I would love to allow my green cheek to be flighted but I am unsure if that would be possible for her while still keeping her safe. My last bird, a cockatiel, was flighted and we never had trouble with her (she did escape once while bringing her home from a housesitters and the travel cage literally fell apart, but luckily we were able to retrieve her). Honestly though, when taking in their personalities my 'tiel was much more independant than my conure is. I know my conure would follow me everywhere if should could instead of staying on her playstand some of the time. This probably would not be a problem for me if my house didn't have such an open layout. There is little to no barriers between the living room and the kitchen, and the stove has open burners with the pilot lights always burning. Even with my gcc's wings clipped she still gets startles easily by sudden loud noises (like a particularly loud sneeze in a quiet room) and flutters down or attempts to follow us at times. I know if she was flighted she probably would not be out as much as she is now. Plus there is always the worry that she would get startled and fly onto one of the open burners. (I might just be worrying too much about the dangers, I tend to do that)
So basically, with those factors in mind, I'm wondering if anyone has solutions that would allow us to have her flighted and safe? =/
much thanks!