Tiels + Fllight suits = OutSide fun :-)(pics)

birdieness said:

Aww. i'm thinking about getting mine a harness. I wonder how well that will turn out

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I've read it is easier to get them to wear a harness or the flight suit if they're introduced to it as a young bird

but if not then they have "techniques" to use which don't always work ( but i'm sure it would of helped with my quaker if the BOYFRIEND would of listened to me instead he did it his way and that was Get the Bird and shove the flight suit on but billy is getting more used to it even know he still would rather chew it off or attempt to run from it when its on him LOL)

but they say if you hang it by the birds cage for a few days ( like a few inches or even a foot away but where the bird can see it) so they get used to it, then gradually move it closer and closer untill it is on the cage , let them play with it or as they said for the quakers Play with it and show them it's all kinds of fun ( quakers seem to try new things better if they "think" its fun or Good) and then put it on your hand and pet them with it or give them scratches with it, and then gradually start putting it on them

Some people say it works great others didn't have it so lucky, Some didn't have a problem from day one of doing it like my b/f did it

I guess it's more on the Bird and how they deal with new things and how well they trust thier owners

I have a flight suit for Cookie but i never use it anymore. She was always biting at it and hated having something on her. I was always paranoid that the velcro wouldn't hold too, so i wouldn't be comfortable using it on a flighted bird. I would like to try out the aviator harness, it's the bird harness with the best reputation and it looks really good. But it would cost me $70 for the harness, flight line, and instruction dvd so it's a bit much to spend on something that may or may not go down well with the tiels.


What size flight suits do you have? I got a small which is the smallest size i could get here, and it was just a little bit too big for Cookie. Yours look like they fit nicely though.