Travelling with a caged bird
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 14:06
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Member - Mudda
Hi folks,
Has anyone had any experience with travelling with a bird in a cage? I would like to take our darling old galah with us and was wondering how to go about it. Is there a cage available used for this purpose or has anyone custom made one that they have pics of. It would have to fit in the space behind the passenger side
seat in the supercab. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Georgie and Carlo
Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 14:13
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 14:13
last time i suggested that i got a backhand ... hahaha
I have seen others doing it, they have wrapped some plastic around the base about six inches up to contain and "stuff" falling out the sides, other than that they just used the standard cage ....
Keep in mind you will be restricted where you can go with it ... national parks ect, not really a problem if you plan ahead and be content that you wont be able to go to some
places, many do it with pets and just go where they are able to go..
Cheers
Joe
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Reply By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 14:16
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 14:16
Member Toyocrusa had a cockatiel with them at the
Silverton gathering.
Maybe drop him a MM
cheers
Dave
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Follow Up By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 20:45
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 20:45
Actually had five of them Dave. They have travelled quite a bit with us and seem to enjoy it as much as we do. The only problem at
Silverton were those Apostle birds which were really aggresive. Just meant our birds stayed in the van for the time there. After
Silverton they had a free run. Your fellow that did the National
Park talk mentioned there was no problem with pet birds in a National
Park as
well. Hope you and Nora are
well rested after the gathering. Cheers,Bob
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Follow Up By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 20:52
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 20:52
Bob, I didn't realise you had 5 of them there.
I remember you saying the apostle birds were a problem, and there were so many of them.
Well, at least 12 anyway.
Yes, all rested up now and waiting for the next gathering. Bring it on.
cheers
Dave
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Reply By: Member - John and Lynne - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 15:11
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 15:11
We have met plenty of people travelling with birds and no great problems.
Places that don't allow dogs don't seem to worry about birds - a bird in a cage can hardly present a
hazard and it won't poo on the lawn!
Talking about their birds with owners it seems the main issue is to make sure the bird does not get too hot in the car and it should not be left outside unless you are supervising it - one lady had her budgie (in a cage) attacked by wild birds who terrorised it - luckily she was close by and took it inside quickly. And of course, feral cats and possums might be attracted to the bird or its food.
Generally birds seem to be a low maintenance pet to travel with. Go for it! Lynne
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Reply By: Motherhen - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 17:29
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 17:29
Check out if any quarantine restrictions apply for crossing state borders. This may include the birdseed as
well as the bird. We have seen travellers with caged birds, but do not know if they were travelling outside of their home state.
To enquire about bringing birds into WA phone (08) 9334 0333
Motherhen
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Follow Up By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 17:50
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 17:50
We had a cockatiel (wirro) that travelled with us. Only time we were questioned was at the border at
Eucla. No seed permitted, including cleaning the cage. They had some seed there to give you to tide you over until you could buy more at
Norseman.
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Reply By: Fatso - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:25
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:25
Be careful if you come to Queensland with a galah.
The ENVIRO NAZIS will be on to you in a flash if they find out you have a native species.
You will have to have a boot full of paperwork to comply with the regulations in this state.
The ENVIRO NAZIS would rather see you with an Indian Ringneck or African
Grey or even an Indian Minor or a bl--dy cane toad than an environmentally harmless old Galah.
Good luck anyway.
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Reply By: gottabjoaken - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:33
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:33
Not sure, but at one time I thought that you needed a licence to keep native species from every state you visited.
Ken
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Follow Up By: Fatso - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 19:56
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 19:56
In Qld several species are exempt from the licence regulations if they are captive bred. Birds like captive bred Budgies & Cockatiels & Burke's are exempt. But you are up the
creek if you happen to catch a wild one.
When you move into some of the more expensive ones, like some of the black cockatoos & the Golden Shouldered Parrot, you are treated worse than a paedophile for keeping one. You need a special licence, on top of your normal keepers licence & you have to microchip the bird & supply the enviro nazis with a DNA sample.
You also are not allowed to keep the Golden shouldered parrot in the
Mareeba or
Cook Shires. The enviro nazis reckon because it is their habitat keepers will go out & trap wild birds. Joke is there are more captive bred Golden Shouldered parrots than wild ones & the imbalance has nothing to do with trapping. It's because they readily breed in captivity.
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Reply By: Outback Gazz - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:47
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 18:47
G'day Mudda -
The old Galah I take with me just happily sits on the passengers
seat and squwarks continuously - unless I go into to a pub ( to ask for directions of course ) when she then seems to get flustered about being on her own for so long ! It's just a guess but I reckon she thinks I'm looking for a younger more aerodynamic species !
Happy Travelling
Gazz
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Follow Up By: Member - Mudda - Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:37
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:37
Hi Gazz,
Ha ha ha.lol, neither the galah or myself are
young or aerodynamic and if the old fellow ever decides to trade either of us in he will be cooking his own seed.
Cheers
Georgie
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Reply By: Witi Repartee - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 22:20
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 22:20
Beware of pythons. When we were in
Port Douglas , Glen Garry Caravan
Park, a very clean and
well run
park....a large python visited an awning one evening and made short work of two
grey parrots in a cage. To make matters worse, the birds were being baby sat while the owner was away!!
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 22:31
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 at 22:31
We had a dugite attack a pet galah in the aviary a few weeks ago. The snake was so hungry that it struck the screeching and snapping bird. Luckily it only bit a mouthful of tail feathers. Snake catcher arrived just in time before any more damage was done.
Mh
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Reply By: stevie1947 - Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 16:47
Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 16:47
Hi Mudda. We took our old Galah around OZ last year and had no trouble except when entering WA. The "gestapo" made me hand in all the bird seed (bought from Woolies) and made me clean out the cage to his satisfaction and then gave me a little bit of seed to get me to the next town where I went to Woolies and bought the identical seed. Go figure.
Apart from that, Cocky sat in the back chatting away. She loves travelling .
When we go out touring for the day we leave her in the caravan. She sleep inside the caravan at night. She is one of the family.
We have her in a medium sized cage with material around the bottom to stop the seed getting flung out.
As far as I know you don't need a licence to own a galah, not in SA anyway.
Take your galah and enjoy the company.
cheers
Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Mudda - Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:25
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:25
Hi Steve,
Many thanks for the reply. We will certainly making room for her next time we travel. Carlo is looking at making a cage that we can fold flat when not using it as home for "Spazzie" (we didn't name her, she is a hand me down). From replies received from other folk, it seems snakes are the thing to be careful of. As we live in North Queensland, monster carpet snake country, and have had the experience of coming home late from work a few times to find a carpet snake within inches of her cage, I will definitely be keeping her inside at night.
Cheers
Georgie and Carlo
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Reply By: Member - Mudda - Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:34
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:34
Hi folks,
Thanks for the excellent information received about traveling with a bird. We will be making room for her on the next trip, beats leaving her home to fret. I will check out the rules and regulations for moving her around, as she is a hand me down I best check out what papers I need for her. As we live in North Queensland we are always wary of carpet snakes. She has almost been eaten a couple of times. Also I hadn't realized seed would be a problem. ??? Of course seeds ain't always seeds are they??? Only a government department could come up with that one and have it enforced.
Travel safe
Georgie and Carlo
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