So one of my lorikeets is moulting and will be growing his feathers soon I hope, I was wondering how I should be helping him learn to fly. Also, any more ways to prevent mental issues regarding clipped. He was clipped as a baby which I have heard is the worst time, so I want to start now helping him learn. I've put some small 'hops' between 'high value' areas in the room, with food and the like, so he flaps his wings a bit going there, I also do a bit of recall getting him to hop and flap his wings. Also, I have tried to not make him reliant on me, if he flies to the ground (it's carpet and he can kind of glide so he won't get hurt) I don't pick him up, he has to climb back up on his own, and I've tried to connect all the places Bo (the other one who can fly) goes, and also where I am, so if he wants to go to us he can climb himself, I don't pick him up and carry him over. Because I've heard clipped birds can become overly lazy and clingy.
I was thinking now that I should be carrying around treats, and every time he flaps his wings, I give him a treat to get him to do that more, would that work and is there anything else I can do? Also, when he first grows back the flight feathers, how should I make sure he doesn't fly into walls and hurt himself? I'll put the blinds down, but the breeder clipped him because he was doing that a lot, flying into walls and windows so I'd like to do something else to help with that. THanks in advance!
I was thinking now that I should be carrying around treats, and every time he flaps his wings, I give him a treat to get him to do that more, would that work and is there anything else I can do? Also, when he first grows back the flight feathers, how should I make sure he doesn't fly into walls and hurt himself? I'll put the blinds down, but the breeder clipped him because he was doing that a lot, flying into walls and windows so I'd like to do something else to help with that. THanks in advance!