Too Scared

[Kathy]

YouTube - Flying Fisher Valley

I know Red takes her birds outside, but I am too scared Tawheed would prefer the outdoors to me!

However, this video is just wonderful.

Do you take your birds outside?

[christie99]

Unless they are harnessed, my birds do not go outside. There is too big of a risk doing so in my oppinion. Even birds trained in free flight can be scared enough to fly off, never to be seen again.

Here is the story of Tui, a grey that was being free flight trained and was lost.
YouTube - Tui parrot missing free flying - don't try this

[Addicted to Tequila]

Mine will go out... but are clipped AND will be harnessed!

I have taken them out a few times so far w/o harnesses... but only at my mother's (in the country) and when there was NO wind.

[Lucky Feathers]

None of my current birds have been out as of yet, but when I had my Congo before I had to rehome her , she went out with me all the time and just loved it - we'd go for walks around the neighborhood or just sit outside, anything really just to be outside. She was clipped and always had a harness on though.

[Monica]

I do!

YouTube - Charlie Flying Outside










I take Noel out occasionally as well... She goes outside unclipped, and without harness or cage/carrier. However, please bear in mind that she flies just as well as a dropped rag doll. She loves going outside! The other birds do as well, but they'd have to go outside in a carrier. Kiwi can't fly but she's get her mate Pistachio who does. They *HATE* being separated so they'd have to go in a carrier together. Being that most of the birds here aren't tame, and it would be too much of a hassle trying to move them in and out, the little birds don't get to go outside.