cfr70
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Hello all!
My little buddy Bruce is 21 and a half this month and....knock on wood...still a tiny little terror who runs the house! He's like a dog or cat who is never caged and allowed to fly about the home as he pleases. Pics of him are below that I snapped today. We've been together since November 2005!
It's been just me and him for these past 21 years and needless to say he's very clingy to me and hates anyone else! My last vacation away from him was over 3 years ago and I finally got the nerve to book a 4 day cruise for next month because one....I really need time away and a break from my routine with him and two, at 55 for me, there's only so many vacation years left so I really don't wanna put them off anymore!....And three.....Bruce will probably live another 10 to 15 years and by then i'll probably be too old and riding in a hover round to be able to go anywhere by then lol. So I have to just stop putting them off.
I'm going in 4 weeks, but I'm already panicking and stressing at leaving him at the pet resort for 5 whole days, especially at his age when he's so fixed with his routine and to me.
Do any of you stress when going away too? Where do you leave your little ones? I live in Orlando and thankfully Disney World has a top notch pet boarding place that I trust completely so I know he'll be safe, but I worry about him having to stay locked in his cage for 5 days like a prison sentence.
The photos below will explain it best....he has a whole buffet table where he has different shelves and boxes to chew up and hiding places to play around in each day. He's never in the cage except to grab some food before flying right back out.
He sleeps in the middle shelf on the right side of the buffet on a comfy bed made from old shirts. The vet suggested this due to beginning of arthritis in his feet and he loves sleeping in there.. At bedtime he settles right in for the night.
So what I did for his boarding was create a box in his cage that he can scurry inside if he gets scared or nervous at the pet resort. And also easy on his feet. I put 2 boxes together to make a really big space inside where he can feel safe and still sleep at night on his shirts.
He's already investigated the new cage box and likes it so i'm telling myself that he'll be just fine and not to fret or worry. Am I the only one who stresses like a crazed person for going away or are others like this too? I hope i'm not the only one!
He's always been a solo bird so that probably has a lot to do with it. If he had a mate I gather I would feel so much better but I guess I'm his mate haha.
I'd love to hear what you all do when and if you go away from your Conures? Or if you put off vacations like I usually do? Here's Bruce below and photos of his buffet table playground, his cage box I made today, and his favorite spot outside on the patio where he watches the birds. He flies in and out of the house at will, he's incredibly spoiled!
My little buddy Bruce is 21 and a half this month and....knock on wood...still a tiny little terror who runs the house! He's like a dog or cat who is never caged and allowed to fly about the home as he pleases. Pics of him are below that I snapped today. We've been together since November 2005!
It's been just me and him for these past 21 years and needless to say he's very clingy to me and hates anyone else! My last vacation away from him was over 3 years ago and I finally got the nerve to book a 4 day cruise for next month because one....I really need time away and a break from my routine with him and two, at 55 for me, there's only so many vacation years left so I really don't wanna put them off anymore!....And three.....Bruce will probably live another 10 to 15 years and by then i'll probably be too old and riding in a hover round to be able to go anywhere by then lol. So I have to just stop putting them off.
I'm going in 4 weeks, but I'm already panicking and stressing at leaving him at the pet resort for 5 whole days, especially at his age when he's so fixed with his routine and to me.
Do any of you stress when going away too? Where do you leave your little ones? I live in Orlando and thankfully Disney World has a top notch pet boarding place that I trust completely so I know he'll be safe, but I worry about him having to stay locked in his cage for 5 days like a prison sentence.
The photos below will explain it best....he has a whole buffet table where he has different shelves and boxes to chew up and hiding places to play around in each day. He's never in the cage except to grab some food before flying right back out.
He sleeps in the middle shelf on the right side of the buffet on a comfy bed made from old shirts. The vet suggested this due to beginning of arthritis in his feet and he loves sleeping in there.. At bedtime he settles right in for the night.
So what I did for his boarding was create a box in his cage that he can scurry inside if he gets scared or nervous at the pet resort. And also easy on his feet. I put 2 boxes together to make a really big space inside where he can feel safe and still sleep at night on his shirts.
He's already investigated the new cage box and likes it so i'm telling myself that he'll be just fine and not to fret or worry. Am I the only one who stresses like a crazed person for going away or are others like this too? I hope i'm not the only one!
He's always been a solo bird so that probably has a lot to do with it. If he had a mate I gather I would feel so much better but I guess I'm his mate haha.
I'd love to hear what you all do when and if you go away from your Conures? Or if you put off vacations like I usually do? Here's Bruce below and photos of his buffet table playground, his cage box I made today, and his favorite spot outside on the patio where he watches the birds. He flies in and out of the house at will, he's incredibly spoiled!
