Moon's Graden

Hi folks!

I want to hear your opinion about clipping wings. Personally I think its
okey if it means that the bird gets company, instead of being left in the
cage alone all day. But how often should it be done? Regularly, and never
let the bird fly? Or sometimes? Wouldnt that be difficult for the bird, to
be used to flying and suddenly not be able to?  

WHL (Bill)
With Buddy (PF lovebird), and loving memory for Scampy (The Wonder Bird)

I am into meditation. Contact me via E-mail if you are also interested.

Alongside Bill, I too feel clipping is good for taming.  The agreement,
however, stops there.  Once the bird is tamed & receptive of its surroundings,
the wings should be allowed to grow back.  I feel that a bird with clipped
wings is like an apartment-dog -- it limits the enjoyment of the animal being
an animal.  

This, of course, is only an opinion.  Keeping your bird safe & away from open
doors & windows will mitigate the opportunities for escaping.  I don't think
anything can replace a bird's happiness while doing a lap around the living
room!

Charlene

I have lost several special friends over the last 30 years that were startled
in flight and paniced and died trying to fly through a pane of glass. keeping
the wings clipped also prevents escapes where the bird is open to predators, or
starvation.

I doubt Buddy would enjoy flight more than the 2 hours of personal one to 1
interaction he gets with me every day and the risk of escape, and accidents in
the house are removed without harming the companion animal.

WHL (Bill)
With Buddy (PF lovebird), and loving memory for Scampy (The Wonder Bird)

I am into meditation. Contact me via E-mail if you are also interested.

We have had our senegal's wings clipped and kept them clipped ever since he was
a ***y weeny baby so he hasn't gotten the taste of flying (in fact I think he
wouldn't know how to react if he knew he could fly!!).  But I can see that if
the bird could fly then lost this ability it might make him upset (and
confused!).        :)    
luv,
Sarah

WHL (Bill)
With Buddy (PF lovebird), and loving memory for Scampy (The Wonder Bird)

I am into meditation. Contact me via E-mail if you are also interested.

These decisions should be weighed out with individual circumstances.

My opinion!
--
Kellie
My Karma ran over my Dogma.  It was a catastrophe.
Now my Dogma's dead and my Karma's out of alignment.

I've lost only one this way and one was more than enough. It was a very
young tiel that flew into a wall. ( I guess a "bird proof home" doesn't
have walls?) This was many years ago when I was new to keeping birds as
pets. A lesson learned the hard way. The grief and guilt was
overwhelming. But I can say with confidence that it will never happen
again because now I know to keep wings clipped ALWAYS. I'm extra
cautious with the tiels even *with* their wings clipped! Besides, all my
birds are too spoiled and lazy to fly. :)  Heck, they have their own
private limo service - ME!
I once raised a just- hatched bluejay and when he was old enough, I had
one heck of a time getting him to fly. He didn't WANT to fly. I'll never
be convinced that my birds would be happier if they could fly.
In the wild, flight is a necessity. As a pet, flight is potentially life
threatening. Maybe our birds are smart enough to know that.
--
"Mamabird"
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He who builds to every man's advice
will have a crooked house. (Danish proverb)
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Well, anyway, that's my 2 cents.

--act626

Given a choice any bird would rather be lose in the Amazon (until supper
time).
I let my blue and gold's grow out and had several close calls with the
windows. She got to the point that when startled or hungry she would fly
all over the house. Clipped wings meant more time out on the perch.

I just clipped my CAGs wings for the first time a couple of days ago.  I let
him experience his first flight for about 3 weeks and literally one minute
after clipping him his attitude changed and he did not try even try to fly
on my shoulder(which I had been having problems with ever since he knew that
he could fly).
My husband wants me not to clip him anymore, but I love him too much and
want nothing more than a healthy baby.
Connie
OH yeah!  We have a new addition.  Male Roller Canary.  My son named him
Roadkill and we all call him Roadie.  Extremely intoxicating songs.  I am
hoping our CAG will drop the tiel calls and pick up a few of Roadies.
Hahaha!
Connie, Kiah(B&G), Alexx"PING"(CAG), Peanutbutter, Jelly and
Roadkill(Canaries) and Precious(white teacup poodle)