If you are considering clipping or you believe those WHO promote clipping
Read this and watch the difference between Jack and Alex.
Jack was not breathing any harder after this fly around.
Alex was breathing very hard after just that one flight.
I know at least some of you also know the work I have put in with Alex, my shoulder buddy Alexadrine.
This is a follow up from my post re Jack and his fly around at our inaugural Flight club meeting.
Quickly. Alex was clipped for 5yrs, and the damage that did was very real.
Lost confidence, and lost muscle. Impacted on him badly.
I got him when he was 6, and though he was fully feathered by then, flying was not something he was keen on.
I used to make him take at least one flight every day.
Three years on and this is the vid of him at our flight club meet.
He was puffing hard after this flight, But he has come a HUGE distance. His confidence is way up. His flight, not so.
It has been a long road, trying to rebuild atrophied muscles.
Don't let anybody tell you clipping 'Does not have any impact" on them.
It does.
I was so proud of him. And we can see just how that day, has helped him and he flies around so much more already.
So looking forward to the next meeting. To do it all over again.
I can only say there needs to be more of these events people can attend.
A very satisfying day with huge results for my two. And I know the other two birds also had a good day.
One of those was Croky, (Eclectus) who was clipped, but still tried his hand at flying. (18 clipped flights). The guy I want to try and Imp.
Read this and watch the difference between Jack and Alex.
Jack was not breathing any harder after this fly around.
Alex was breathing very hard after just that one flight.
I know at least some of you also know the work I have put in with Alex, my shoulder buddy Alexadrine.
This is a follow up from my post re Jack and his fly around at our inaugural Flight club meeting.
Quickly. Alex was clipped for 5yrs, and the damage that did was very real.
Lost confidence, and lost muscle. Impacted on him badly.
I got him when he was 6, and though he was fully feathered by then, flying was not something he was keen on.
I used to make him take at least one flight every day.
Three years on and this is the vid of him at our flight club meet.
He was puffing hard after this flight, But he has come a HUGE distance. His confidence is way up. His flight, not so.
It has been a long road, trying to rebuild atrophied muscles.
Don't let anybody tell you clipping 'Does not have any impact" on them.
It does.
I was so proud of him. And we can see just how that day, has helped him and he flies around so much more already.
So looking forward to the next meeting. To do it all over again.
I can only say there needs to be more of these events people can attend.
A very satisfying day with huge results for my two. And I know the other two birds also had a good day.
One of those was Croky, (Eclectus) who was clipped, but still tried his hand at flying. (18 clipped flights). The guy I want to try and Imp.
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