I Have a few questions if anyone can help. We go down to my fiances fathers Cabin and I was wondering How Much heat a Quaker can stand with Outgetting heat stroke, and how long can he be outside.. this is the first time taking him down their and i hate to leave him at home with someone. and when he is outside Should I put a beach Umbrella over him and keep a spry bottle with us to keep him cool ?

Quakers ar3e pretty good at dealing with heat. They are tropical birds to begin with, so they are inda programed to deal with warm temperatures.

Here in Kelowna, in the summer, teperatures regularly get into the 90's, and with no A/C, ours do fine.

The trick is to keep them out of direct sunlight, give them access to water, and watch for signs of overheating. Those signs include panting and holding their wings away from their bodies.

I'd be more concerned about insect bites, particularly mosquitoes. If you are travelling to an area where there have been cases of west nile, bring mosquito netting.

Ditto to what UZ had to say!

thanks so much for the advice.

Do you have to keep him outside while you are at the cabin?

you don't want him in direct sunlight....

Rebecca

Although most pet QP now days are bred here and do not have the experience of living in their home habitat, by nature they should be pretty well equipped to stand the heat. They are from a very humid and hot climate originally. They do not however, inhabit the rain forest area, but more so the savannah and grass areas. So not much shade and cool air there. However, you should not expose your QP to too much direct sun without any shade. I would put a mosquito net around his cage or whatever you will be having him in, while camping, just to be sure that no bugs can get in and bite him.



Have you seen this website that has these backpacks/or front packs to go on outings with our bird? They are so neat. It's like a little backpack that has built in perch etc. and net front where you can put your bird in while hicking or just walkng anywhere etc.



We are big time into hiking and camping and that is one of the things I am going to get before this summer to take my Louie with us along with his aviator harness. I think he will have a blast.

The adventure pack is very sturdy but costs a bit at 120.00 if you are inclined to go regulary it is a great item to have.

https://www.shop.babybirdfarm.com/displayPr...mp;categoryId=3

The Pet Pocket is a whole lot more affordable at 30.00 but is not as sturdy, It is a great value if you are not going to use it more than 3 or 4 times a year.

https://www.shop.babybirdfarm.com/displayPr...mp;categoryId=3