Wellll, as most of you know, I'm FINALLY bringing home my parrot! Ricco, Goffin's Cockatoo, comes home June 30th!
Now, I am 100% sure I want to take him to the vet as soon as I get him. But: We have a 2.5 hour drive to pick him up, a 2.5 hour drive back home. If I were to take him straight to the avian vet, it would be another hour North and an hour back home.
So, I guess I have a couple options:
Option 1: Wake up early. Drive 2.5 hours South. Pick up Ricco. Drive 3.5 hours to the vet (in air conditioned car and him in the travel cage, obviously). Get vet visit over with. Drive 1 more hour back home and get him settled in.
Option 2: Drive 2.5 hours South. Pick up Ricco. Drive 2.5 hours back home. Get him settled in. Then take him back out on Monday and drive 1 hour to the vet and 1 hour back home.
Which is going to stress him out the least?
Now, I am 100% sure I want to take him to the vet as soon as I get him. But: We have a 2.5 hour drive to pick him up, a 2.5 hour drive back home. If I were to take him straight to the avian vet, it would be another hour North and an hour back home.
So, I guess I have a couple options:
Option 1: Wake up early. Drive 2.5 hours South. Pick up Ricco. Drive 3.5 hours to the vet (in air conditioned car and him in the travel cage, obviously). Get vet visit over with. Drive 1 more hour back home and get him settled in.
Option 2: Drive 2.5 hours South. Pick up Ricco. Drive 2.5 hours back home. Get him settled in. Then take him back out on Monday and drive 1 hour to the vet and 1 hour back home.
Which is going to stress him out the least?