When I got the budgie boys, their breeder did such a beautiful and subtle glide clip on them that you couldn't even tell without a hard look. I had about 3 days with them before they figured out how to get lift again. It was helpful for our introductions to each other, but I will never let anyone else clip them.
They've lived their whole lives with flight and they are so happy.
But I don't know how to approach this with Opie and Oggie.. they came from the vet/rescue fully clipped, and I feel like this is not new to them. Neither of them tries to fly at all.
I want them to be happy like the budgies, but if they have been clipped most of their lives, is it actually better to keep them that way?
Especially Oggie.. he is a senior bird, I'm not sure if it's good for him to start trying to fly this late in the game?
And with Opie.. it's easy for the budgies to fly in this house they are tiny. But Opie wouldn't quite be able to get the same zooming and swooping freedom just because of his larger size.
Would it frustrate him to only fly short spurts?
I wish they could tell me!
It'll be awhile, but they've each molted a handful of feathers since coming here so I probably need to have a plan in place.
They've lived their whole lives with flight and they are so happy.
But I don't know how to approach this with Opie and Oggie.. they came from the vet/rescue fully clipped, and I feel like this is not new to them. Neither of them tries to fly at all.
I want them to be happy like the budgies, but if they have been clipped most of their lives, is it actually better to keep them that way?
Especially Oggie.. he is a senior bird, I'm not sure if it's good for him to start trying to fly this late in the game?
And with Opie.. it's easy for the budgies to fly in this house they are tiny. But Opie wouldn't quite be able to get the same zooming and swooping freedom just because of his larger size.
Would it frustrate him to only fly short spurts?
I wish they could tell me!
It'll be awhile, but they've each molted a handful of feathers since coming here so I probably need to have a plan in place.