I currently have a couple of travel carriers that live in my birds' aviary. They're like regular, hard side cages, but small enough that I could move them out of the aviary on my own. I'm thinking of swapping one of them out for a soft sided carrier, something like the Excursion. [footnote1]
My idea is that they might regard it with less suspicion than the cages they have, and, also Esmerelda sometimes gets confused in one of the larger cages and can't figure out how to get out.[footnote2] That, at least, would not be an issue with this sort of cage. I'd set it up so there's food and water and a perch in there so they'd be comfortable going in.
My concern is that Esme might think this is a super-deluxe nest. That is not a direction I want her thoughts going in. I mean, I love her, and she's the best bird in the world, but I'll be happy if we can keep her off the egg-laying path as long as possible.
So, is a soft-sided carrier like that something that might be seen as a nesting area if I leave it in their space regularly?[footnote3]
[footnote1]: or possibly just go big and get a celltei that's large enough that they'd be comfortable walking into it. Like this, but without the dividers.
[footnote2]: it's a prevue flight cage, so, not exactly a maze, but let's just say that her spatial navigation skills aren't all that and a bag of chips.
[footnote3]: we are working on training, so eventually I'm hoping I can ask them to go into one of their cages just as a matter of course. But we're not there yet.
My idea is that they might regard it with less suspicion than the cages they have, and, also Esmerelda sometimes gets confused in one of the larger cages and can't figure out how to get out.[footnote2] That, at least, would not be an issue with this sort of cage. I'd set it up so there's food and water and a perch in there so they'd be comfortable going in.
My concern is that Esme might think this is a super-deluxe nest. That is not a direction I want her thoughts going in. I mean, I love her, and she's the best bird in the world, but I'll be happy if we can keep her off the egg-laying path as long as possible.
So, is a soft-sided carrier like that something that might be seen as a nesting area if I leave it in their space regularly?[footnote3]
[footnote1]: or possibly just go big and get a celltei that's large enough that they'd be comfortable walking into it. Like this, but without the dividers.
[footnote2]: it's a prevue flight cage, so, not exactly a maze, but let's just say that her spatial navigation skills aren't all that and a bag of chips.
[footnote3]: we are working on training, so eventually I'm hoping I can ask them to go into one of their cages just as a matter of course. But we're not there yet.
