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.
My answer to a Quora question
We have 10 flighted birds in our home.
7 budgies (all rescues) never leave their large aviary and keep themselves organized and busy all day.
Our rescues African Ringneck, Blue Quaker, and Grey cockatiel all came to us clipped.
Chris S. asks,Â
Is it okay to clip a parrotlets wings???
Dear Chris,Â
You can clip ANY bird’s wings. But it is best to have a good reason for it.
If the bird is new to you and your home and you are trying to get the new bird to learn where his cage is and settle in, and/or also trying to bond with a new baby bird.Â
Just as the name implies, this is a series of quick and easy ways to help your birds stay happy and healthy around the clock.
This is a series of short but incisive ideas you can apply today bringing you closer to bird care nirvana.
The number of things necessary to provide foraging enrichment for your birds can be found in a series of quick and simple ideas.
Lisa N. wrote:
Hi, Catherine hope all is well.
We have been really busy my son is moving to his new home in a few weeks and working a lot of hours so we taking care of his 2 parakeets.
Ricky is older than Kiwi.
When we take them out of the cages for exercise little Kiwi will chase after Ricky and Ricky just wants to do his own thing and trying to get him back in the cage is very difficult my son.
He says Kiwi is always like that but I thought the parakeets got along.
There is no need to teach a bird how to fly even if they were clipped prior to fledging.
Birds have known how to fly for 100,000,000 years.
You teach them where and how to land.
Hello All
And thanks for your contributions to this often difficult topic.
Yes, it is true that flighted birds may have accidents, which some folks may attribute to their being flighted.
But then birds whose flight has been impaired also have accidents due to flight impairment.
Clipped birds are vulnerable to death during escape from cats, dogs and being run down by vehicles.
Good Morning, I am rescuing 2 abused Amazon parrots – Male / Female.
Both have 1 broken wing and cannot fly.
Female about 4-5 years old).
The male (about 15 yrs) picks the top of this wing and has scabs – not healed – what can I do to promote healing?
From my observation, both birds are under extreme stress.
Please let me know what I can apply topically to prevent further picking and plucking.
