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We're about to welcome 2 new parrots into our home, an eclectus and a conure.
We used to have a lorikeet who came to us wing clipped, and was kept that way. We did let his wings grow out one time, and he loved flying around, but he used to make a mess and crash into things, this is also how we lost himā¦ he flew out a door that was slightly open and got stuck in a tree, we couldnāt get him down even though we tried for hours, eventually we just had to go to bed and when we woke up he was gone, one of the saddest days of my life. ):
Now that I am getting a bird again I am unsure of what to do with his wingsā¦ do we clip for safety and fear of the same thing happening that happened to our lorikeet, or train him to prevent this from ever happening and let him enjoy his natural gift?
Iām very undecided on the whole thing and the thing that worries me most is even if theyāre trained, once theyāre in the sky thatās itā¦ if they get scared of confused or feel like being naughty thereās not way youāre going to catch them.
What do you guys do?
We used to have a lorikeet who came to us wing clipped, and was kept that way. We did let his wings grow out one time, and he loved flying around, but he used to make a mess and crash into things, this is also how we lost himā¦ he flew out a door that was slightly open and got stuck in a tree, we couldnāt get him down even though we tried for hours, eventually we just had to go to bed and when we woke up he was gone, one of the saddest days of my life. ):
Now that I am getting a bird again I am unsure of what to do with his wingsā¦ do we clip for safety and fear of the same thing happening that happened to our lorikeet, or train him to prevent this from ever happening and let him enjoy his natural gift?
Iām very undecided on the whole thing and the thing that worries me most is even if theyāre trained, once theyāre in the sky thatās itā¦ if they get scared of confused or feel like being naughty thereās not way youāre going to catch them.
What do you guys do?