junglechicken
Walking the driveway
- Joined
- 10/4/18
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i don't believe in clipping my birds. i'm not knocking those who do. everyone has to do what is best in their individual situation, it's just not something i do. i also promised the guy who gave me the junglechicken that i would never clip him. considering that i don't believe in it anyway, that was an easy promise to make and keep.
unfortunately, the junglechicken didn't get the memo on that one. he chewed all of his flight feathers off of one wing. i mean chewed them OFF (he is a chronic plucker/barberer of feathers, though before it has always been his body and tail).
this left him confused, i would imagine sad, and he had a few crashes before he realized that flight was no longer an option. it breaks my heart to see my beautiful love not being able to do what nature built him to do.
now his flight feathers are growing back. besides being worried that he will chew them off again, i am worried that he will have forgotten how to fly, or be afraid to try since he crashed a few times.
has anyone else gone through this? could your birds fly once they had flight feathers back? did they just sort of know how or did you have to re-teach them? please let me know. i want him to be as happy and whole as possible.
thank you!
unfortunately, the junglechicken didn't get the memo on that one. he chewed all of his flight feathers off of one wing. i mean chewed them OFF (he is a chronic plucker/barberer of feathers, though before it has always been his body and tail).
this left him confused, i would imagine sad, and he had a few crashes before he realized that flight was no longer an option. it breaks my heart to see my beautiful love not being able to do what nature built him to do.
now his flight feathers are growing back. besides being worried that he will chew them off again, i am worried that he will have forgotten how to fly, or be afraid to try since he crashed a few times.
has anyone else gone through this? could your birds fly once they had flight feathers back? did they just sort of know how or did you have to re-teach them? please let me know. i want him to be as happy and whole as possible.
thank you!