Traveling cage

[kme3388]

What do other macaw owners use for traveling? I have a traveling carrier for a few hours, but not anything practical for 1-2 weeks at most to put a macaw in temporarily once I arrive at a destination. Any help is appreciated. If anyone has links to websites as a reference it would be much helpful.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Ot must be very difficult to travel with a macaw in tow. Too bad that spectacular, extra long tail isn't removable for traveling! The tail adds well over a foot to a bird that really isn’t that big without the tail!
Have you considered getting two large folding travel cages, removing the end of one and combining them to make one extra long temporary cage? You could zip tie them together or use little mini padlocks to attach them together so the bird can't take them apart.

 

[rheashard2]

Or C-clamps to hold together.

 

[nkrbkr]

This was recently recommended to me for Ava, by someone that uses one when traveling with macaws. It packs flat, & pops up when you get to your destination. Since Ava is a smaller Amazon, the bar spacing is a bit too wide for her, but looks great for a larger bird!

Amazon.com

 

[kme3388]

Blue snaps the bars of dog & cat kennels/crates with his beak he’s been close to impossible to travel with because of this. Not to mention he’s an escape artist once I get past the snapping of cage bars.

 

[nkrbkr]

Blue snaps the bars of dog & cat kennels/crates with his beak he’s been close to impossible to travel with because of this. Not to mention he’s an escape artist once I get past the snapping of cage bars.

Awe, dang! I wish it was easier to find roomy travel cages for the bigger birds!

 

[rheashard2]

Awe, dang! I wish it was easier to find roomy travel cages for the bigger birds!

Add smart and disassembly artists to that. I've watched my CAG working bars. They either bend or come apart at weld points.

 

[kme3388]

Eventually after this has happened to me repeatedly I decided to start calling the manufacturers of the product and explain how my parrot is destroying their cage/crate to see if they have something stronger. They suggest something that is, but there’s just that one screw, that one bar, that one piece of plastic, that one latch….. I swear to everything on earth that my parrot always finds something to destroy. He has enough toys, and is spoiled. He just likes to destroy his cages/crates. It must be more fun/challenging. No idea if someone speaks bird please do explain.

 

[kme3388]

I seriously had this conversation with a representative at one of these pet stores. I called because Blue keeps breaking his spinning wheel of treats. It’s one of his foraging toys, and when it’s filled with treats he’s immediately there pulling them out. It’s made of plastic. It specifically states it’s for a macaw. So I ask if they make anything stronger as Blue keeps breaking it (yes I explained how he keeps breaking it with his beak). The representative told me as a response that it says it’s for a macaw, and maybe I just don’t know what kind of parrot I have because clearly if it was appropriately used it wouldn’t break. I tried to ask for a manager because I assume whoever designs these toys would know that there are parrots who are avid chewers, and that this was someone who just answers phones. I got no where

 

[nkrbkr]