Hello,
I am looking to adopt a 7 month old African Grey, sheās named Crystal and is always happy to see me when I volunteer at her breeders. Sheās 4 months old now so, should I decide to proceed with adoption, I will be picking her up in February of 2021.
Iāve been doing research on parrots for the past 7 years and I am finally in an environment where I will be able to host a avian companion. Iāve been trying to find articles about travelling and have contacted many breeders, vets, other bird keepers and many other people who have experience with birds. Iām quite well read on African Greys but I am not yet ready to make a decision on how well African Greys tend to adopt to new environments.
To give you and idea of what I am most concerned about, I can describe my current living situation. I am a student at an university about an hours drive from home. During the week (Monday mornings to Friday afternoons) I am at the flat at the university with my brother and during weekends we head home to spend time with our parents. In 2022 I start working for a firm that is also about an hours drive from my parents house. I will need to travel for work but will always be away for less than 10 hours and when I wonāt be able to be back the same day I always travel to places that are pet friendly.
I absolutely love birds and my parents too are bird lovers. They also keep two cockatiels named Tobie and Wouter. We (the entire family) spend the December holidays at a caravan park. We take the two cockatiels with when we go camping and they do really well in the new environment and with the 6 hour drive.
My question to the community is will my avian companion cope with all the travelling or should I rather wait a few more years to get to a point where traveling can be kept to a minimum?
I am looking to adopt a 7 month old African Grey, sheās named Crystal and is always happy to see me when I volunteer at her breeders. Sheās 4 months old now so, should I decide to proceed with adoption, I will be picking her up in February of 2021.
Iāve been doing research on parrots for the past 7 years and I am finally in an environment where I will be able to host a avian companion. Iāve been trying to find articles about travelling and have contacted many breeders, vets, other bird keepers and many other people who have experience with birds. Iām quite well read on African Greys but I am not yet ready to make a decision on how well African Greys tend to adopt to new environments.
To give you and idea of what I am most concerned about, I can describe my current living situation. I am a student at an university about an hours drive from home. During the week (Monday mornings to Friday afternoons) I am at the flat at the university with my brother and during weekends we head home to spend time with our parents. In 2022 I start working for a firm that is also about an hours drive from my parents house. I will need to travel for work but will always be away for less than 10 hours and when I wonāt be able to be back the same day I always travel to places that are pet friendly.
I absolutely love birds and my parents too are bird lovers. They also keep two cockatiels named Tobie and Wouter. We (the entire family) spend the December holidays at a caravan park. We take the two cockatiels with when we go camping and they do really well in the new environment and with the 6 hour drive.
My question to the community is will my avian companion cope with all the travelling or should I rather wait a few more years to get to a point where traveling can be kept to a minimum?