>They spent most of the drive Sunday evening hanging onto the sides of
>the travel cage and finally relaxed a bit after about the first two
>hours with Randy growling and "barking" at all the tractor trailer
>rigs, then laughing each time I laughed at him for doing it.
That's cute! When we first took Rio out in the car (geez, that was EONS
ago--1987!), she screamed LOUDLY whenever we went under an overpass or
got next to a semi rig. Took her several car rides to get over that
problem... Kirsche was much easier to "car break". She just hopped up
on the nearest shoulder and started to "sing" (an off-key moaning with
the occasional word or two thrown in). She sang for an hour straight one
trip...we finally had to stop for a break because we couldn't laugh any
more!
>The only really minor annoyance was the water situation.  I like to use
>the water bottles instead of water dishes, and it seems that every time
>I'd go over a bump some of the water would shake out
How long is the road trip? I never put water out WHILE we're travelling
with birds. We make stops every hour or so anyway, and I fill a small
dish from a jug and let them drink their fill while we're stopped. I
dump it out before we start rolling again. For long trips with few
stops, I've heard that pieces of orange or other juicy fruit make good
substitutes for water (cover the cage to prevent fruit flinging onto the
upholstery).
>You would have loved seeing this; on Labor Day my folks brought my
>autistic brother home from the group home where he lives.  Max,
>who won't go near a stranger until he's been around him for awhile (as
>in 2-3 days) went over to Denny, stepped onto his forearm which was
>resting on the table, walked up his arm an on his shoulder and snuggled
>up against Denny's cheek.  A minute later, Randy walked right over and
>joined him. We were a bit worried at first how Denny would react to
>this unplanned for avian attention, but he had a grin from ear to ear.
All I can say is, somehow THEY KNOW..............
--Kathy
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