merkuri{at}gmail.com wrote:
> Hiya folks,
> 
> I am considering getting a couple budgies, and as a first-time bird
> owner I was wondering what other people did with their birds when they
> went on vacation or were otherwise out of the house for a while.  Do
> you take the birds with you?  How to budgies handle travel?  I recently
> moved out of my parents house for the first time and go back to visit
> them every few weeks for a weekend.  My mother's comment was "Well, you
> can leave them by themselves for a few days, can't you?"  I wasn't
> sure.  I'm used to owning dogs and I know that I'd never leave a dog
> alone in my house for a weekend, mostly because there'd be no one there
> to feed it or let it outside.  Would anyone here recommend leavng them
> alone (with enough food and water, of course) or would taking them with
> me be preferable (the trip is about three hours long)?  If I took them
> on frequent short car trips to get them used to it do you think they'd
> be able to handle longer trips every once and a while without too much
> stress?
> 
When we go on vacation we have someone come to the house and check the 
birds several times a day. I want to make sure they have fresh clean 
water and that they haven't thrown all of their food out. The same 
person also lets the dogs out and feeds the chickens, peafowl and barn 
cats. If we go away for more than a weekend, we have someone stay at the 
house.
Debbie, Dusty(cag) and Casperella (U2)
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