by Michael » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:12 pm
Take your time. There's no rush. This is just the first year. When you realize the parrot could live for many years, enjoy the clipped phase while it lasts and make the most of it. It's a great idea to let the wings grow back but while he's clipped make sure you use this time to do as much taming as possible. Practice touching, grabbing, holding, and grooming your parrot while you have more control. This way you can maintain all that when it can fly. And keep practicing the harness cause you'll definitely need that to take it outside.
Upping the nutrition can help bring the molt out sooner (if the time is close for it anyway). Depending on what you are feeding, increasing the nutrition/quantity of the food could encourage the body to begin molting. Kili's molt definitely started but she hasn't replaced many wing feathers yet. Mostly just body.