Squeeing_Onion
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- Oct 10, 2018
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- Parrots
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"Bongo" - Green Cheek Conure
“Echo” - Indian Ringneck
"Chicken" - Sun Conure, rest in peace, my precious friend.
Heya!
I am looking for ideas on a safe, secure place to board my precious baby, Bongo, or a reliable service that provides Pet Sitting at home, though I doubt I'll find the later one being that I live up more in the northern country areas of Minnesota.
Anywhere in Minnesota is close enough for me to board at.
Some of the places I have found;
Avian Suites in the Twin Cities
Como Animal Hospital
Anyone have experience with these locations, or any suggestions on another place to look into?
I will need to board Bongo in January for 2-3 weeks. I'm going on a business trip to Florida, and sadly, the camp there does not allow pets, so I cannot bring her with :'(
(and I really, really don't want her first big traveling experiences to be such a long journey! I will be starting her out on very, very short trips. She may prove to never like traveling, but I won't know unless I try! Chicken adored it, but every bird is different.)
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I used to board at the rescue I volunteered at, when I had my first parrot, Chicken. With his sudden and unexpected death - sadly, I never did learn what he died from. I was far too grief-ridden to think clearly at the time, and I didn't get an autopsy done - I'm very paranoid about boarding Bongo at a place with other birds.
I wish this was a lesson I had not learned the hard way, and sometimes, I have to think very hard to remind myself it was, at the end of the day, my carelessness and decision to board Chicken in a place with other birds that didn't get quarantined or anything of the sort, and not the rescue's fault for not warning me of potential disease transfer themselves.
The boarding fee was very affordable, but the risks far outweigh that price.
That said, I don't know if he picked something up from the other birds or not, I suppose I never will. I think it's highly likely.
I am looking for ideas on a safe, secure place to board my precious baby, Bongo, or a reliable service that provides Pet Sitting at home, though I doubt I'll find the later one being that I live up more in the northern country areas of Minnesota.
Anywhere in Minnesota is close enough for me to board at.
Some of the places I have found;
Avian Suites in the Twin Cities
Como Animal Hospital
Anyone have experience with these locations, or any suggestions on another place to look into?
I will need to board Bongo in January for 2-3 weeks. I'm going on a business trip to Florida, and sadly, the camp there does not allow pets, so I cannot bring her with :'(
(and I really, really don't want her first big traveling experiences to be such a long journey! I will be starting her out on very, very short trips. She may prove to never like traveling, but I won't know unless I try! Chicken adored it, but every bird is different.)
~~~
I used to board at the rescue I volunteered at, when I had my first parrot, Chicken. With his sudden and unexpected death - sadly, I never did learn what he died from. I was far too grief-ridden to think clearly at the time, and I didn't get an autopsy done - I'm very paranoid about boarding Bongo at a place with other birds.
I wish this was a lesson I had not learned the hard way, and sometimes, I have to think very hard to remind myself it was, at the end of the day, my carelessness and decision to board Chicken in a place with other birds that didn't get quarantined or anything of the sort, and not the rescue's fault for not warning me of potential disease transfer themselves.
The boarding fee was very affordable, but the risks far outweigh that price.
That said, I don't know if he picked something up from the other birds or not, I suppose I never will. I think it's highly likely.