Wanted to Share a Few Pictures

[crzybird]

I took some great pictures of Kiwi playing outside and wanted to share them with everyone. She loves this little tree that is in our front yard lol. She's so cute.

 

[romie12321]

aww what a pretty girl

 

[Spiritbird]

How do you prevent her from flying awat? Even with wing clipping they can leave home. She sure is cute.

 

[Echo]

Harness? enclosure? not safe.

 

[luvmytooo]

Very pretty bird

 

[wenz2712]

She is adorable

 

[crzybird]

The vet clipped her secondary flight wings. We cut her primaries. She can not fly at all. If she tries she flutters very gently to the floor. I would not have taken her outside if she was able to fly any at all. She doesnt even try to fly anymore because she knows she cant. I plan on getting her a flight suit but right now she's fine. I know that even with wings clipped they can "fly". But with the way she's clipped right now she cant. She loves to play in the grass and that little tree. If I thought she was going to get harmed I never would have taken her outside. She just has so much fun playing that I feel terrible keeping her in the house.

 

[cdog]

I personally believe that birds should not be clipped. It's not fair to let them have wings but not use them. But still a beautiful bird you have.

 

[crzybird]

Thanks, she really is a beautiful bird. I am not a fan of clipping but honestly I have no real choice. I have 5 small children and its getting to be summer time. They constantly run in and out and sometimes they forget to shut the door. So I could have left her wings alone, but she would have had to stay in her cage constantly. So my personal opinion is in order to keep her happy and not let her be cooped up in a cage all the time clipping her wings was the only real option I had. I feel horrible about taking away her natural ability to fly. But until my children are older and possibly out of the house it has to be this way. And it really doesnt seem to bother her. She knows that Mommy will take her where ever she wants to go. But at the same time I'm also very understanding of why someone would disagree with clipping her. I just did what I thought was best for her for now.

 

[luvmytooo]

I can understand your reasoning behind clipping her. Having five kids and summer on the way is a huge accident waiting to happen .You have your birds best interest at heart. I would rather see your bird enjoying herself out of the cage instead of trapped in her cage 24/7.

 

[lexx510]

Another pro of clipped wings is reduced risk of injury inside the home. Un-clipped birds are more likely to fly into a wall, window, etc, and injure themselves. I recall reading that it is one of the leading causes of death among pet birds.

Beautiful pics, by the way!

 

[MikeyTN]

I also agree with your choice of clipping. I'm not a fan to clip, but I do it when it's necessary.

 

[luvmytooo]

I personally dont clip my birds wings. One , Rosie , wont be flying anytime soon , she needs to regrow ( hopefully ) most of one of her wing feathers because of her wrecking them ( chewing and tearing ) before I adopted her. So she doesnt go anywhere , the poor thing. She used to be a excellent and careful flyer in her younger years. And my Yoshi , he is a careful and very accurate flyer. He is learning to come when called and fly away when told. If my boy wasnt a very good flyer , I would clip his wings to prevent injury .
And when there are circumstances that call for clipping like the OP has mentioned , I'm all for it. Rather keep them safe now then regret it later.

 

[jewels04]

Thanks, she really is a beautiful bird. I am not a fan of clipping but honestly I have no real choice. I have 5 small children and its getting to be summer time. They constantly run in and out and sometimes they forget to shut the door. So I could have left her wings alone, but she would have had to stay in her cage constantly. So my personal opinion is in order to keep her happy and not let her be cooped up in a cage all the time clipping her wings was the only real option I had. I feel horrible about taking away her natural ability to fly. But until my children are older and possibly out of the house it has to be this way. And it really doesnt seem to bother her. She knows that Mommy will take her where ever she wants to go. But at the same time I'm also very understanding of why someone would disagree with clipping her. I just did what I thought was best for her for now.

exactly why our little JJ will remained clipped for now. We have small children and their friends constantly in and out and it's easy for a 5 year old to forget to shut the door all the way. So to keep little JJ safe she will be clipped for now. How she is cut as well she can still fly quite a bit so she only goes outside in her cage where she can get fresh air but she is still safely enclosed.

I really don't think JJ notices she is any different than a bird that can fly either I think she just assumes all birds fly this way,lol. I completely understand you decision to clip. I think clipping birds wings is one of those subjects, kind of like declawing in cats. Most people think it is inhumane and it is banned in some countries but some people argue that it's better to declaw a cat than bring them to the shelters(that are overrun by cats and kittens anyways) because you can't get them to stop scratching carpet and furniture.

 

[crzybird]

I agree, if there was any other option that was safe for Kiwi then I would have gone that way. I really and truly only have her best interests at heart. And honestly I NEVER would have taken her outside with no enclosure or harness etc. if she was able to get any kind of air at all. I mean she cant even fly from the floor to her cage now. All she can do is hop and walk which is why I felt it okay to let her play outside. And she's never out of my line of sight so I dont have to worry about dogs or cats getting her. I'm very careful about letting her do things that would normally pose a potential hazard. But since she's with me every second and she can't fly, I really didnt see the harm in letting her play. And thanks everyone for commenting on the pictures. She really is a gorgeous bird. It hurts my feelings a little when someone tells me that other birds are prettier than her. True their colors may be brighter, but I still see an angel when I look at her

 

[BillsBirds]

ALL birds are angels!

 

[Remy]

She is SO PRETTY! :-D

Puck's flying situation is pretty similar to hers. He really can't fly at all! He was way over-clipped when I got him, 7 months ago, and only now is he getting ANY sort of lift from his wings, but he is still far away from actual flight. I take him outside and put him in safe plants, and as long as he is supervised, I consider it to be safe.