I'm used to flighted birds..
And I wouldnt think
any bird deserves or needs to be clipped...
But because we're used to letting them out in my house the last one was clipped when my sister got him..and it runs on the ground a lot.
I recently got a parakeet and I wanted it to be flighted(for Indoors only),but had it clipped(distressing the employee)a certain way on both wings to let it fly up and around but not be able to "sustain flight".
This was because I plan on training this one first, before letting it be able to really fly around the house.
However I voted "to be clipped" because for those who are newer, not used to, and are
themselves unable to take care of a flighted bird properly.
The clipped/unclipped thing is better one way or the other for the bird based on the owner
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P.S. For any new bird owners or potential owners Parakeets are fun,intelligent,need attention,and are not to be thought of lightly.
However that
doesnt make them any less of a great first bird,I had my first two at 12 and I played with them for years letting them fly around the house,on to me and chasing after them in the house(in a mutual playing way)for hours.If you cant spend even 1 hour with them or cant think of them as such, then you're not ready for
any pet.No matter how easy they are to take care of compared to other pets(I even had a lab mouse), they're still pets.