Travel with your parrot

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    the family. They usually would like to accompany him with when they are going to travel. According to a research by the American Veterinary Medicine Association, there are almost over 8 million pet birds in the U.S. and their owners tend to travel with. Accordingly, Pet-friendly travel is increasingly growing as a part of travel industry. Thus when you move to a new place, it’s necessary to travel with your parrot.

    There is possible for parrots to travel now, but first of all it must be planned and taken some elements into consideration. Parrot owner have to get their pet ready for travel. Be sure if you provide them some proper tools and supplies for trip, these make them free from stress. So here are some factors: arrange for climate and other environmental conditions, research what are the legal requirements for transporting your parrot in another cities or countries, if you take airplane, check airline regulation, provide comfortable accommodations for parrot on the road.

    Now Your feathered friend haven’t any stress when you were accommodated with all the means of comfort.

    Provide your parrot’s tools and supplies

    Consider how to travel with, driving or flying, anyhow you need some proper and basic goods.

    • Provide a carrier free from danger is necessary for your parrot. It should be vast enough for turning around your parrot and it must have a suitable size, a durable perch mounted low.
    • A water bottle and eye-catching dish for carrier.
    • Varied toys that are acquaintance with your parrot and can be used on trip.
    • Make sure the toy does not move back and forth while traveling
    • Be careful don’t harm and injure your parrot with the motion of the vehicle during transporting.
    • Transit
    • Take food, water and snacks for your parrot, while picking fresh fruits and veggies, be sure you can keep them away from decaying, like a small protect bag or cooler with cold packs.
    • Harness
    • Cage cover and towel
    • Cleaning devices for example spot removers, wipes, paper towels (remember: if traveling with plane, pick liquids)
    • Don’t forget at all first aid kit containing styptic powder in case of possible broken feathers, beak or nails.
    • Take a perch or stand to attach to the carrier, if you are going to stay in hotel.

    Do you know how to get me ready for trip?

    Do you know spending some time well with me in a planned travel is the most suitable way to reduce stress? Because you are me accustomed to the notion and convenient with my handy surroundings. It is essential to get me acclimated to the vehicles and some travel tools, carrier,… It’s better to put the carrier close to my cage at home and let me explore it and get access free to. Try learning me how to use a water bottle or stand or perch, let me get used to them at home until I enable to use them in travel. Whereas I had never used to a water bottle yet, survey my activities and the water level in the bottle to avoid dehydrating, because I have to form a habit to water bottle. If I am not able to learn to use the water bottle, it’s necessary to use a deep water pot and arrange for possible drops during the trip.

    First of all you need to decide how to travel: a driving trip, flying or anther trip. It’s very important to have a well planned trip. Since I am to go out of the house, it will need to take me on a short tour in the car to get me use to the spectacle and sounds. Of course, This is the suitable time to find out how the tools works out. You have to examine to see whether everything set well up or not.

    Follow these directions:

    • Check to see that toys fixing safety up.
    • Inspect any chewing injure to the carrier after short trips.
    • Survey clips and locks.
    • Make sure everything doesn’t move into the cage and there is no problem.
    • Try keeping my travel carrier safety caught in the seat so that I can see and hear you or some other family members for confidence.
    • Seat my carrier on the back car, because of airbags dangers.
    • Examine the heating and air conditioning vents in order to not blow directly on me.
    • Do not leave me alone in the car, just as with kids and other pets.
    • Never set free me in the car. Perhaps he may escape out of the window or opening door.

    An important point:

    Whenever you are going to travel a new place, whether by air or by car, it may be required to acquire a health certificate for me before trip and to have it with you. It may even be essential to clip my wings because of security, even you must cut the my nails.

    Traveling by air

    When you have decided to travel another city or state or county, it is need to consider the way  and destination of travel. Because every trip may be different and will really varied details. You need to start taking care of your traveling companions. Therefore, if you travel by air, you have to survey with airline to see how their travel policies are. Make sure to arrange well before.

    Observe these directions:

    • Discover where your parrot let to trip; under the seat, caged in a purchased seat, in the cargo hold.
    • What kind of carrier requirements the airline has.
    • Evaluate choices accessible to you with each airline.
    • Make the best options for your parrot.

    It is important to regard that an international travel makes some differences to domestic travel, so we have to consider its own set of preparations, because each country has its policies, its regulation and laws about live animal imports. For example, your parrot may be subject to a period of quarantine on arrival. So you must receive a health certificate. Make sure to survey straightway with the governing council of your destination country.

    Pay attention if you intent to stay in a hotel, it is require to research favourable accommodations for parrot well before. Inform your hotel you will bring your parrot before reserving. Then examine any pet policies and pay money saved so it doesn’t cause amusement on arrival.