Bad wing clip

[lisascannell]

Hi everyone,
So I got a new budgie yesterday. 6 weeks old, quite friendly!
Now the poor thing had it's wing clipped by the people I bought him from, and he's flying, or gliding, backwards!!!
I've clipped my lovebird wings before and they certainly didn't fly backwards.
Have they cut the wing on the wrong angle? I must admit I haven't looked closely at his wing as I don't want to freak him out on his second day home.
Thanks,
P.S he is an albino budgie

 

[MikeyTN]

If you can view how the wing was clipped it would be helpful.

 

[lisascannell]

Please have a look at this picture Mikey, thanks.

 

[lisascannell]

And here's another. It looks a bit uneven.

 

[lisascannell]

I've done some research on the Internet and it seems that this problem can be a result of cutting the wings too short or a very poor wing clip. Makes me so mad! The poor little birdie is only 6 weeks too young for a wing clip IMO

 

[Fae]

Looks to me as if they did a partial outter primary clip. With Parakeets leaving even a few primaries (the feathers causing their lift) usually still allows them to fly since they're light and small, but they can be a bit off balance in the case of my babies' clips. (they were also clipped before I bought them which made me rather sad)

Thankfully though with a partial clip it takes less time, in most cases, for them to grow back a full set of their flight feathers.

 

[MikeyTN]

Yes the picture clearly shows it that it's only a partial clip like Fae says! I just wonder if he was ever fully flighted when they clipped him and that's what's causing him to fly backwards a bit. Nothing to worry about too much as they will molt out soon enough and he'll be taking full flight.

 

[lisascannell]

Thanks Mikey and Fae.

 

[cindys6436]

Did they only do one wing? That puts them so off balance!

 

[lisascannell]

Both wings were clipped