Rio

[AmberC]

Rio is the 6th parrot I've owned. He is a hand-reared pineapple green-cheeked conure with one of his wings clipped. He is about a month old and I brought him from a breeder. I love him so much its unbelievable. he LOVES scritches, He also loves to cuddle up to me and fall asleep in my hair. His favourite food is apple and his favourite type of toys are bead toys. His favourite song: Take you to rio by Ester Dean

also read this: Laura's PBFD and my other parrots

Here is the best pic I have of him:

 

[Feather]

Congrats. He's very cute.

Unless you can get him imped, I would recommend getting his other wing clipped so he'll at least be balanced until they grow back in. Just one wing clipped can be more dangerous than both.

 

[Circling]

What a cutie pie- Rio!

 

[Karen]

What a cutie!

 

[Ember-Tiel]

He's adorable!

But did you mean you got him from a breeder at the pet store because that's what you said in your last post.

 

[Ulis_Beast]

Congrats! Rio is adorable!

conure with one of his wings clipped

Why? Simply why??

Just one wing clipped can be more dangerous than both.

Agreed.

 

[Dorcas George]

I want to scritch that cute little head!

 

[AmberC]

Congrats! Rio is adorable!

Why? Simply why??

Agreed.

Im against it and all of my other birds are fully flighted. All the places that sell birds in my area all clip their birds. So I didn't really have a choice...

 

[Shezbug]

@AmberC the advice to make the other wing match is good sound advice. They are safest fully flighted (as you know and like) but they are the most vulnerable for bad accidents with an uneven clip.
They used to only do one wing many many years ago with the belief that the bird can then only fly in circles and can’t get height. In actual fact they don’t do that they just fly much more out of control.
The best thing you can do is give that baby even wings

 

[AmberC]

@AmberC the advice to make the other wing match is good sound advice. They are safest fully flighted (as you know and like) but they are the most vulnerable for bad accidents with an uneven clip.
They used to only do one wing many many years ago with the belief that the bird can then only fly in circles and can’t get height. In actual fact they don’t do that they just fly much more out of control.
The best thing you can do is give that baby even wings

Ok I will take him to the vet to get his other wing clipped then...

 

[AmberC]

His flight feathers are both fully grown back now