mislyn Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Advice Please !!!!! My hubby wants me to get rid of the birds (I have a little cockatiel and a 1 yr old Australian King Parrot). My parrot is talking now and I really dont want to get rid of them - Does anyone have experience traveling with birds? What and the pitfalls with birds, best cages for travel? Any info gratefully received. By the way we have purchased a 36' Pace Arrow Class A unit. Thanks mislyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXiceman Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 WE have travels with one or two parrots since about 1998. Currently have a Timneh African gray and a standard schnauzer. The gray has a travel cage that he rides in the back seat of the truck. The dog takes the other 2/3 of the seat. In the 5th wheel the parrot has a small parrot cage. As always you need to keep the bird out of drafts and direct sunlight. Be careful and vent well when using teflon pans. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Welcome to the Escapee forums! While I have no experience traveling with birds, I just wanted to make you welcome and to encourage you to join in any of the forum subject areas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nana25k Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 We have friends who travel with their bird in their MH. Leo always seems very content and happy. I know his cage has a special spot in their rig On a lighter note we volunteered with a couple who had a parrot. Apparently raised him from there egg!!! Viv taught the bird to talk and his favorite phrase was "Let me out"". Her Hubby's greatest fear was being stopped for some reason and an LEO would hear the bird screaming those words!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdixon747 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 We traveled for years with a dog, a cat and a Blue Front Amazon (mid sized parrot). The Bird's "traveling cage" was a modified dog crate. Worked great and the bird loved it. Unfortunately, the bird pass on about two years age. She was well over 40 years old, but she had a great life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mislyn Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I know this is asking a lot but do you folks have any pictures of the set ups you had for the traveling birds? It will sure help me to organize. The Australian King Parrot is about the size of a pidgeon - not too big - but he is a cutie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXiceman Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 For the travel cage we use a smaller cockatiel cage with works great fro the Timneh gray. He has a roughly 24" x 18" 48" hiht parrot cage in the trailer. We lay it on a pad when traveling in the trailer. Raining right now and the travel cage is out side under a slide out. I'll try fro a photo tomorrow. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekk Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 We travel with a Cockatiel and dogs. No problem. I use same cage I use in the house and use it in my MH. I put the cage on the kitchen counter-top and secure it to the cabinets with one 1/4" all-thread. The bird travels excellent with all the bumps and bounces and swaying. And loves to travel and chirps and sings. I carry an electric heating pad to use under the cage if it is cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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