She’s fully flighted and is trained to come back, thanks for all the advice though. I love my birds but Connie especially hates the harness so I’m not going to stress her out .
I trained my lovebird Sydney to wear a harness because he was my only bird without a partner, and I took him out with me for little hikes.
Later when I had Adelie, and she took 6 months to wean, I wanted to take her out for some sunshine but she wouldn´t take to the harness. Eventually I gave up trying to train her with it as she was just getting stressed or angry. So she had to enjoy the outdoors from inside a little cage.
I think it´s likely she would have never flown away because we have such a strong bond, but it is because we have such a strong bond and I love her soooo much that I would never, ever take that chance. I would hate myself if she spooked and I lost her.
I received a phonecall one day. My friend who I gifted two birds to had pushed the cage outside for some sunshine, but the door must not have been closed properly (easy mistake to make), after a short while she went to check on the birds and they were gone. She called me up crying, completely heartbroken. My heart broke not only for the birds out lost, but for her because she loved those birds so much and was suffering and hurting. I would never want anyone to have to go through that.
Could you imagine if your bird got spooked by something while you are outside? And she took off? And you never saw her again? Would that not just devastate you and leave you heartbroken? Having to wonder for the rest of you life, Where is she? Is she safe? Does someone have her? If they do, are htey caring for her? Or do they have her caged in a tiny cage? Is she dead? Did she get eaten by predators? Did she suffer? Is she suffering?
I really do hope you will listen the advice of the board. So many members here have had accidents (and most did not purposely take their birds outdoors with no harness/cage) and lost birds and are living with never knowing what happened to their birds that they loved so dearly.
My heart breaks for all those people. I could not imagine having to deal with something like that.
Please don´t add yourself to that list of the people searching for answers but never knowing