The AVIATOR Pet Bird Harness and Leash: Small Blue

I've had this harness, size small, a few years and it has held up well; it still looks brand new. I've even put it in the washer and hung to dry. Spikers, my pigeon, absolutely hates putting it on. It's a bit of a struggle. What helps is to loosen it up a good amount (to accommodate wings) before slipping it on and then once on adjust with the black knob. There is a good amount of tension when adjusting so it sometimes takes longer than Spikers would like. However, I'm glad it doesn't easily adjust because she would then be able to slip out of it. Once on she joins me in the patio and garden area and loves to sunbathe. She also likes to go on walks which is so stinking adorable with a pigeon. She can also fly but not very far and be aware as soon as they reach the end of the leash they will come crashing down. With practice she has learned how far she can fly just keep this in mind when first using so your baby doesn't get hurt. She sometimes pecks the harness, but the material is tough like seatbelt material and resistant to her soft beak. It has never loosened on her, regardless of her activity.

I waited a few weeks to write the review to really test it out.So I bought this for my 3 month old double yellow headed Amazon thinking I would try it out after trying out 2 other types of harnesses on my other birds. I thought If nothing else I would use it to get him used to wearing it while he was young and if he chewed it up while learning that would be okay, because I would buy another when he is full grown. The one I ordered had said it was right size for yellow naped Amazon, so I figured it would fit him for a few more months since double yellow heads are a bit bigger...Boy was I wrong. In just the 2 weeks from the time I received it his head has already grown too big to fit. This is by no means the sellers fault in this, but my own.In the past I had ordered different types of harness for my cockatiels and although I liked the other kind of harnesses the each lacked the durability that I wanted for a larger bird. As for the fact this one is all one piece when others I had were harder to put on. This one is durable at least the harness itself. It is a very thick material and I feel like it would take a long time for him to chew it up if he ever wanted to, although I plan to teach him not to and so far he hasn’t tried to chew. The leash part think could be a little thicker. It’s thick enough and I would trust it for one of my smaller birds but for one like him I wouldn’t trust it not to last through a good chewing session. At the same time I don’t plan to have him in it without constant supervision to let there be a chew session, and I always have back up such as a bird carrier backpack. I also know I wouldn’t leave him unattended long enough to chew.I also love that there’s not all these complicated parts that make it take even longer to get it on as others I have tried out. And for a bird who still isn’t full grown I felt like this was much safer then others in being against the crop. It doesn’t pull in the chest area which I appreciate.We did have a blast the first time I got him in it and was able to take him for a walk around the yard to check the mail and it was nice to finally get him out without being in a carrier. He had fun talking to neighbors passing by, charming them with yelling out “hello” to them and he had me laughing with babbling away excitedly whenever he saw something new. I can’t wait to take him out again.He wasn’t too happy when I first put it on him even if we had been getting him used to touching his wings and being wrapped up with a towel. He did enjoy being out and now he doesn’t mind us draping it onto him while formula feeding, since his head doesn’t fit that’s all we can do with it now.I will be buying a larger one soon. This is great to have if you have the time to spend to get your bird to wear it, and it is probably the best made easiest one to put on of those I have tried.

Al principio costó un poco que se acostumbre pero ahora usa sin problemas. Muy útil para que no se escape y me da la seguridad de que pueda estar al aire libre. Le doy 4 estrellas porque no se le puede sacar la correa y que quede la pechera por el.

Safe, effective. Clear instructions. Fits my adult male Goffin Cockatoo perfectly. Take the time to read and follow the very clear instructions inside the package.

First off, I have used this harness for years and will continue to do so. However I think it’s important to know that the join between the shock cord and nylon webbing is not able to withstand the forces necessary, particularly if you fly large birds on a regular basis.My big Greenwing flies in this harness everyday. Something gave her a startle flight and she broke the join. She flew up into a neighbors tree and then flew back down to us so she wasn’t hurt, but we have big eagles here and the cord could have gotten tangled in the tree.My sibling is an engineer and I asked them to help me reinforce the join. They said they would expect a join to be able to withstand forces beyond what the cable could bear to be conservative. They designed a join much more similar to what might be used in an industrial setting. And then we cut the join on a new harness and remade it to the new specifications.The overall design of this harness is still the best out there. But until they fix the join so I don’t have to have a professional engineer redesign it, this harness represents a flight risk, especially if you’re regularly outdoors with large birds.