Does anyone know about taking birds with you to stay in a foreign country? My daughter has this little stinky love bird and she is planning on studying abroad in London for 6 months and in Brazil for 3-4 months. I DO NOT want to babysit.

Ginger

Without knowing any bird travel regulations, but knowing how much traveling a student studying abroad does on weekends and breaks, I would think that having the added responsibility of a pet would not be a very good idea. Maybe she has a college friend who would like to birdsit?

I don't know specifically about birds, but I do know that England is especially strict about allowing animals into their country. There is typically a 6 month quarantine. For dogs you can get around that if you plan far in advance and follow a very specific process.

You can read more about it here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm

I agree it is best to look around and see if someone else will bird sit.

Don't quote me on this, because it may be different for European countries, but this is my experience:

When I was in china for an extended period of time, I considered getting a pet bird. However before I got one I researched it here, I think it was, and basically the deal is that although you may be able to get a bird OUT of the US, it is extremely difficult to get back IN because the US does not want birds from foreign countries who may have picked up some sort of icky virus.

The long and short of it is, I would recommend against it. Also, I am not sure a little lovebird would handle airplane travel all that well.

Sorry to say Ginger but I think with the threat of bird flu around the world, traveling with a bird is not going to be a good thing..

What's for dinner?

Doug