flight

Hello, I have recently acquired a ~3-4 month old female Eclectus. The breeder had her clipped and her nails trimmed - which results in her having a hard time balancing and moving around. I want to be able to have her develop well and be fully flighted in the future (I don't plan on clipping...

Kermit, my GCC, came to me as a clipped baby who I presume was never allowed to learn how to fly. It's the only reason I can think to explain her aversion to flight. When I initially allowed her flight feather's to grow out, she only flew when spooked. Over time she learned controlled flight...

Hey all, I just put a deposit down on a beautiful baby Amazon for my birthday. I have big plans for her socialization and training but my only concern is that she's been clipped already (at 9 weeks old?!). I feel it is very important to her mental and physical health that she fully retain the...

So do feathers not grow at all except for during a molt? So my GCC baby's flight feathers were cut very short by the breeder--3 months ago. She's almost 6 months old now and there's been little to no growth. So she might not be able to fly until next year sometime??

Hello so my meyers, dotty, has had her wings clipped since ive gotten her and her wings are starting to grow back (yay!). but there is one problem: before i made a post about this awhile ago and it turned out she broke a flight feather. she was fine and actually didnt even bleed or anything...

I love the idea of having a fully-flighted bird who will go from room to room as he pleases, and makes his own choices of which station he wants to sit on. Not only would it be good for Teeko physically, but I believe it would really develop him mentally as well. However, he is not fully...

Sorry if I'm a total newb.. -.- anyway, I have two sun conures and a baby green cheeked conure. Tikko is the baby, he doesn't have a cage, I mean, well, he does.. He just hated it so I put it away. He lives in my closet (I'll show a picture) and sleeps in his carrier, I bring him everywhere with...

I am going through a debate... To fly or not to fly! I personally feel like flying is a natural and healthy part of a large birds existence, but I want to make sure that my beloved Samantha is safe. That being said, I have been doing some research on getting an Aviator Harness. Any thoughts...

Hello, you guys had helped me a while back with Raiden, but I had some more questions. He or she is currently 84 days old (12 weeks) today and I am aware that this is around the time they start weaning and trying to fly. I was wondering, how much am I supposed to feed him because he won't take...

Hello all, Our Ringneck Remy has her full wings and we let her pretty much fly around when she wants to. We feel it gives her exercise and freedom. We want to try and train her not to fly into the kitchen however, especially when we're cooking as it's very dangerous. Does anyone have any...

So, Poe has becomes an absolute master flyer. He has NO tail (due being a particularly clumsy baby) which makes his ability to break so quickly all the more impressive. I've started recall training and he's loving it. He's making it the whole way through the house, swooping over chairs and...

Hello, we have a 2yo military macaw named Pollo. He is very friendly and will step up and fly to anyone ( his wings aren't clipped). He will nip and nibble, not aggressively but playfully. He is always active and hates being alone in his cage. He has eaten through his aviator harness and...

A few weeks ago I was writing asking for advice about whether to take Pritti or board him. He did great in the airport, security, one the plane and car rides. Jet Blue was amazing, and the airport staff was very accommodating. Security was interesting, when I got to the first security person...

OK - so I've been looking into the idea of this ever since watching "Earthflight" and was looking at ways to record video of our birds flying around. I thought I'd start a discussion here to see if anyone has ever managed to record their bird's free flight experience from their...

Hey Everyone This is my first post on this forum. I wanted to share with you guys my experience with free flying my Green Cheek Conure Oscar. Oscar is 4 months old and I have been working with him for around 2 months to be ready for free flight. He has many exercises and situations that we...