On Cats and Birds and Moving With/Without Them | CLOSET::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Wed Sep 05 1990 17:37 | 24 |
Hi,
I have moved cats and birds varying distances and have had no problems
so far. I use carriers designed for the purpose, provide shade/warmth
(depending on the season), appropriate food snacks, and moist foods....
I once tried tranquilizers on my cats and never again....made them
worse than ever and sick, to boot. This was driving from California
to Minnesota by way of Canada. When driving these cats from Minnesota
to Colorado and not using and tranquilizer, only problem was heat for
one of the cats. We stopped at a shopping mall, took the animal
carrier into a super market, and sat there with him until he relaxed
and was breathing normally. He was fine the rest of the way and after.
See also the discussion in Note 405 in this conference.
Reading between the lines in the Want Advertiser and such publications,
it seems many people opt to place their pets with others rather than
move them. The trauma of the new people and home environment has
to be balanced against the anticipated trauma of the move, and only
the pet owners really know, and maybe then, they don't, and just hope
they are doing the right thing. I choose to leave a fourteen-year
old cat in Minnesota with a roommate, but took the younger cats with
me....
Linda
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