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Post by jasmine on Dec 29, 2013 16:34:13 GMT
What's your opinion on clipping wings ?
Ive been struggling with this recently since Puck and Poe now will never step up onto either Mike or my hand, they will just fly away and become even more scared.....I just want to see where others stood on this subject.
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Post by lisamarie on Dec 29, 2013 16:52:05 GMT
Well my budgies are crazy so i had them clipped once but for no reason because i never let them out of the cage. And they aren't tame and I don't think i will tame them. However, with my cockatiel, she came clipped when i brought her home. She spends almost all of her time out of her cage. She will patiently wait on top of her cage ALL day and not move at all, if i let her. But she's tame and i handle her a lot. Her wings are still not fully grown in and I won't clip them once they are. Her cage is about 5 feet from my bed (if even that) and she used to not be able to fly to me and would land somewhere on the floor. So for her to be able to come to me, i won't get her clipped again.
But for your situation, you're trying to tame them so it is probably a good idea to have them clipped until they're a little tamed. then you don't have to do it again. Like i said, Lucy came clipped (and mostly tamed) so it was easy for us to bond
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Post by Budgiebonkers on Dec 29, 2013 17:26:51 GMT
Mine are flighted as they are outside birds back in the day i use to clip them just to catch them easier. But now i like the way they look flighted it looks more natural.
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Post by jasmine on Dec 29, 2013 18:23:02 GMT
When they were clipped they were completely tame. But since their flight feathers grew back it was like they had never been.
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 29, 2013 19:10:00 GMT
Jasmine, I am going through the same thing with my cockatiel. She's just not taming well and sometimes it's a real struggle getting her back into her cage when I need to.
I thought I would leave her flighted. She looks so lovely and pleased with herself when she flies around the room.
Now, I am thinking I may have to take her in to have her clipped if I stand any chance of taming her. Of course, then the problem is getting her into a carrier.
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Post by Sarah on Dec 29, 2013 21:58:51 GMT
Clipping is a mixed subject for me. If I had my ideal world, I would outlaw the clipping of wings just because it reduces a bird's ability to exercise, decreasing fitness level, overall health and contributing to possible health problems such as lung infections, obesity and heart attack. However, clipping can be an important part of the taming process and a necessary safety measure in some situations. So it really has to be up to the owner.
However, I will say that if a bird stops stepping up or accepting affection after regaining flight, there is a bigger underlying problem than simply having their wings back. Bonds don't disappear like that. Pirate was very severely clipped when he came to me, but our bond only grew stronger when flying was something he could do to come to me of his own accord or an activity I could help him do, by taking him into larger rooms in the house. If your budgie seems less tame after gaining wings, they were either not very tame to begin with or something else changed. Perhaps because they could fly, you spent less time trying to handle them or pick them up. Perhaps something came up in your life in those months that shifted them to the back burner. There has to be more of a problem: birds don't love you when they need your help to get off the floor and then stop loving you when they can fly. You can tame them again now that they or flighted or choose to start the process over with them clipped, but you don't have to keep them clipped to keep their love. I promise.
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Post by sfwyllie on Dec 31, 2013 21:30:31 GMT
My budgie is a year old - initially for training purposes I had his wings clipped, but I haven't clipped his wings since. I am telling you, I have a very happy and content budgie. Yes, he is the "eagle" in our house, and thinks he's pretty smart - he comes when he is called and sings and plays all day. However, I do have a "free bird" who flys around the house whenever he feels like it. He only returns to his cage for sleeping and eating. I will never clip his wings again.
Sandra
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jan 1, 2014 0:16:27 GMT
im against it. just tame them inside the cage
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Post by Pammy on Jan 1, 2014 2:41:17 GMT
I am not against clipping for a short window of time. I think it can be a helpful training tool. I do believe in working toward returning to full flight so birds can live out the majority of their lives being able to fly.
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