Travelling with a caged bird

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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