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Pet Show - How To Clip Bird Wings!

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Uploaded by on Dec 27, 2009

In this video I describe and show how to clip pet wings! Demonstrators are Stewie, a parrotlet, and Birdy, a cockatiel.

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  • how many feathers should be clipped off a sun conures wings

  • @zzwhiteboitt just like shown in this video cut the top 4 to 6 'flight' feathers.

  • @earthling1984 should i only cut off half the feather or right up to the underlaying feathers

  • @zzwhiteboitt don't cut them too far, look at how I explain in the video

  • i dont really get it isnt clipping a birds wings supposed to make them stop flying i want to try this technique but if i try this would my parakeet still fly and dont you cut the top 6 feathers which are their flight feathers

  • @starluv2 you cut just like I showed. It makes the birds unable to fly far, that is correct. the feathers usually grow back anywhere from 1 to 4 months they will be full again, and need another clipping.

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  • do they grow back?

  • Boo to people that do this.

  • I think pet birds should not have there wings clipped at all. It's in there nature to fly . And can lead to them trying to fly and hurting themselves.

  • @PurpleBananaGrape Yes, wing clipping is the same as demonstrated in this video for budgies, too. If you're really unsure, vets also have wing clipping sessions.

  • Clipping is done for the convienience of the "owner" and never the parrot. If you can't accomadate a flying creature (gliding is not flying) perhaps you should never have got a parrot. Owning a pet isn't a right. Look into training with positive reinforcement to open communication between human and bird before mutilating them. I don't care if they grow back, they'll just be clipped again. I have a flighted conure and if he couldn't fly he would be a changed bird, for the worse.

  • @RexPecker That is why you get it a travel cage or harness. Clipped or not you should NEVER have your parrot outside unrestrained unless trained.

  • @zzwhiteboitt none, he has those feathers for a reason.

  • is it all the same for budgies?

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