Trick or 'Tiel wrote:Last week I went to my local bird fair/show and saw a disturbing sight. Nearly every bird there was clipped! In total, I only saw one too and one gray that were fully flighted, as well as the canaries/finches. There was even a gray with the secondaries clipped, and that gray was a plucker!! The gray fell like a rock onto the table when he attempted to fly and never stopped flapping his wings at every small movement of my hand. One breeder there clipped the baby tiels and lovies before fledging. Their tail and flight feathers were still coming in, yet a few primaries were already clipped! These birds will probably be handicapped for life and will never learn to fly. These babies hadn't even attempted their first flight yet. This is a reminder to everybody, DON'T CLIP!! Birds are meant to fly, and depriving them of their main way to get around is cruel. There are so many problems caused by clipping, from balance issues and not feeling confident to lack of exercise. Please never get a bird if you are not prepared for a flying animal in your home, because the bird will just end up clipped or caged all the time and will never get the chance to truly be a bird.
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