Moving, need tips!

[ore83]

Me and my green cheek conure are moving 150 miles, and going from a 500' elevation to a 4100' elevation. I was wondering if this would affect my baby in a bad way, or if he'd barely notice? A friend of mine told me I should stop every half hour but that seems silly.

Also I was wondering if you guys knew whether or not he'd be all anti social in the new place til he got used to it, like he did when he was a baby. Or would he wanna explore? Let me know every one!! Thanks so much!

[Savery]

Originally Posted by ore83

Me and my green cheek conure are moving 150 miles, and going from a 500' elevation to a 4100' elevation. I was wondering if this would affect my baby in a bad way, or if he'd barely notice? A friend of mine told me I should stop every half hour but that seems silly.

Also I was wondering if you guys knew whether or not he'd be all anti social in the new place til he got used to it, like he did when he was a baby. Or would he wanna explore? Let me know every one!! Thanks so much!

The elevation shouldn't matter.

think about it like this: taking your bird on an airplane. While yes, airliners are pressurized, the cabin is normally pressurized to 5000-8000 feet. In other words, the airplane may be at 31,000 feet above sea level where you would have no more than 30 seconds of useful conciousness, however inside the cabin it's more like being on top of say, a 6,000 foot mountain. I personally have seen birds flying at some crazy altitudes myself, and just glancing at the range of green cheeks it appears there are a few mountains in their habitat. I think you'll be ok.

Good luck on the move!

[Lori~D]

When I moved fids permanantly once I had real good results with wrapping them up in blankies and moving them in their own cage and all. I kept most toys in and used a few cable ties to keep them from banging around and removed swings or boings temp. When I got there I left them covered for the rest of the day and overnight. Till they got there "legs" back and put in the food and water and said hello every so often. Then I just uncovered the front for most of the next day. I felt this way they were comfortable with the surroundings they were in (albeit they were moving) and then I exposed the "new" home outside the cage slowley. They did real good and seemed less stressed. I do travel with them in travel cages but since they were actually moving to a new home I felt this would be the way to go and Im happy with the expirience. It was uneventful. Thats what I was going for

[Bradleyzoo]

We drove with our CAG and B&G Macaw all the way from Alaska to Florida when we moved to Honduras (then took a freighter from Florida to Honduras). Needless to say, we drove over several mountain ranges and the fids did just fine. In fact, it was a VERY enjoyable drive since all of us were together 24/7 for the whole trip. My husband retrofitted an old Dodge van into a camper van and we had cages for the fids when we went into restaurants or had to be away from the van, but most of the time they were on perches next to us or on our shoulders. I was really worried that the fids would be stressed about the traffic and stuff going by so fast (signs, buildings, etc) but they were as happy as could be. Never once screamed in 41 days!