Whose Grey gets carsick?

[cinlnk]

I was just wondering if anybody else's Grey gets carsick.

Riley loves to ride in the car, but after 30 minutes of so, he starts regurgitating. He soes not seem worse for wear. Seems perfectly healthy. My Vet has checked has checked him. In fact, He goes twice a year to an Avian Vet for his checkups.

So I guess Riley just can not tolerate long car rides.

 

Thanks,

Cindy

[ubecrew610]

Mine does. As soon as we stop, she is fine.

[judygram]

I have taken Josey for 4+ hour car rides and she does just fine, either plays or sits and talks and makes other vocal sounds.

[BMustee]

Mine LOVES the car...when I have him outside and I walk near the car he gets all excited! He could ride for hours just watching out the window and flapping his wings showing off at the street light. :laugh:

[danmcq]

Well, Dayo has only been for 15 minute car rides several times. So far he has shown no signs of sickness, he jsut wants out of his carrier to be with us.

 

A longer trip may result in illness, but unknown for now. :-)

[Guest briansmum]

brians vet's is about an hour away so thats the longest, well 2 hours there and back. he was fine, i think he got a bit impatient in the travel cage though.

[lovemyGreys]

Mine are not travel sick but hate being in their travel cages.

[judygram]

Josey does not mind being in her travel cage, I guess she knows she is going somewhere with me, since I occasionally take her to work and with me when I visit my son.

[saraj]

Mine gets carsick, but still talks and whistles. She has never gone anywhere "nice" in the carrier as it is usually to the vet or to be clipped.

[judygram]

Sara, I suggest you start taking her on road trips, they don't have to be long ones, just to places she might enjoy to get her used to the cage. Show her that getting into the travel cage does not necessarily mean a visit to the vet or for a trim, but can be somewhere fun.

[Talon]

Talon loves to go for rides in the car. She willingly goes into her travel cage and I let her perch on top of it once she's safely in the car. She whistles and talks, and loves to watch everything go by!:cheer:

[spookyhurst]

Can your grey see out the window? If not, maybe that's why he gets car sick.

 

Also, I've read that if you feed your bird a little ginger root before a car ride, it will help settle their stomach...er...crop :silly:. This site ( http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww14e.htm ) says:

 

GINGER—Called the "wonder drug", the ginger root is actually a rhizome which is similar to several foods known to be consumed in the wild by parrots. It has been used for two thousand years by the Chinese to treat nausea and upset stomach. It is no coincidence that the Japanese serve fresh ginger slices with sushi as insurance against the parasites sometimes found in raw fish. Ginger is a wonderful remedy to use with baby parrots that go through brief periods of colic or throwing up their formula. I mix their formula in ginger tea instead of water and the problem is solved immediately. You can make the tea by steeping two or three slices of fresh ginger root in the water for ten or fifteen minutes. If your parrot must travel and is prone to motion sickness, ginger to the rescue! Add fresh ginger to the food and drinking water several hours before the trip and put a few slices in the carrier. Parrots seem to have an innate sense of what they need and will munch on the ginger to "quell their queasiness" during the trip.

[spookyhurst]

Forgot to say, Nikko loves car rides. When she sees me get out her travel cage, she stretches, lets out a "peep," and puts her foot out so she can be picked up.

[eve]

lovemyGreys wrote:

Mine are not travel sick but hate being in their travel cages.

 

same here. there is nothing more annoying the traveling in a car with an impatient grey in a carrier. man they drive me nuts sometimes.. :laugh:

[frankieNYC]

Frankie doesn't really like traveling in cars- he always gets really quiet and clings to me. I've seen him get carsick twice - generally if he's eaten too much too soon before the ride. When he hasn't eaten recently before, he's okay.

 

Stephanie