[huntress]

There is nothing wrong with the feather teather. It was commented that teathering her to a PERCH for long periods is not good - using a feather teather to keep track of her is just fine. I was the one who made the comment about the wing clip. It is an old practice to clip one wing - heck my dad taught me to do that as a child but it has been proven through many years and vets and specialists that it is very dangerous for the bird. Both wings clipped evenly and as short as necc on the main flight feathers to allow the bird to SAFELY break his fall to the ground - thus fluttering to the floor without crash landing. Having two wings even permits the bird to steer (and they will learn to) to avoid an obstacle that may be in the way when an "emergency" landing is in order. A bird that is only clipped on one side is unable to control the fall and direction and therefor will even land hard and unevenly.Then in the event of that "emergency landing" like when someone carrying you trips and falls or your perch falls over or something like a new couch pillow frightens you you cannot make a safe landing and you can easily break a wing or beak when you smash into the coffee table you might have been able to avoid if you could at least steer. Does that make sense?? There are still quite a few "old schoolers" out there just like in any profession. Ask an Avian vet and some other Professionals about it.