Greetings from Nz

[cryken]

Hi guys, first time owning a parrot so it's been an exciting week researching and preparing.
Baldrick comes home in 7 hours.. Its 2.16am here and I can't sleep.
I'm lucky in the sense because I already have a good bond with him.. Im down at the
Pet store twice a day spending time with him and just helping make the transition
To my home that little bit easier (hopefully).

I do have one question I can't find much info on. Pros and cons of clipping and not clipping.
He is 15weeks and has been clipped, which is fine. But when he jumps of my shoulder hes pretty
Careless and I'm worried he will hurt himself. Would it be a bad idea to have him unclipped,
He will have free run of the house about 80% of the time and I'll screen windows and doors of course

[Loriusgarrulus]

Birds that are unclipped have less phscological problems. Develope better heart and lung function and are less likely to hurt themselves as if they fall they can fly out of it.
We have been keeping flighted parrots since 1997 with few problems due to flight even when the children were home.
We just made sure that everyone in the house knew a bird was out and checked doors and windows.
We had a double door on both entrances to our old house and net curtains the windows so they wont fly into them.
There is nothing better than calling your parrot and seeing it fly to you because it wants too.
Flighted parrots are less likely to get overweight as flying burns more calories than anything else a bird does.
Then there is the moral issue. You have a beautiful animal that was evolved to fly. Something a lot of humans dream of being able to do. Then its crippled by having it flight feathers cut.

Good Luck withn your new baby, they are amazing. There is lots of good info on here and Michaels training methods works well. My 5 month old caique is flying to me now

[cryken]

Thank you very much for a quick reply! I am completely new to bigger birds and this wee guy I certainly do not want caged Alot. He even has a very expensive stand I've bought for office at work. I've been doing some early morning research and I've looked into harness and a flight line which I may purchase in the next few weeks once he has adjusted some more here. I've already taught him basic
Commands like getting up and no biting. Will work over the next few months on calling him to me before I start any outside training. Hopefully it works and he can have a good amount of freedom

[Pajarita]

Welcome to the forum. I second Lori's posting wholeheartedly, birds were not created to be grounded UNLESS they evolved to be flightless (like emus, ostriches, penguins, etc). Unfortunately, if he is already clipped at 15 weeks of age, he might have never learned to fly when he first fledged and, as you will have to wait until he has a full molt for his remiges (flight feathers), he might never get good flight so take that into consideration.

Also (and I don't mean this just to be a party pooper but because you need to know this in advance), he is not really bonded to you even though you go to visit him twice a day. These visits will make his transition easier and the fact that he is a baby will help, too. But, please, be patient and don't expect too much because it's still a huge change for him and extremely traumatic.