A pro flight article

[TheNzJessie]

the do over exaderate, but put it down the the base line and take away all the fancy words.

and i didn't write that paragraph my self i took it from the website. form my personal experience i find it true.

[bmsweb]

This seems to be based on a lot of unfounded assumptions (and you know what, for casual forum posts that may be ok but for such a hardline article?).

As for people talking about their always clipped birds or refledged birds, here's what I think. BMSweb, your parrots learned to fly again really well and quickly because they were properly fledged and were able to fly before.

In all honesty I've found close to 99% of what I read is based on "Unfounded Assumptions", but having said that their is some truth in most articles.

As far as properly fledged birds go, I think this is very important and in my opinion makes a lot of sense. Now if you combine properly fledged bird with intense socialisation, clipping pretty much becomes a non issue. Two of the people buying our babies wanted their bird clipped and once they saw the birds they changed their minds themselves without any convincing. All these birds do is fly to you

[Mr.Darcy]

Hmmm I agree with leaving the birds flighted. It just makes sense, and understanding the risks involved.(windows, open doors) We all talk about how intelligent these creatures are, then we should not underestimate them.

I agree with Michael, the article reaked with propaganda for the harness, that said, I have always intended on getting that harness since I began planning to get a parrot.

These are all personal preferences just like the breed of parrots we choose, so good luck to all.....

Oh and by the way, bmsweb I miss you baby updates!!

[bmsweb]

Oh and by the way, bmsweb I miss you baby updates!!

Thanks, I've actually got some more videos to encode and get up on youtube but just haven't had time. I really miss opening their cage and having 5 birds fly like crazy for 3 laps around our living room and then all pick the one person to land on . . . bugger I had better stop thinking about it

BTW: all the babies are still flighted in their homes and no one has had any problems at all.

[pchela]

What I most agree with in this article is everything that is said after
Some common arguments in favor of clipping wings include:

I am especially confounded by the people who clip their birds to keep them safe from their cats or dogs. WTF? How is a parrot not able to fly away safer from a dog or cat???

[bmsweb]

I am especially confounded by the people who clip their birds to keep them safe from their cats or dogs. WTF? How is a parrot not able to fly away safer from a dog or cat???

This does make sense depending on the bird. One of the people that has one of our babies is having the problem that their bird keeps flying over to the dog. From what they tell me the dog has no interest in the bird at all so the little fella is safe for now

Having said that I do fully understand you point pchela