Back again, I separated my two conures but a lot of the time I still have the both with me. Buddy (boy) had to have his wings trimmed last time he broke a blood feather, the vet told me to leave bonnies (girl) feathers to grow as they were still quite short.
So hers have come back enough to the point where she can fly a few feet. Now my question is should I have her wings clipped again. She seems to love the freedom, but I have been reading a million things and there are a lot of for and against arguments. And a lot of sad stories of people losing their birds to not having the wings clipped. She will not move off me even when I am outside, but I know that a number of things could startle her into jumping off.
I would just like to know what other people have done, with both the clipping and not clipping.
My situation is so people know a bit more about the conditions around them. I close the doors in the house before taking them out, and my dog is usually outside when they are running around. They are never left alone if they are out the cage. We have a few birds such as crows around (which is always to be expected)... but I am willing to jump fences and climb up a tree in a heartbeat if that unfortunately had to be done.
Buddy unfortunately (bless his little heart) has not realized his limitations and keeps flapping and falling to try be like her, but his feathers eventually will grow back enough for him to fly. So I will need to have worked out if I should let them grow back properly.
So hers have come back enough to the point where she can fly a few feet. Now my question is should I have her wings clipped again. She seems to love the freedom, but I have been reading a million things and there are a lot of for and against arguments. And a lot of sad stories of people losing their birds to not having the wings clipped. She will not move off me even when I am outside, but I know that a number of things could startle her into jumping off.
I would just like to know what other people have done, with both the clipping and not clipping.
My situation is so people know a bit more about the conditions around them. I close the doors in the house before taking them out, and my dog is usually outside when they are running around. They are never left alone if they are out the cage. We have a few birds such as crows around (which is always to be expected)... but I am willing to jump fences and climb up a tree in a heartbeat if that unfortunately had to be done.
Buddy unfortunately (bless his little heart) has not realized his limitations and keeps flapping and falling to try be like her, but his feathers eventually will grow back enough for him to fly. So I will need to have worked out if I should let them grow back properly.
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