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In about a month we will be moving into a new home (!) and I was just wondering if anyone had some experience with moving house with their bird. How do they cope with the new surroundings, noises etc.? I mean she is behaving terribly at the moment anyway (bluffing) but I don't want her to stress out too much. Any tips would be appreciated!

as long as you don't change their cage around I haven't had a problem!
mine screamed for about a month straight though when we first moved into our new place, they are still settling in, but they seem all right with it! we paid the same amount of attention to them both and kept things fairly the same as in routine with them. no serious stressing or feather picking happened which is good!

Okay - we have moved, and I see what you mean by the screaming! She was quiet on the first day or two but for the last week she has screamed non-stop!!! I just can't get her to shut up! She is eating a little less than normal, but hasn't lost any weight, and she is also sleeping less - especially during the day, because she is too busy screaming I guess...

At night she used to doze off on me and then I'd put her to bed, but now she rests for a few minutes after dinner then she totally starts freaking out - short sharp squawks, running all over the couch, eyes wide open, like she is really scared of something. So then I put her to bed and she goes off to sleep straight away. I suppose she is now telling me that she wants to go to bed! There is a lot more traffic here than the last place - a LOT more - so maybe that has something to do with it.

Anyway I'll keep you all posted, but if anyone has any way of stopping the constant screaming I would REALLY appreciate it.

what I did was put a light coloured sheet over the cage, not dark so they think it's night but light, and that helped a bit, and I still do that if we have a lot of traffic and it's bothering them I throw the sheet over and they relax a bit, then take it off once they relaxed or take it half off. Good luck with her settling in!!!!! I hope it goes quickly!

I too face this on the 28th of this month. I am glad I read through old post and found this.

Is their any more advice on this topic anyone can offer? My Peek-a-Boo is only half through her shock treatment so we have to take things slow and easy with her.

I planned to have them all sleep with me on their stands in my room for the first few nights but Im afraid they will think that is the new 'way' of doing things and cry for it back when they go back to their cages after a few days.

Let me know, I dont want to confuse my babies but I dont want to go upstairs and leave them all alone in a new house. They will think Im not there and be SO upset.

I have to move again soon too.. I've gone through a few moves so far and they seem to cope fine, just keep the cage the same and try to stick to their normal routine as much as possible. and obviously minimise any extra stresses (try to keep them away from all the hustle and bustle). they wont think you have abandoned them Mikaela!

We just finished a move and Mazzie was screaming for all she was worth until I rearranged her cage. I guess she figured if we got the new house she should too!

I also had to change her position, instead of being next to Buddy with no bird on the other side of her she wants to be between Alice and Sage... she's no longer shrieking at them all the time...

Moving is hard on us, but harder on the birds. Do watch for signs of illness, one of our macaws got sick from the stress of the move. We caught it fast and had him at the vet and on meds right away, but if we weren't watching it could have been much much worse.

Athena

Mikaela you're moving? Wow good luck with that. I moved with Prinny and she did just fine but then again she is well adjusted and not at all like your poor Boo. You have traveling carriers for the car yet? I got a small dog carrier for Prinny. It works just fine and she loves car rides now.

Dani and Prinny

I will keep all of her toys attached and take a pic before I move her cage so I can set everything back to a 'T'.

Moving is almost tramatic, or is it just me?

At one point I had 10 different addresses in 10 years and 3 of those were when I was pregnant or pregnant with babes We made one of the two biggest moves 2 hours north into the hot dry aussie rural bush with a 3 year old and a 4 year old and pregnant with my son (I had issues too and had to be under specialists, long story) so I had to trip to the city every other week. I knew no-one, thank goodness that was only for 1 year.

All up in my life 15 moves

Our final and second biggest move was here to South Gippsland on the coast, big house a room each for the kids and a big spare Guest room , yes guest room, hehe, (ready for the family from Florida to come visit me) I am NEVER !!!! moving again, this place is paradise.
Not only would Kai hate it the kids would too, they love living near the beach.

I hope I don't live to regret that NEVER !

Best wishes to all of those that have moved or are moving, I pray all goes well.

Andrea (Angie)

Kyria:

God bless you for finding home.

Kiva took a long time to adjust to the move. My suns had no problem apart from the fact they didnt know where to fly. Now they have the house memorised and can negotiate all the twists and turns of the corridor and the S shape into the bird room. It was hilarious in a worried sort of way watching them not know where to go.

