First time outside

[marie83]

Finally we have had the first day warm enough to take birds outside since I've had a carrier that is secure enough. Unfortunately Harlie is still slow progress so she didn't get to come but Ollie went into his travel cage with no fuss and the next thing he knew he was outside. His only prior experience of being outside is being taken to the car which is a bit sad really as when I was living in a house all my birds which were not too fearful of new experiences were wheeled outside in their cages when it was warm enough and I was able to supervise them.

He looked a bit shocked when he didnt end up in the car but after the first minute or so he took it all in his stride, started chirping away to himself and looking round before settling down to eat some of the small portion of seed I had put in the cage. We only got about 30 mins outside together as I had to get up to the hospital but I think it was worth it.
Hopefully the warm spell lasts a while so we can do it again, it will be good to see how he reacts to being outdoors when he relaxes to the experience a bit more. Ollies quite a fearless little bird usually and he showed no signs of being uncomfortable with the situation, hopefully one day he will be in a harness instead as I've discovered the travel cage is a complete pain in the bum to get through doors and up and down stairs for a little person like me lol. I had less trouble moving massive cages outside (almost)!!

[pennyandrocky]

my penny used to fight his outdoor cage,now whenever he sees the sun he will go bang on it til i let him in to take him out.he loves to scream at the wild birds that bathe in my waterfall.

[marie83]

Lol!, I can just see Ollie 'demanding' to go outside like that .

[laducockatiel]

The weather had been awesome in the past week! It's great to take birds out and let them enjoy the lovely sunshine. I wish I had a harness to take my cockatiel for a fly about, but obviously even after i buy one it would take me ages to train him to wear it. But there is nothing stopping me from taking his cage outside, so I'll probably do that soon.

[marie83]

Go for it. Ollies been out the past 3 days and he starts singing as soon as he gets out now. I so wish I could take Harlie too but I know she will get far too freaked out at the moment. Hopefully when Ollies wings are recovered I can continue with the harness training. Good excuse for me to get some sun too as I get little me time so taking Ollie out as part of his daily interaction means I have to sit with him. Chill out time yay!!