Heidi
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Loss of Appetite from Wing-Trim ??!!?!
After a long time of debating pros & cons of flighted feathers vs. trimmed wings, I trimmed my Senegal parrot’s wings. She was used to being able to fly anywhere she wanted. I made this choice because I moved to a new studio apartment that is very small & I couldn’t let her outside anymore like I did at my last house. She used to take off like lightning and fly around in circles and hang out in the trees and then come home, but not trained-just on her terms. Now I feel bad because she’s been stuck inside a tiny studio now for 9 months and I can never take her anywhere with me because she isn’t flight trained and refuses to wear a harness. If she would get startled, she’d take off almost crashing into my walls & windows, so I got really scared she was going to hurt herself. Now that I trimmed her wings she can come outside and be with me more. But I did this only 1.5 days ago. She seems to understand what happened and is still alert and snuggly with me. She has tried several times to fly but sort of crash lands trying to get to her usual spots, but can’t make it. I’m so sad about this but I feel like it will overall make her life better-she could be with me more & come places with me now, not sitting her in cage alone.
.....buuuut now she’s not eating as much food as she usually does. Do you think this is ”normal” and she is depressed or in shock from her wings being trimmed? I’m so worried I messed up. It hasn’t been long enough for her to understand the benefits of this decision. I really hope she starts eating more and this is her normal response from the stress of a big change, and will go back to her normal excitement for eating.
Do you think this is what her loss of appetite could be from?? (Nothing else in her life has changed.)
After a long time of debating pros & cons of flighted feathers vs. trimmed wings, I trimmed my Senegal parrot’s wings. She was used to being able to fly anywhere she wanted. I made this choice because I moved to a new studio apartment that is very small & I couldn’t let her outside anymore like I did at my last house. She used to take off like lightning and fly around in circles and hang out in the trees and then come home, but not trained-just on her terms. Now I feel bad because she’s been stuck inside a tiny studio now for 9 months and I can never take her anywhere with me because she isn’t flight trained and refuses to wear a harness. If she would get startled, she’d take off almost crashing into my walls & windows, so I got really scared she was going to hurt herself. Now that I trimmed her wings she can come outside and be with me more. But I did this only 1.5 days ago. She seems to understand what happened and is still alert and snuggly with me. She has tried several times to fly but sort of crash lands trying to get to her usual spots, but can’t make it. I’m so sad about this but I feel like it will overall make her life better-she could be with me more & come places with me now, not sitting her in cage alone.
.....buuuut now she’s not eating as much food as she usually does. Do you think this is ”normal” and she is depressed or in shock from her wings being trimmed? I’m so worried I messed up. It hasn’t been long enough for her to understand the benefits of this decision. I really hope she starts eating more and this is her normal response from the stress of a big change, and will go back to her normal excitement for eating.
Do you think this is what her loss of appetite could be from?? (Nothing else in her life has changed.)
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