Wing Clipping

[dramanea]

Hello,
I've read about how to clip wings from many sources, but they all seem to say slightly different things. We have some pretty high places it could go to in our house, so I'm thinking of clipping, but I'm not yet sure. What do you guys think are the pros and cons of wing clipping? If you wing clip, how many flight feathers do you cut?
Thank you very much!

 

[MaraWentz]

There's a thread just started over it with lots of pros and cons, personal experience

 

[Featheredsamurai]

What species of bird do you have?

 

[Pedro]

Because wing clipping is such a personal subject. I believe it's up to the parrots carer & environment the parrot is living whether or not to make that decision. I also believe it's none of anyones business if you do choose to clip your birds wings.

I have been clipping my clients parrot wings for 25 years. It's their choice, the flight feathers do grow back after their first molt at 12 months.

If anyone is going to clip their parrots wings please learn how to do it correctly. It's that simple.

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