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Post by melzawelza on Jul 6, 2006 12:41:05 GMT 10
Hey guys! wondering what you think on the wing clipping issue! My budgie isnt clipped.. he loves flying around and making mischief. my lorikeet is though, as i wanted him to be cuddly and was worried about him flying into things!
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Post by guinevere on Jul 6, 2006 18:07:11 GMT 10
I let my budgie fly around too (but his flight ability has diminished lately) so im not to worried about him flying away. Plus its his only way of escape when he is being picked on by my quaker and Sun conure
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Post by vankarhi on Jul 9, 2006 11:44:41 GMT 10
For 30 years I clipped and I used to only clip one wing. Then I allowed skye my eclectus to have free flight for about 6 months (she actually needs clipping again), I taught her to recall to me during this time and it was wonderful. But then she got cocky and developed attitude and started flying into the kitchen and landed in the sink.......luckily with only cold water in it from cleaning veges. I have too many kids who will not shut the screen doors or put her back into her cage when they want to turn the ceiling fans on. I had too many near misses so I clipped her again. Her attitude changed over night and she become her lovely self again once her wings were clipped.
I was told by an avian vet that I should clip both wings to balance the birds out. Personally I never had a problem with the one wing clip, but do now clip both as I can see the potential for possible problems if not clipped properly with only one wing.
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Post by vankarhi on Jul 9, 2006 11:52:28 GMT 10
what does the poll mean...........all of them, none of them, some of them?? is that the birds or their wing feathers. All my birds are clipped, except when i get an aviary then they will be unclipped.
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Post by silvercloud on Jul 9, 2006 12:53:11 GMT 10
The birds Tracey  |
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Post by vankarhi on Jul 9, 2006 14:53:41 GMT 10
::)cool my vote is in then.  |
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Jul 10, 2006 9:07:31 GMT 10
At work, we clip wings for customers who come in and each wing is done.... first four flights then every second one after that. The birds then get a "test flight" and they can't fly far and decend to the ground. But with some of my birds their wings could be harshly clipped (as in them all!) and they could still fly 5m +!!!
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Post by vankarhi on Jul 10, 2006 17:14:44 GMT 10
yes Amanda I had a lot of trouble with tiels........no matter how short they were clipped they could still fly and that is how I lost the majority of them, they got out and away in a gust of wind.  |
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Post by AussieBirds on Jul 11, 2006 10:27:46 GMT 10
As a breeder I hand raise a lot of birds and on sell them as pets I clip wings at the new owners request and don't have any problems with birds escaping or flying away people bring there birds back to me for re clipping and it seems to be working well.
John
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Post by melzawelza on Jul 11, 2006 12:01:48 GMT 10
How long does it take for the wing feathers to grow back? the last time my lory was clipped was december (only one wing) and it hasnt grown back yet..
My piano teacher looked after him when he was only a little over a month old... his wings were clipped, and 3 days before christmas he managed to fly 100 metres into the tree tops around her house. he was out there for 3 days while they were trying to get him down!! she though he was going to die for sure (remember how hot it was!!) and eventually a neighbour climbed a tree, took his pants off, put him in the pocket and threw it back down to my piano teacher!!
amazingly he isnt scarred, after a day he was just back to his usual crazy self! it hink he was smart enough to drink the dew on the leaves (maybe because he was so young)
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Post by AussieBirds on Jul 11, 2006 12:18:01 GMT 10
Clipping is an on going thing, I have two birds here at home and I am constantly clipping their wings they are pets and spend a lot of time out of the cage sitting on my or my wifes shoulder, in fact they usually do the housework of morning sitting on my wifes shoulder. I couldn't tell you a time frame for clipping we just clip to suit, if the wings get too long we clip them.
John
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Post by vankarhi on Jul 11, 2006 13:05:01 GMT 10
I find about every 6 months roughly, but i have seen others give different time frames. I have clipped Skye twice in 18 months and she is in need of another one...........she had a time of about 6 months of free flight too but that did not work real well for us. My galah was roughly every 6 months or when i noticed she was starting to get a bit of hight in gliding down or her feathers looked a bit long.
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Post by princessp on Jan 28, 2007 16:46:05 GMT 10
My new Princess parrot has one wing clipped, or should i say hacked he was already done before i brought him. Although i havent clipped a birds wings before, im sure this has been done wrong. ALL his long feathers have been cut back and even the tips of the small ones are gone. |
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 28, 2007 19:57:11 GMT 10
yes that is too big a clip. they will grow back and then you can clip him properly. there are many different ways to clip, but the avian vet told me to clip against the line of the long feathers..........so when the wings are tucked under they look neat and tidy.
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Post by shanlung on Mar 3, 2007 19:31:45 GMT 10
It is the right for all to chose a path that is right for them. But you can only truly choose if you know the choices that you do have and the consequences of the choice. If I can suggest, this very balanced article should be read before you decide. If you have decided already but have not read that article yet, you might like to read and then decide again. Feathers, Flight and Parrot Keeping by Pamela Clark www.indonesian-parrot-project.org/Library/pam2.html |
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Post by sebzpets on May 16, 2007 23:01:57 GMT 10
I only clip my poultry's wings so they can't go over the fence or up a tree if I am late locking them up and they decide to roost too high for me to get them.
But I must admit it is only the birds that have never been out that I do as the ones that have been out can be trusted to stay on the ground unless something gives them a fright.
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Post by vankarhi on May 17, 2007 7:24:55 GMT 10
You too have to clip chooks wings?? I thought I was the only one. LOL Tucky our handraised hen would continually fly back into our yard and dig up all my gardens. Our chook pen backs onto our back yard.
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Post by grego on Oct 10, 2007 7:26:17 GMT 10
Personnally l only clip birds wings for people if its for starter training when they are young then tell the owners if you haven't time for the birds once it is moulting again, let them regrow and if you clip them take them out (depending on the bird also)  |
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Post by sonya on Sept 15, 2008 0:32:08 GMT 10
I KEEP MY BIRDS CLIPPED UNTIL THEY ARE TOTALLY TAMED AND THEN LET THEM GROW BACK. NOW THEY FLY TO ME , ITS WONDERFUL AND THEY CAN STILL HAVE THEIR EXERCISE.
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 20, 2008 20:23:31 GMT 10
that is lovely Sonya. I would love to do that. Maybe with Erik I might be able to do it. I did have Eriks mum unclipped for about 6 months and I had taught her to recall to me. But she developed attitude and it was unsafe in our house at the time to have an unclipped bird. We had 6 kids living in the house at the time and being teenagers and older (except for Caillean who was only a toddler) they wouldn't turn fans off or shut doors etc.
But I am considering having Erik unclipped......for a while. Will see how it goes with harness training.
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