no flying for my birds
- I have all my birds' wings clipped by my vet because I dont' want them to fly into walls or any other object that could hurt them. I never take my birds outside unless they are going to the vet but if somewhat they got out I wouldn' have to worry about catching them because I can walk faster than they can. Besides, my birds would rather be carried that fly anytime.
- —Guest jmk513
Yes, I do clip my bird's flight feathers
- There's too much potential around the house for a full-flighted bird to get into trouble and, besides, my bird always tends to develop sort of an "attitude" when he's full-flighted.
- —Guest m.
It depends
- My parakeets are very skilled flyers and generally don't like to come out of their large cage, anyway, so they are no longer clipped. My parrotlet, however, is clipped. She is very clumsy as well as very tiny and fragile. I think using the "it's unnatural" argument doesn't hold much weight when you consider that keeping birds as tame pets is about as "unnatural" as it gets, too. I'm sure all of my birds would be happier in the (safe) wild, but I adopted them all from humane rescues and can't send them back to Australia and South America to where they are indigenous.
- —Guest Bobbie
Yes, but no.
- I would love to trim my birds wings and yes, i think it is right to do so. But Piper won't let me. She is 7 months old and very clumsy she flies into walls and in between things. Thankfully, she hasn't seriously injured herself (yet). She let her breeder trim them and I am thinking about asking her to trim them again but I don't know if Piper will remember her enough to trust her. She doesn't trust me but I can't wait until she does to trim her wings because she will hurt herself. Plus we are 30 minutes away from vet care so I can't risk her getting hurt. Please help if you can animalchik@hotmail.com. MAke the subject wings please.
- —Guest Cidney
To clip or not to clip
- I have had 2 birds die due to flying accidents. One flew out the door just as my husband was shutting it, the other flew out the door as it opened, garage door was opened and we never found it. I am taking my 2 or my birds to get their wings clipped. My jenday conure I think would suffer from deep depression if he had his wings clipped and flys very controllably. The other two are babies and unfortunately will never know flight, they are not trained well enough yet to have that capability. Inside is now their natural habitat, and unless I am planning on taking them way south and letting them go, unfortunately the 2 will be having clipped wings.
- —Guest Karla
It's 50/50
- well im coming to a closed disscusion on weither to get my blue and gold wings clipped, i take him out on a harnass and he always tried to bite through, i would like to know that i can take him out and if he does get out one day, (i buy lots of differnt kinds of stronger ones) then ill be more calm to know that i can catch him, althought whilst he is clipped (if he does) im going to learn him not to fly outside.
- —Guest Atue_05
We don't clip
- It is our responsibility to provide our companion birds with as good and close to natural life as we can. Flight is to most birds as walking is to people. That being said, we understand that there are situations in which clipping wing feathers does make sense. It was our choice to live with companion birds, not theirs. Therefore we: 1. Studied breeds and their needs and visited breeders & owners to understand as much as possible about various species. We also considered life lengths-- and our own. 2. "Free flighted bird" PRECAUTIONS we find ESSENTIAL: a. Plan to spend some money &/or time to put "double entrances" on exterior doors. Screened porches are great! b. Place INTERIOR screens, curtains, streamers, etc .on all interior windows & mirrors birds might fly into. c. allow growing babies to learn how to fly in safe areas-- REGARDLESS of whether you plan to clip. This way wing muscles develop naturally in case they will be allowed flight during their life.
- —Guest Lynne
I have a clipped conure
- I have a 7 month old sun conure, and his wings were clipped when I got him. I don't know whether or not to have him clipped when they grow back. He's a sweet little guy, and I love him, so when the time comes, I'll have to do what I feel is best for him.
- —Guest k ward
I wish I could
- I would love to clip my pretties wings. When I first got my birds over 4 years ago their wings were clipped and it was the best time I spent with them. Now, because they can fly they have a certain attitude about them. My peach face has no idea what she is doing, and doesnt really trust her own flight. I am just afraid to clip them. I know one wrong move can be very frightning, for everyone!
- —Guest Blondie2trishie
ecipsoh@epix.net
- No, I choose not to clip my parrots wings because of the fact that she tries to fly and lands very hard on my ceramic floor. I'd rather she fly because she lands very well.
- —Guest tootsielea
Reluctant, teacher
- My Manday Parrot flies around our screened in pool,area. I enjoy watching her fly, but I am going to clip his wings in an effort to train him. Once he is trained to step up, I will let his wings grow back.
- —Guest PKBJ
Clip those wings!
- My moustache parakeet loves to spend every moment with me hence spends lots of time climbing up and down my shirt, watching everything I do, and perching on my shoulder. One icy, rainy morning I walked outside to get the mail, forgetting that I wasn't alone. 'Pinkie' took off and perched in the top of an enormous old maple. She spent the day there in the rain, watching me. After many, many hours she FINALLY swooped back to our yard, made several circles of the house and finally landed in a peach tree. I got out a ladder, climbed up and she hopped on my finger. Relief!! But never again will I let her feathers get to the point where she will be at such risk.
- —Guest Emmee
clipping your birds wings.
- when I purchased my 3 quaker babies from a breeder, the wings were already cliped without asking me, to me this is not natural for a bird, they are in a large flight cage and its been 1 year they are now growing back and they are safe and a lot happier, never again, I will make sure of it.
- —Guest mary rose
Only once; never again!
- We have 4 cockatiels and 2 budgies. The first 2 cockatiels begged us to take them home because they were in bad shape at the petshop. Our purpose was to allow them to strengthen enough to live as best like birds as they could and fly. The next cockatiel flew too fast so we had her wing clipped so she could settle before flying but the vet cut her wing too close and hurt her terribly, so never again; that was the first and last time. We have had 4 for years now, living as a family flying hours each day in the house around us, and spending time in their big house outside with nature and the wild birds. They have sat by open windows on their perches (accidently) but never taken themselves out of the house. The eldest are in their twenties now. Last year a budgie flew in to join them, choosing this as her new home. She and a little white one chose each other for friends at the pet shop and they (and the cockatiels) are great friends and together all behave as though they are a flock now.
- —PearlGrace
wing clipping
- I would not clip. It is bad enough to take them from their native habitat. I take very extensive precautions to make sure they don't escape or get injured.
- —Guest amg
