Moving and Parrots

[KimberlyAnn]

We are moving and I've been packing things into boxes slowly. We have a month or so, but I don't have much time so I'm starting early. I'm going to have to do the bulk of the packing myself because my husband is still in pain from his surgery and also works long hours...which is why he's still in pain I think! But he refuses to slow down. At least he is noticeably getting better.

Emmi does not like this packing thing one bit. All her landing spots and obstacle courses are going away...which seems to be everything. When my husband or I start to remove things from shelves, she has started to attack us until we put things down. It's fine once things disappear into a box, but the next thing that is moved, she goes nuts. I've had to keep her in her cage while packing and she throws a tantrum. She does the same thing when I change her cage set up.

We are moving to another apartment in our complex so the floor plan will be the same exactly so that will be nice for her. But how do I make the packing better for her? Or should I just continue to do what I need to do and keep giving her treats and things to rip up in her cage while I pack? It does not seem to make much of a difference. Lol

[Wolf]

Since it is in the same complex could you pack everything in the apartment except for her room? This way she doesn't see you packing, you could even " steal " things and take them out of the room to pack them. Then pack her room after she is moved to the new apartment.

[KimberlyAnn]

That's the issue, she does not have her own room and now that she flys, everything is hers! Lol She follows us around. Maybe I will leave out a few key things so it's not so bad? It just sucks because I have so much glass stuff that needs to be wrapped. We were moving directly downstairs which would not have been such a big deal, but now we are moving to the front of the property and we are getting movers. I want to make sure everything is packed and ready. We could move anywhere from two weeks from now or one month...depending on when the apartment is ready.

Right now I'm just packing the things we won't use in the next month. Things in closets she never sees are a cause for her concern, it seems. Guess I will just keep locking her up while packing? :/

[Wolf]

It may just be your only option.

[Pajarita]

Yes, I think that is the safest option for her. Parrots don't like change. They are prey animals and VERY attuned to their 'territory' so every little thing that is 'off' will stress them out. Some are more flexible than others. My birdroom birds are great that way, I can change platforms, cages, stands, branches from one end to the other and they will not react at all but that's because they have their flock around them. Lone birds are more high-strung, more nervous because there is no flock to provide 'safety'. This is so acute that they actually age faster (see this new study on CAGs: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 221746.htm).

[cml]

Yes, I think that is the safest option for her. Parrots don't like change. They are prey animals and VERY attuned to their 'territory' so every little thing that is 'off' will stress them out. Some are more flexible than others. My birdroom birds are great that way, I can change platforms, cages, stands, branches from one end to the other and they will not react at all but that's because they have their flock around them. Lone birds are more high-strung, more nervous because there is no flock to provide 'safety'. This is so acute that they actually age faster (see this new study on CAGs: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 221746.htm).

My two fellas did excellent on a tempory move we had to make a week or so ago. We had to relocate as they were changing all windows in our appartment and I didnt consider that safe, partly because of the obvious safety issue with no windows, but also because of the fumes from the mounting glue (which I researched to be unsafe even for humans if not using good ventilation for many hours).

I will make a post about it soon I think, adding pictures as well, but long story short - we moved to an empty appartment that our landlord had available for 3 nights and Stitch and Leroy both did splendidly!
The appartment was totally empty and a completely new environment .

[KimberlyAnn]

I will totally make Emmi a "normal" room now, especially since she was injured. She needs the stability. She's still molting too which is not fun. I don't want her to stress. I can stress for us all lol