[Izzy]

I hear that the Aviator is the best harness - I just ordered two yesterday, so I'll give my review once they're home. I have a feather tether, but I found it too hard to use on my tiel so she's never been in it. I'm hoping I can get her used to the aviator. The aviator also can be attached to their flight line, in which you can fly outdoors with a harness...they're are differing opinions on this though, so do some research. I recommend the FreeFlight list at Yahoo Groups.

Sweety, my flighted tiel, is ALWAYS caged if I am cooking on the stove. We keep a sign on our sliding glass door, to remind us to check and make sure she is caged before going outside. Always check the top of doors before closing them-Sweety loves perching up there. If Sweety flies somewhere I don't want her flying to, I put her back on her cage, so that she learns (hopefully).

Recall training is definitely important. Sweety's onlyt mastered flight this year, so my goal for the summer is to get her doing recall, or at least started. I'll be working with it on Lily my meyers too, but she's still clipped (only came home a month ago).

Good luck! Gorgeous bird!