I have refrained from posting on the other thread. But thought it should be a a seprate thread.
That can be closed when it gets out of hand.
I beg anybody who has not yet clipped their birds, please do some research, for your birds sake.
Or those who are looking to buy young birds, ask the breeder not to clip.
There will always be those for and against clipping.
It is a pity we cannot ask those that it effects most! Our Fids. After all they are the ones who count.
I cannot talk for all Fids but for those who are prey. When they lose the ability to fly, they will be scared, and nervous.
Yer! sure they seem to get over it. But ' Do they?'
A birds whole physic is built around flight. It's respiratory system is built around flight and will not get a full cardio-vascular workout without flight.
Should you clip your parrot
Proper Wing Clipping
Project Bird Watch Library: Feathers, Flight & Parrot Keeping
This site gives very good Non Biased reasoning. With some very solid facts.
I would like to add.
My 2x Tiels are Free Flighted and are free to go where they want, never caged since I got them. (Just over 11/12wks) Both have had to deal with over 60 panes of glass in the conservatory.
Tinkerbell Ex Avairy, has no trouble sorting this out. My best guess is she has never been clipped fall stop. She is a Pocket Rocket, a full on jet fighter, but can stop like a hummingbird.
Henry Ex Caged, may of been clipped, but cannot vouch for that. He can straight line, with effort, but not good with aim. It did not matter about glass, he just flew into what ever was in front him, wall, glass, cuboard . Blinds. Anything solid stops him. When it came to Panic Flight, he was bloody hopeless.
I have seen him miss judge the corner of the conservatory and turn to quickly and run into the glass? Luck has been on his side, as he cannot fly well, it was only low speed stuff. And I should add he has got better. He looks so funny when he goes past, I swear you can see the effort he is putting in. Around 110per cent.
After a bird has been clipped and it grows flight feathers back in, it has to learn to fly all over again!
Then if it has had some scares while impaired it may not be so keen to fly again anyway. I mean it may of lost confidence to even try to fly.
If you do want a flightless pet do not buy a bird?
That can be closed when it gets out of hand.
I beg anybody who has not yet clipped their birds, please do some research, for your birds sake.
Or those who are looking to buy young birds, ask the breeder not to clip.
There will always be those for and against clipping.
It is a pity we cannot ask those that it effects most! Our Fids. After all they are the ones who count.
I cannot talk for all Fids but for those who are prey. When they lose the ability to fly, they will be scared, and nervous.
Yer! sure they seem to get over it. But ' Do they?'
A birds whole physic is built around flight. It's respiratory system is built around flight and will not get a full cardio-vascular workout without flight.
Should you clip your parrot
Proper Wing Clipping
Project Bird Watch Library: Feathers, Flight & Parrot Keeping
This site gives very good Non Biased reasoning. With some very solid facts.
I would like to add.
My 2x Tiels are Free Flighted and are free to go where they want, never caged since I got them. (Just over 11/12wks) Both have had to deal with over 60 panes of glass in the conservatory.
Tinkerbell Ex Avairy, has no trouble sorting this out. My best guess is she has never been clipped fall stop. She is a Pocket Rocket, a full on jet fighter, but can stop like a hummingbird.
Henry Ex Caged, may of been clipped, but cannot vouch for that. He can straight line, with effort, but not good with aim. It did not matter about glass, he just flew into what ever was in front him, wall, glass, cuboard . Blinds. Anything solid stops him. When it came to Panic Flight, he was bloody hopeless.
I have seen him miss judge the corner of the conservatory and turn to quickly and run into the glass? Luck has been on his side, as he cannot fly well, it was only low speed stuff. And I should add he has got better. He looks so funny when he goes past, I swear you can see the effort he is putting in. Around 110per cent.
After a bird has been clipped and it grows flight feathers back in, it has to learn to fly all over again!
Then if it has had some scares while impaired it may not be so keen to fly again anyway. I mean it may of lost confidence to even try to fly.
If you do want a flightless pet do not buy a bird?