To owners with FLIGHTED BIRDS...PLEASE READ **UPDATED**

[Millertimeoff]

I had a Yellowsided GCC that was clipped but could still fly very well. She would go everwhere with me and never flew more than a few feet away. One day she tried to fly through a closing door and she broke her neck. Since then I haven't taken my other birds outside without a carrier and everytime I open a door I make sure they are in a cage or my wife is holding them. My birds will always be flighted but I am much more cautious now. Losing her was like losing a child and nothing is worth that.

[new guy on the block]

some australian states have outlawed wing clipping - what the hell are u expected to do, seriously - i still clip my poultry wings but cant touch the parrots

[bellashadow]

Great discussion, I have had several parrotts over the years, I remember one incident when I said the fatal words to a girlfriend "watch my parrott wont fly"...well you can guess the next thing!
I let my Blue & Gold (Bella) out of her cage she has flown away once but came back, I dont want to clip her wings because we have dogs & cats although she will walk onto the floor & not take any nonsense...they now keep well away.
would love to have a pair of macaws free flying ,,,this is my aim
I am just building a large 24 x 12ft aviary for my breeding pair of Blue & Golds (Rio & Brazil) cant wait to let gthem loose in it!!No worries there!!

[bellashadow]

How awfull for you

[bellashadow]

Originally Posted by ROYJOY

recall and free flight go hand in hand. if you mean indoor freeflight, recall isnt required, but if you freefly outdoors, if your bird doesnt recall, you'll simply never see it again.

free flight outdoors, generaly means unteathered, but under voice, or hand control, on the other hand, liberty flying is when your bird is flying outdoors on his/her own, and comes back to you when he/she is ready. overnighters are not uncomon.

my birds injoy liberty flight.

Which of your birds liberty fly? Would like to breed Blue & Golds to do this one day...

[shanlung]

Harry Potter // Rustaq // 1st overland into Lhasa
shanlung: Harry Potter // Rustaq // 1st overland into Lhasa



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[MissV]

Originally Posted by new guy on the block

some australian states have outlawed wing clipping - what the hell are u expected to do, seriously - i still clip my poultry wings but cant touch the parrots

People would flip in America if that happened. Though I doubt it ever would, considering that in all the time I've spoken to different vets here I've never once come across one that advocates not clipping. Mainly in our past of interfering for the rights of animals, it has come on the advice and activity of experts and trained specialists.

Maybe Australia just secretly wants to populate itself with New colorful parrots?

[aikahiguy]

Personally I think it is important for the health and confidence of your bird to be fully flighted...after all, that is what they are born to do. All the advice and precautions given here will prevent an accidental escape. Both of my birds are fully flighted most of the time. They love the out time and being able to have full airspace around the house. Besides, nothing is more fun than watching a CAG flying around the house saying "Stupid Bird" to everyone she flies by....lol

[pippy]

Originally Posted by aikahiguy

nothing is more fun than watching a CAG flying around the house saying "Stupid Bird" to everyone she flies by....lol

OMG I roared with laughter when I read that!

[kristy29]

I think that outlawing wing clipping is too extreme. In some cases it is necessary. When I first got my 2 parakeets, they had never been out of their cage before so they didn't know how to fly correctly. When I let them out, they were flying into walls and almost killed themselves. I took them to get their wings clipped, and then as their flight feathers grew in they were able to learn how to fly slowly and by the time their feathers had fully grown in they were flying aces. It was a way to take them back to being babies and let them sort of fledge even though they were adults, and I think it is the best thing I ever did for them.