AnimaliaPrime
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Hi, I really hope someone or multiple someone's answer this!
I have a female 2 yr old GCC named Piper, who I've had since she was 3 months old. I got her from a breeder so she is very friendly, sweet, playful, and bonded to me and my husband. She is fully flighted and has the run of the house for many hours per day (we both work at home). When not loose in the house, she is loose in her "bird room" (my office) with her cage and play stands. When we are gone of course, she is locked in her cage.
The question is, being that she is so social and bonded to us, will it be devastating to her to leave her home for 10 days while we are on vacation? This is our first vacation in 10 years. My previous bird, a rescued Quaker was never very friendly and rarely left his cage, even though it was open all the time. He was a bit of a mess, but leaving him home alone (with people coming to feed him) was never a problem.
I don't feel safe bringing Piper to a boarding facility, unless someone knows of a really good person in the Milwaukee, WI area. If we leave her home, our neighbors will come in twice a day to feed her and put her nighty-night. But she will get little to no fresh veggies/fruit (she gets this every day now) and she will have no one around most of the day and be locked in her cage the entire time we're gone.
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
I DID think of bringing her along with us--we're driving and staying in a cottage in the Smoky Mountains, with maybe 1-2 day stops in other spots, in a hotel. It just seems too risky and stressful for all of us to bring her along. Being fully flighted, she would have to wear a harness and/or flightsuit when loose in the cottage so she doesn't get out a door or poop all over the rental. I have a travel sized cage for her, but in the car she'd have to be in a carrier with no food or water for long drives. Just doen'st seem real possible.
Thanks for reading!!
The question is, being that she is so social and bonded to us, will it be devastating to her to leave her home for 10 days while we are on vacation? This is our first vacation in 10 years. My previous bird, a rescued Quaker was never very friendly and rarely left his cage, even though it was open all the time. He was a bit of a mess, but leaving him home alone (with people coming to feed him) was never a problem.
I don't feel safe bringing Piper to a boarding facility, unless someone knows of a really good person in the Milwaukee, WI area. If we leave her home, our neighbors will come in twice a day to feed her and put her nighty-night. But she will get little to no fresh veggies/fruit (she gets this every day now) and she will have no one around most of the day and be locked in her cage the entire time we're gone.
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
I DID think of bringing her along with us--we're driving and staying in a cottage in the Smoky Mountains, with maybe 1-2 day stops in other spots, in a hotel. It just seems too risky and stressful for all of us to bring her along. Being fully flighted, she would have to wear a harness and/or flightsuit when loose in the cottage so she doesn't get out a door or poop all over the rental. I have a travel sized cage for her, but in the car she'd have to be in a carrier with no food or water for long drives. Just doen'st seem real possible.
Thanks for reading!!