just wondering do you have to take your cage with you to a pet shop or a breeder or do they have like little cardboard boxes that they put the budgie in??? if someone like a breeder would answer i would be greatly appreiciated because i was very curious as to how it would work...

thanks to all who answer :hap:

just wondering do you have to take your cage with you to a pet shop or a breeder or do they have like little cardboard boxes that they put the budgie in??? if someone like a breeder would answer i would be greatly appreiciated because i was very curious as to how it would work...

thanks to all who answer :hap:

 

I've used both... I have a small travel/vet cage which I have taken to breeders/pet shop, but have also used a cardboard box when this was unavailble. I prefer the cage with a towel over it(more natural for them), but that's just me

I prefer people to bring their own transport for the birds when i sell them... A. i don't have an unlimited supply of boxes B. should something happen to the bird whilst transporting it home to do with the mode of transport it can't be made to be my fault... as i've had several things happen due to breeders fault during transport of birds back to my house from their "mode" that i beleive it should be the buyers mode of choice to make it a safe travel... i'm quite against the cardboard box... and prefer not to use them if can be avoided

If I was a budgie going to my new home I would be scared in a little cardboard box

okay thanks everyone so the best option would be a cage with a towel over it thanks everone for clearing that up with me

I would prefer if they brought a small cardboard box,then a open cage,les chance of hurting its self

in a small box.By regularlation, birds should not be transported in open wire cages.I could go on,but I wont. :(Laughing out loud):

When I brought Pretty home he was in a small box (like they put Chinese Food in (Laughing out loud)) it worked well for the short drive because as macka said there was no flying around, worry about legs getting caught etc...

 

Now when I transport Merlin I do put him in a small cage and cover it the only bad thing is that he hangs on to the side of the cage no matter what. So I get worried about his legs.

so should i use a cage with a towel over it and newspaper on the floor? so his legs dont get caught?

I would prefer if they brought a small cardboard box,then a open cage,les chance of hurting its self

in a small box.By regularlation, birds should not be transported in open wire cages.I could go on,but I wont. :(Laughing out loud):

 

 

The reason i suggest a cage and not a box is strictly ventilation wise Last year when buying a second hand aviary that came with weero's that we were planning to sell after purchasing the aviary as we didn't like weero's much the seller decided a large box would do instead of the cages we had... He had 23 weero's stuffed into a TV sized box against our will... It was the middle of summer and around 33 that day.... even with the air con on full ball and holes all over the box 10 of the birds died on the way home 3 were pulled out having fits and vomiting. Since then the 10 who survived have lived in my aviary after me not being able to bring myself to selling them due to guilt that we didn't argue the point of using the cage with the seller. It's not only strictly ventilation that can cause a problem, it's heat... when birds are placed in a box they immediatly run to one corner, which already limits their air supply, let alone including the Heat into the equasion and how already hard it is to breathe. I'm only suggesting not a box because i know the heartache and guilt i went through just for not following my instincts Sucks even now.... I can't bring the birds back But i can try to prevent it happening to other birds... Even though you plan to bring only one bird home, in this heat it can still cause a fatality... So i hope this makes you think about it... And what's best for the bird and the conditions we're in atm

I really think it depends too on how long the transportation is and who is doing it. For me it was 10 minutes away on a plane I would assume they would require you to use a certain type of carrier just like they do for cats and dogs. Ventilation holes can be made in boxes too and Libby I totally get where you are coming from .

I prefer cardboard box like a shoe box. It is dark inside & there is less chance of the budgie hurting itself from fright. Having said that I have used both.

I really think it depends too on how long the transportation is and who is doing it. For me it was 10 minutes away on a plane I would assume they would require you to use a certain type of carrier just like they do for cats and dogs. Ventilation holes can be made in boxes too and Libby I totally get where you are coming from :hap: .

 

 

Ours was about a 15 minute car trip I wish the cages had been used but this man was "older" and a "breeder" so Not much we could do... He wanted what he saw fit for the birds... being so young and "niave" we couldn't argue I didn't even ring him to let him know what had happened... i was too P**sed off and upset to do anything :S

awe hugs

Yes, birds fitting and vomiting whilst fitting wasn't a good experience to have to learn from :s i ended up crying and vomiting, it was too much for me but like everyone else has said Andrew, that's just my personal preference now so you do what you feel is right

Interesting post, yes, pet stores will give you those itty bitty boxes around here but they do have ventilation holes. For longer trips, a shoebox size box with paper towel in the bottom or slightly bigger box and HEY a little bit of millet is good or a small travel cage with paper towel in the bottom and a towel or cover over it. Definitely limit their vision, a bald eagle will even calm down if it's eyes are covered. Exception being one of my late cockatiels who LOVED to be on the dashboard and see everything on our trips to the vet. :parrot:

I think it depends. If I am just picking up one bird and it is a short trip then a I have a small box the rescue shelter gave me years ago. It's about half the sie of a shoe box and have air holes and they sit in it happy as a lark. Now days with my four on our trek to the vet they go in the small cage (you know the ones that the petshop sell for about $20) horrible little things but great for getting them to or from a vet or restricting them from flying around if they are sick or injured.

My perosnal choice is to use boxes.

 

I have always used the boxes with LOTS of holes punched into ALL 6 SIDES of the box!

I feel this is important for maximum air flow.

1 bird per box and I don't transport birds on hot days.

I have quite a collection of shoe sized boxes hehe.

Good bird shops will not let you take a bird home on a day that is too hot either.

 

Libby, What happened to you sounds horrible **Hugs**

Sorry, I don't know what weero's are?

It may not have been the box alone, that created the disaster.

Could they have been old and/or sick and weak already.???

Edited January 31, 200817 yr by **Liv**

Weero's are cockatiels... just a west aussie name for them

No unfortunatly all we're normal aged as they were rung

One thing that came good out of that because i would've felt awful was the two already disabled birds survived which i happy about because they have a new lease on life in my aviary and are spoilt rotten....

Dodgy breeders huh... what can ya do...

Unfortunatly most of those lost were hens, so i was left with 8 males and 2 females... although one i beleive is a trannie hehe

Weero's are cockatiels... just a west aussie name for them

No unfortunatly all we're normal aged as they were rung

One thing that came good out of that because i would've felt awful was the two already disabled birds survived which i happy about because they have a new lease on life in my aviary and are spoilt rotten....

Dodgy breeders huh... what can ya do...

Unfortunatly most of those lost were hens, so i was left with 8 males and 2 females... although one i beleive is a trannie hehe

 

I Love Cockatiels! I have six

That is awful what happened . I thought you may have been talking about something small, like Finches.

My Weero's ( ) are spoilt too. One is screeching at me now, because he wants a snow pea hehe.

I have 3 boys and 3 girls. A lucky even split. 2 Of my boys are Bi, I have seen them having a go at mating too hehehe