First molt question related to flight feathers.

[Jumpinslizzy]

New to the forums.
Our military is about 8 months old now and she has been going through her first molt for about a month now. When we got her we visited the shop for about two months prior to bringing her home and she was able to have free flight as a fledgling. They clipped her after she learned how to fly fairly well.

My question is in regards to whether or not it would be a good idea to not get her clipped again after she is done molting. We are aware of all of the worries associated with her being fully flighted in terms of her physical well being. I.e. flying away and smashing into things. My concern is more towards her psychological well-being. Will she be able to learn how to fly? Will it be beneficial to her to be able to fly now that she has been denied that for some months now.

Any insight would be helpful. Our main concern is her well being.

 

[plax]

New to the forums.
Our military is about 8 months old now and she has been going through her first molt for about a month now. When we got her we visited the shop for about two months prior to bringing her home and she was able to have free flight as a fledgling. They clipped her after she learned how to fly fairly well.

My question is in regards to whether or not it would be a good idea to not get her clipped again after she is done molting. We are aware of all of the worries associated with her being fully flighted in terms of her physical well being. I.e. flying away and smashing into things. My concern is more towards her psychological well-being. Will she be able to learn how to fly? Will it be beneficial to her to be able to fly now that she has been denied that for some months now.

Any insight would be helpful. Our main concern is her well being.

Welcome to PF!

Since she learned to fly as a fledgling, I'm sure she will fly again if given the opportunity. Flighted birds enjoy some degree of health benefit over non-flighted birds, even when they don't often fly. The air resistance against fully-feathered wings during flapping sessions provides far better cardiovascular conditioning than would otherwise be possible.

I'm sure you're aware of the arguments on both sides of whether or not to clip. Ultimately, it's your personal decision.

 

[Jumpinslizzy]

Any advice on training preparation for a bird in our situation that has impending new freedom available to her? We have been doing really well with training her in her current state of immobility. Anyone have experience with training steps with the aviator harness out there?