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Trikona · 20-02-2008, 11:48

Hi all! This is my first post to this forum - I just want to thank you for all of your great information and experiences! My fiance and I are planning to circumnavigate, although our plans are still several years away. In the meantime, we enjoy weekend-sailing. We have a 9 year old Congo African Grey that loves riding in the car, but we haven't gotten him on the boat yet (last summer was our first season on the water). It gives me hope hearing from all of you that he will handle it pretty well. He is clipped, and my thought is to teach him how to use a harness and leash for those times that he is on deck or we take him on shore and I would transport him in a travel cage while in the dinghy. I would be devastated to lose him overboard.

What have you all used for your cages in the cabin? Where do you find is the best location for the cage for bird happiness and ease of cleaning, etc.? Do you have perches that move with the heel of the boat?

Thanks!
Sarah and Archemedies (CAG)

20-02-2008, 11:48	#21
Trikona Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Massachusetts Boat: 1974 O'Day 27 Posts: 35	Hi all! This is my first post to this forum - I just want to thank you for all of your great information and experiences! My fiance and I are planning to circumnavigate, although our plans are still several years away. In the meantime, we enjoy weekend-sailing. We have a 9 year old Congo African Grey that loves riding in the car, but we haven't gotten him on the boat yet (last summer was our first season on the water). It gives me hope hearing from all of you that he will handle it pretty well. He is clipped, and my thought is to teach him how to use a harness and leash for those times that he is on deck or we take him on shore and I would transport him in a travel cage while in the dinghy. I would be devastated to lose him overboard. What have you all used for your cages in the cabin? Where do you find is the best location for the cage for bird happiness and ease of cleaning, etc.? Do you have perches that move with the heel of the boat? Thanks! Sarah and Archemedies (CAG)