How to Clip?

[trinijones]

I am in a constant battle with myself :( I have 3 budiges in a big cage and they are very flighty. And I am afraid that one fine day when I am cleaning their cage one of them is going to take off . So I am thinking about clipping them but my question is how do I go about it.

Heaven forbid I don't want to clip the wrong feathers or hurt them in any way is there anyone out there that can help me? May be a diagram ( I know that sounds stupid) I just want to do this right if I decide to do it.

Thanks

[JThw8]

Looks like you accidently posted this in the recepies section, might get better replies if you repost to the bird talk section of the forum.

[trinijones]

yes I know I am so sorry about posting in the wrong section :(

[JThw8]

No need to apologize, Im sure we all do it, I just wanted to point it out so you could get it in the right section and get better responses :)

[jin]

Originally Posted by trinijones

I am in a constant battle with myself :( I have 3 budiges in a big cage and they are very flighty. And I am afraid that one fine day when I am cleaning their cage one of them is going to take off . So I am thinking about clipping them but my question is how do I go about it.

Heaven forbid I don't want to clip the wrong feathers or hurt them in any way is there anyone out there that can help me? May be a diagram ( I know that sounds stupid) I just want to do this right if I decide to do it.

Thanks

Hi,
I am new so hope this helps you with your problem. In the magazine petsolutions they show a diagram of what feathers to clip and also how far back to cut the nails on birds. I have cut my lovebirds feathers often but never her toenails and hope I never have to for worry about getting back to far on the quick. I have left my lovebirds feathers grow lately cause she needs the exercise of flying when left out at nite and no one here but me and hubby so we dont open doors at nite either so she is safe in the house. She is 3 years old,peachface and we love her sooo much.She keeps laying eggs and no male so no babies either. You could probably even go to www.petsolutions.com and see if you could see any diagrams online to help you. Hope this helps.

[TooLover]

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[Skyebirdsmom]

Originally Posted by trinijones

I am in a constant battle with myself :( I have 3 budiges in a big cage and they are very flighty. And I am afraid that one fine day when I am cleaning their cage one of them is going to take off . So I am thinking about clipping them but my question is how do I go about it.

Heaven forbid I don't want to clip the wrong feathers or hurt them in any way is there anyone out there that can help me? May be a diagram ( I know that sounds stupid) I just want to do this right if I decide to do it.

Thanks

Here is a good link with a diagram for clipping. It's not hard so don't get upset about it.
http://www.acstiels.com/Articles/BasicCare/wing.html
Good luck,
Linda & HRC~

[Monica]

It might be easier to go to a reputable petstore or avian vet and have them do the first clipping on each bird and to show you how to do this yourself so that you can do it in the future. The first 4-8 flight feathers on the outermost part of the wing should be clipped, though.