clipped wings?

[brolie]

I've always held to the belief that clipping a bird's wings is like taking away the most important part of being a bird.... but I've seen so many owners have their bird's wings clipped... what are the pros and cons in your opinion? my jenday was obviously mishandled at his previous home and I've been very patiently letting him become more and more comfortable but I feel like we aren't really making any progress and might clipping his wings help or hurt this??

 

[JerseyWendy]

This is a highly controversial topic that has been discussed too many times to count.

Here are just a few links of those discussions (there are plenty more if you do a search

http://www.parrotforums.com/questions-answers/51221-pros-cons-clipping-wings.html

http://www.parrotforums.com/conures...g-his-wings-until-today-now-i-don-t-know.html

http://www.parrotforums.com/new-mem...o-question-clipping-wings-vs-full-flight.html


http://www.parrotforums.com/eclectus/26025-clip-wings-not.html

 

[brolie]

oh geez you are absolutely right.. should have definitely searched before starting a new thread lol...

 

[JerseyWendy]

LOL. It's ok, no worries. This is truly a subject some folks like to 'argue' over until they're blue in the face

 

[brolie]

I've never been on a bird forum and haven't known any bird owners but I've been a bird owner my entire life, so it's a new concept to me to talk to people about birds lol...