Advice on cross country move

[ToMang07]

IMO, either get a good in-car travel setup, or start contacting airlines. I would personally ONLY either drive or fly with the bird on my person at all times. I would NOT trust anyone. Whether it be theft, abuse, inexperience, whatever, I would not trust any sort of transport company. And no way in hell would I fly with and leave the bird in cargo, even the nicest "pet friendly" cargo would be traumatizing. JMO.

 

[Scott]

If you decided to have one member fly first class, you might actually end up with more room under your seat...not sure though. Some airlines, I can't even fit my purse under the seat...and it's about the size of a very small laptop in height/length and the width is maybe 8 inches (FULL)...Anyway, it can't stow half of the time in coach, but depends on the airline.

First class seats offer a far better experience for the passenger, but some airlines/aircraft have entertainment control boxes located below the seat, severely restricting available space - in many cases worse than a coach seat. Not a function of the aircraft, but the type of seat and level of onboard entertainment selected by individual airlines. A trend in the U.S. is for domestic aircraft to have streaming systems to the passenger's device.

 

[sunshine.within]

Thank you for all your comments!
So far I’m inclined to leave flying with Bianca as the last resort. What worries me the most is the inspection of the carrier. I doubt Bianca would come out of the carrier willingly, and if she did come out putting her back inside would be almost impossible. I would surely get bitten in one or more parts of the process.
Making the long drive with her seems preferable.


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[sunshine.within]

http://www.parrotforums.com/cockatoos/77506-semi-portable-cage-sleep-etc.html


Here is the link to the thread where I got a bunch of travel cage suggestions (including the dog crates). You might PM anyone who has actually done this and ask for more information--just in case they don't stumble upon this thread.

Thank you for this!


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[noodles123]

Once you know what you are doing and what carrier you will be using, try to get her used to it (just visually ) and then try driving her to places she enjoys---if she has a favorite person other than you, drive to them and have fun with her there. If you only associate the carrier with "scary" things, then there will be a bigger fight each time.

 

[sunshine.within]

What do you guys think of this? Is it worth the investment?

https://www.celltei.com/products/pak-o-bird-ml-size.html

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[sunshine.within]

Once you know what you are doing and what carrier you will be using, try to get her used to it (just visually ) and then try driving her to places she enjoys---if she has a favorite person other than you, drive to them and have fun with her there. If you only associate the carrier with "scary" things, then there will be a bigger fight each time.

Yes there is someone I can take her to. I hope I can arrange a meet up before the move.


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[noodles123]

What do you guys think of this? Is it worth the investment?

https://www.celltei.com/products/pak-o-bird-ml-size.html

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If this is a Celltei? they get great reviews...but I watched a Youtube video of a man testing out one for a cockatoo and IT WAS HUUUUUGE (understandably...but not really backpack-sized). Anyway, he did say his first cockatoo destroyed it, but the one in the video did not...hard to say. I also wonder how you can clean them if the outside is exposed to germs (like at the vet) or if water and food/poop etc fall down the inner-walls....