tippy 0 Posted February 2, 2018 Member ID: 8,574 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 45 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Hello, I was just wondering: Soon I will bring a new budgie home. I live in a country where budgies' wings are not clipped (animal activists see it as cruel...but that is another story). Should I clip the wings (I only would like to do so once, for taming purposes) immediately when I bring the budgie home, or instead wait some days/weeks before doing so? I don't want to make the bird afraid of me with irreversible damage to its trust in me. Please advise me! PS: Please do not bash me for clipping the wings. This is not a discussion if it is morally correct or not. Thanks! Link to comment
bruffy 0 Posted February 3, 2018 Member ID: 4,399 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 2, 2018 Birthday: 30/05/1962 Share Posted February 3, 2018 clipping primary flight feathers on one wing is fine - like clipping your finger nails- when next your bird moults , new flight feathers will grow. you only clip one wing as this upsets the lift a bird gets when trying to fly , therefore it cant fly too high or far due to exertion of the flight and in uneven air lift disregard the activists as they obviously have no idea Link to comment
tippy 0 Posted February 3, 2018 Member ID: 8,574 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 45 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 thanks bruffy, but I think you did not understand my question: should I clip the wings immediately when I bring the bird home or should I wait some time (days, weeks, etc.) before clipping? Which will destroy less trust in me? Link to comment
tippy 0 Posted February 5, 2018 Member ID: 8,574 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 45 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Nobody knows? Link to comment
Skye Lily 0 Posted December 23, 2018 Member ID: 8,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 61 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 357 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Wait for him to get sorta familiar with you, do NOT grab him to clip his wings Link to comment
JoLee 0 Posted May 26, 2019 Member ID: 8,859 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 1 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 26/05/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 29, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) As soon as I brought my new budgie straight home, I clipped his wing when I had to take him out of the box to put him into the cage. That way he wouldn't be traumatized again. I have had him now for 4 days and instead of being stressed and running from me, he let me touch his feet! I waited a day before putting my hand into the cage and when he got stressed I removed it. I was very gentle with my hand and today, day 4, I could pet him!! Edited May 26, 2019 by JoLee Link to comment
CyberDoc 0 Posted March 20 Member ID: 9,784 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 9 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 54 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/03/24 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 21 Device: Linux Share Posted March 20 You never ever clip the wings. Your petvis not for you – you are for your pet There is absolutely no reason to clip the wings. You may need to clip the tips of their nails, but better than someone else does that. Link to comment
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