Kiva was very stressed by the move. He was on constant alert and very unsure of his new surroundings. Anything would spook him. It may take a few months for them to settle in.

Traffic can be a problem, being near windows would be bad at this time. Try to equal out the noise by listening to the radio or tv. And put the cage somewhere they can see people approaching not just turn the corner and appear out of nowhere.

Well it took about 2 months for her to fully settle. At first we put her cage and perch next to the front glass doors so she would have a view but she did not like that at all! So we moved her over to a quieter corner. Now the little brat climbs down and sits right in front of the glass doors! I bet if I moved her again she would go and sit in the other corner. Her sleeping patterns are back to normal and she only screams in the morning while she waits for her food. She is much calmer now.

I would post pics of the house we are moving into but those to would be deemed 'photshopped' *shakes her head*

All my pics are fake... I dont even have birds.

Rediculous!

Cant share happy things these days, people get all pissed off rather than being happy for you.

Where is all the love on the board? Im not feeling it lately, nor are many other members. This place has changed and NOT for the good.

I love EVERYONE!!!!!


Need more love? I am here for y'all (did I pull that "y'all" off? Not really? Must be the accent )

Datsun and I blow kisses from sunny warm NZ, where the grass is green and the people are still crazy!

Honestly the grass IS green..... its not photo shopped!

I think you looked beautiful in your wedding dress and also in any other photos I have seen of you Mikaela... doesnt matter what anyone says!

Tell it to the JUDGE!

You are the breath of fresh air that blows in Chamon. One of the happy, upbeat, positive members. And we thank you for it.

You are too loved dearly. Not as much as Datsun but hey... she is CUTE. But still close!

And the next 'model' I pick to use as me will not look anorexic and in serious need of a boob job. If I were going to shop something up I would come out looking alot better than ME. haha I suppose thats the funny part about it all.

To be accused of being able to photoshop one would think I would be able to at least fix over-exposed photos. Or hell, be able to take good photos hehe. Remember poor ol washed out Baby (avatar)? That is THE BEST pic of her ever and it makes her look white.

Rick: you are the photoshop man, think you could fix that for me? Im thinking hell would freeze over first but lets see what this fella can do.

I'm sorry, this was the best I could do..

OMG! Thanks. That is sooo much better! I dont know why it wouldnt 'save'. Got it to now.

Youre a sweetie! Think you can do anything with this one?



*Gives you big hugs*

I have arcsoft that came with my camera. It isnt very good.

just right click the image and save as to your hard drive.

I cant actually do much with the large photo, I can get rid of the glow but baby is completely washed out. Any colour on her would have to be painted on unless you want an albino ;p

The information to bring the colour back just isnt there. It's 3am I'll try again tomorrow. :/

Thank you nonetheless. It is my favorite picture of her and she is all washed out.

I have an 'OK' camera but it just doesnt zoom well and the flash is never right no matter how you set it. Maybe it isnt so good of a camera after all hehe.

It is digital though and Im thankful for it. Maybe Santa will bring me a cybershot. I have been a good girl this year, for the most part.

Mikaela,

Instead of zooming, take the pic from far away and crop to the subject. My camera stinks at Zoom... so I crop instead.

I played with your avitar a bit, and yea, its hard to fix the washed out look of Baby. I could get her a bit deeper, but not enough that it was worth changing pics for

I photoshop all the time, but not to change imperfections, birds are imperfect subjects, but instead to crop, or adjust brightness/contrast if I take the photo in too dim of a room etc.

If you really want a great pic of Baby take it without a flash under a full spectrum light... thats how I've gotten the very best pics of Mazzie and Buddy. I use full spec lighting when I cant get them out into the sun, it helps them just like it helps humans, and if you don't use a flash it really does make them glow with their natural colors.

You can also just use the sun too... if its really bright outside, thats a great time to take a pic without flash...

As an example:



Thats in full sunlight, notice the bright colors?



That was taken with a flash... see how much the flash bounced and distorted the colors? The bird on the left is the same bird as in the above photo.



Athena

good picturess I finally got that taking them far away and croping is much better....what type of program do you use?? Always looking for a better one to use..

Thanks girls. Talking Japanese to me but going now to research it. I would like to get one good pic a yr. The manual is a joke!

Maybe it is my editing program that sucks... Arcsoft?