I will be bringing Truman to my friends' house for a two week stay this weekend. I'm feeling better about it because they were over yesterday to meet him, and he took to both of them right away. He can be a little standoffish at first, but he stepped right up, let them handle him, and even clicked. I think he sensed they were bird lovers! So here is my question:
They said I don't need to bring his cage because they have spare ones, along with happy huts, toys, etc...pretty much everything he'd need (they have five birds of their own). Would it be too stressful to have him adapt to a new household and a new cage at the same time, or would it not really matter since he'd be going to a major change anyway?
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hmmm I dont know what to tell you! I am so paranoid about bird disease that I dont take my birds to others homes, I have my NON bird owning sister come to the house and feed and water mine daily when we go out of town!
lol, I'm the same way Shelli! 
I'm SO paranoid about other bird germs! 
Barb, you know Truman the best, how well does he deal with change?
It would be nice for him to have his own familiar things (cage, toys etc.) but if that's not possible then I don't think it would be a huge problem unless you know he would be upset. My friend babysits lots of birds and some people bring their own cages and others just use her extras, but they bring their own toys to put in the cage she's provided. So, you could use their cage if you're not too worried about it and just bring your own toys, happy hut, food dishes etc. so he has some familiar items too. 
Have a great vacation!
I'm SO paranoid about other bird germs! Barb, you know Truman the best, how well does he deal with change?
It would be nice for him to have his own familiar things (cage, toys etc.) but if that's not possible then I don't think it would be a huge problem unless you know he would be upset. My friend babysits lots of birds and some people bring their own cages and others just use her extras, but they bring their own toys to put in the cage she's provided. So, you could use their cage if you're not too worried about it and just bring your own toys, happy hut, food dishes etc. so he has some familiar items too. Have a great vacation!
We board Horatio at the vets every so often and they do have a cage we could use there for him but we have always brought his own along with us.
I think it is so much easier on him, it is already a strange place (although he loves it there since people are around all day, he gets talked to all day and treats, something he doesn't get from his parronts during the day since they work
) and I don't want to add to his stress level. That said he always seems to come home from the vets looking better than when he went there so they are doing something right 
He seems to appreciate his own things around him and somewhere to hide when he wants to (he has a yellow fuzzy thing in his cage he gets behind when in that mood).
He has always come back for boarding in a good mood and happy and funnily enough not so cage territorial for some reason?
I think it is so much easier on him, it is already a strange place (although he loves it there since people are around all day, he gets talked to all day and treats, something he doesn't get from his parronts during the day since they work
) and I don't want to add to his stress level. That said he always seems to come home from the vets looking better than when he went there so they are doing something right He seems to appreciate his own things around him and somewhere to hide when he wants to (he has a yellow fuzzy thing in his cage he gets behind when in that mood).
He has always come back for boarding in a good mood and happy and funnily enough not so cage territorial for some reason?
I agree with Horatio
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