Wing Clipping

Dr Tony Gestier shows you how to "wing Clip" your bird so it's safe in your home.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Wing Clipping
• birds

[AwesomeAlexblake]

911 my bird has just boursed a blood feather how do i remove it????

[Vetafarm]

@AwesomeAlexblake IMPORTANT - Do not remove the blood feather. Firmly squeeze the end of the broken blood quill until the the blood clots. This may take some minutes to occur. Removing the blood quill will cause massive bleeding.

[gdiggle123]

does it hurt when you clip the feathers? because i thought the little stalks are made of bone

[Vetafarm]

@gdiggle123 No the feather shaft is not made of bone and is completely free of nerves. It does not hurt the bird to clip feathers.

[starluv2]

can you cut the 6 primary feathers or you have to leave the top two on

[Vetafarm]

@starluv2 You dont have to leave any of the primary feathers, cutting the final two will still give you the same result.

[Vetafarm]

@damlyn9

Take notice of the way the bird is held. This is called the ‘universal bird hold’. This hold ensures your bird cannot ‘struggle’ and also allows a bird to be completely comfortable in your grip. If you keep birds it is important to be confident in this technique as it is also used when administering medication, in which case having full control over the bird is absolutely essential - there is no such thing as a ‘safety’ crop needle, it is only the technique that makes it safe!

[xxjacobxx3]

I have a question. I see a lot of birds that have... rough/broken tail feathers..

I was wondering... perhaps since they cannot fly and use it as a rotor or what ever flight purposed their tail is for, they dont recognize the importance of it.

SO... if they were allowed to fly, and found the importance of thier tail feathers, then perhaps they would take better care of it. I think the bird would be happier too and not pluck at it's feathers so rashly.

What do you think? Thanks!

[mysBoy32]

i cut my parakeets wings exactly like you showed but it is still able to fly around the house with no problem

[Shadownight701]

i brought a parakeet about 2 weeks from the store and he has 1 wing that doesnt look cliped and the other looks cliped way too bad and i think hes molted already but it didnt grow is it possible that it wont ever grow again please answer back

[mehorselover]

thx so much this helped a lot!!!

[ALoveForOrcas]

I left 6 feathers on in the front, it was my first time clipping is that ok? Or should i cut more. I left about five or six in the back, he is fine and able to fly a little and dosent crash to the ground but want your opinion. Should i cut more next time? Thanks for posting this video :D

[xrockish]

Thanks Dr i was watching many videos and this is the only perfect video i saw . i will do this to my birds also thank u very much for this video

[horsescanter]

I am going to do that now. Leave the last two feathers