I came across a fascinating piece discussing the most perilous hazards linked to harm and fatality in parrots. At the forefront of this list was the peril of neglecting to trim your feathered companion’s wings.
Short answer, “geography.”
In contrast to certain birds that embark on lengthy journeys, we do not think about our pet bird species in the wild engaging in long-distance migrations.
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– what you probably didn’t know ~ You feel it’s best to clip your bird’s wings – right?
A lot of you know us well, but many of you don’t. To be clear – we’re here to help whether you want to keep your bird flighted or flightless. We can talk about flight training and explore “degrees” of clipping.
Most importantly we want you to know birds use their wings for more than flight, like balance when on their feet and muscle strength maintenance.
They were separated shortly thereafter Most of our birds are rescues - we did help hatch 3 of the 8 rescued budgies Note brief cameo of me with beard tucked…
Keeping pet birds flighted is a topic of debate among bird owners and enthusiasts. Some argue that it is important to keep birds flighted for their physical and mental health,…
– Avian flight is a complex and sophisticated mode of animal locomotion, which requires specific anatomical and physiological adaptations.\
Hello. I enjoy your Sunday post very much. I have a question.
I’ve one bird fully flighted 6 months old. I’ve a second bird less than six months old with clipped wings. It seems the fully flighted bird bullys the clipped bird. I house them separately and give them free flight separately.
Gloria W. is concerned about her budgie’s feather growth.
First – I enjoy your Sunday messages very much. Thank you.
Now a question. From all i have tried to research I think my budgie is growing primary feathers as I purchased him one wing trimmed.
Cissy R. is concerned,
Maxxi is a healthy 8yr old, female UNCLIPPED Scarlett Macaw who REFUSES TO FLY(she would rather climb down her 4ft. Perch and WALK over to me.
I know you would rather talk about smaller birds, but this seems to bother me only!
From Quora
Miniature new transmitters recently revealed that the 4-ounce Arctic Tern (113-gram) bird follows zigzagging routes between Greenland and Antarctica each year.
A fat cockatiel weighs a little more than 100 grams.
