Squabbie
Regular Member
I'm booked in to take my new baby cockatiel Luna to the vets for the first time tomorrow and just wondered if anyone had some pointers on how to make it go as smoothly as possible. I'm concerned that a vets visit so soon after moving her in might damage our relationship at a critical time. I don't want her to associate me with being taken to have scary vet things done on top of having been taken away from her flock-mates. Like for example, would it be best to stay out of the room if she needs to have any procedures, or will that terrify her even more? Also I don't know if it's a good idea to towel her as she is hand-tame already and I think it would be less stressful to place her in her box by hand than to wrap her up. On the other hand I would prefer that she associate the towel with going to the vets rather than my hand. Any input would be appreciated!