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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Keeping Your Bird Safe When Traveling

When you like to travel a lot and want to take your pet with you, you want to make sure that your pet is comfortable and likes traveling, too. Traveling with your bird is special because they want to have a great experience with you, and wants to do it safely.

Be sure to have accommodations that allow pets, such as birds, make your reservations and be on your way! Make sure the hotel you are staying at is smoke free because smoking can irritate birds and make them very sick.

While driving or flying to your destination, make sure to have a health certificate from your veterinarian. And talk to the airlines you are flying with to see how they treat pets on their flights.

When traveling with your bird, always make sure to have clean water with you at all times. Dehydration is prevalent in animals and is something that is completely, preventable. And do not over feed your bird before you leave for the trip, you don’t want any accidents while traveling! But bring food cups when traveling to feed your bird at the appropriate times. Or if flying, lodge a food cup into your birds cage so they do not go hungry.

Always stick to your normal habits with your bird and daily routines. If vacation makes you want to just lie around, don’t-it can throw off your bird and cause them to be confused.  They’re already going to be in a new place and that’s confusing enough already, don’t make it worse for them.

Above all, have fun traveling with your bird but do it safely!

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