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OH WOW! Ashley! Congratulations! Seriously, you aren't going to regret not clipping this baby at all! I think you mentioned in a previous post that you live with other people and that you were in college? Make absolutely sure to have a very lengthy discussion with everyone in your house about the dangers of opening and closing doors and that you now have a fully flighted bird in the house! If you are cooking, make sure that Rosie is in his cage!:) Keep the toilet seat down and the bathroom door closed for good measure. If you leave windows open, make sure the screens are tightly on.
You have an advantage in the fact that your breeder has been fledging your little pink and grey powder puff, so you probably won't run into as many issues of him running into walls and windows and mirrors. It's harder for an adult bird to relearn to fly or to learn to fly for the first time. When you finally bring him home though, go around and show him all the windows and gently touch his beak to the windows so that he realizes that there is something there. Show him his reflection in the mirrors and let him touch his beak to the mirrors as well. If he ends up running into any of them at first, just put your blinds down until he starts to feel comfortable flying in the area and then slowly let him adapt to the area and open the blinds up one at a time to let him get a feeling for the house.
Definitely get a harness for him. There are lots of them on the market but my personal favorite is the Aviator. If you contact me privately, I can set you up with one. Now is the time to get him used to wearing a harness too while he's young.
You're going to do fine and you are going to enjoy this little guy so much! They really are just wonderful!
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