I take my birds in to the vet all year long.  In the winter, I warm the car
up before taking the carrier out.  I cover the carrier with a towel, to keep
the abrupt cold air from my babies.  Once in the car, I uncover the access
door, so that any chilled air can escape and warm air can get in.  Also, I
keep the carry cages on the car seat, NOT the floor.  I wouldn't want direct
hot air blowing on them -- I think it would be overload.

In the summer, I run the A/C before taking any of the birds out... No need
to bake their little brains (or mine)
Amy

"finiteguy"  wrote in message
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> Hi All: I recently posted here about getting a budgies nails clipped
> and one concern was just transporting the bird to the vet's office
> during cold New England weather. Anyone have any experience with this?
> It is really cold her in the Boston area and although I can heat my
> car, I'm not sure it is good enough. Aren't parakeets effected by the
> cold? I can turn the heat on full blast, but I'm not sure how warm the
> car really gets. I have one of those big American Crown Vic's
>



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