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Re: Clipping wings
Posted by Bob on 7/08/06

On 4/03/06, Lora wrote:
> First things, I am not going to get into a pissing contest with
> anyone over this issue. I am going to put in my two cents. Anyone
> who keeps a bird as a pet has every right to do anything to they
> feel is right for the safety and well being of that pet. And for
> anyone out there that says you shouldn't clip a birds then I say
> you shouldn't keep a bird a bird as a pet. I am the owner and
> provider for my pets and they are just that pets. People give
> their pets human emotions and these animals don't have them. One
> of cockatoo will "act" like a baby so I give him some of what I
> have but its a learned behavior. Humans have been keeping pets
> (well probaly to help them with hunting etc at first) most likely
> since we started walking erect and they are just that PETS.
> Lora

One experience was enough to show me that wing-clipping is a good idea
whether you take your lovebird outside or not. My first lovebird,
Charley, was always on my shoulder. One day, I took the garbage out
and I forgot that Charley was on my shoulder. His wings were not
clipped, then. When I realized he was there, I reached to get ahold
of him (wrong!) and he panicked and flew into a tree. After a
horrible couple of hours -- I won't go into the details -- I got him
to fly back to his cage, which I put out on my deck within sight of
his perch high up in a poplar. (I was just lucky that he was smart
enough not to fly further away and possibly become lost.)

Charley is no longer with me, but I have a new bird, Pepper, and I
keep his wings clipped. I like to take him out to sit with me on the
patio. Where I live there are hawks, crows, and ravens, and they
often perch nearby in the tall redwoods. I don't want Pepper to be
able to fly any further from me than I can quickly run to retrieve
him. Taking your lovebird outside without either clipping its wings
or chaining it to you with a "flight suit" is just asking for trouble.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• sheeesh, 4/01/06, by donna.
• Re: sheeesh/yeah that's what I say , 4/01/06, by Jim.
• Re: sheeesh, 4/01/06, by MKay.
• Re: sheeesh/yeah that's what I say , 4/01/06, by Gail.
• Re: Gail, 4/02/06, by Alison.
• Re: Please do not mutilate birds, 4/03/06, by Jim.
• Re: Please do not mutilate birds, 4/03/06, by Please, let's not start this one again..
• Re: Please do not mutilate birds, 4/03/06, by Bird Lover.
• Re: At least we aren't slaughtering them!, 4/03/06, by Alison.
• Re: At least we aren't slaughtering them! Alison and Jim, 4/03/06, by Fran.
• Re: Alison, 4/03/06, by Jim.
• Re: Please do not mutilate birds, 4/03/06, by Jim.
• Re: Please do not mutilate birds............................, 4/03/06, by .................
• Re: Clipping wings, 4/03/06, by Lora.
• Re: Clipping wings, 4/03/06, by Patsy.
• Re: Clipping wings/Lora, 4/04/06, by Debby.
• Re: Clipping wings/Lora, 4/04/06, by MKay.
• Re: Clipping wings/Lora, 4/04/06, by Terry.
• Re: Jim, 4/04/06, by Alison.
• Re: Clipping wings/Mkay, 4/04/06, by Debby.
• Re: I hate culling but it is a necessity, 4/04/06, by Jim.
• Re: sheeesh, 5/10/06, by Dina.
• Re: Clipping wings, 7/08/06, by Bob .
• Re: Clipping wings, 7/10/06, by to Lora.