clipped wings

[Pajarita]

I love hamsters, they are the cutest thing! They can't compare to birds, of course - but, then, no other animal does, in my personal opinion.

[marie83]

Aww of course they don't compare but I love them all for their little quirks. Hamsters seem to have a reputation for biting but I never got bit once (ok I did once but I frightened the poor thing so totally not his fault). I can't say that of the birds lol- although listening to them does help a lot lol.

[kannon]

When the wings have been clipped,do the clipped feathers have to fall out and new feathers grow in or do new feathers grow constantly and eventually replace the damaged ones?

[Pajarita]

The clipped feathers have to fall out and this only happens once a year during molt (late summer and beginning of fall). But it takes more than a year because they only molt half their feathers every year.