clipping wings. agree or disagree? #birds #animals #parrot #toucan

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[gufful]

I got 3 Budgies about 4 months ago. The pet shop I got them at had clipped their wings. Day after day of support and love, they finally can fly again.

[kvasskinggsezbooyah]

If you don't want an animal that can fly. Don't get a bird!

[Creeperforce]

“Don’t lock up something that you wanted to see fly” - Soundgarden, Fell on Black days.

[KMcQ]

There are very few cases where it’s good to clip their wings (blind but instincts still there for example), but I do think it’s good to know how to do it just in case. Always good to have the knowledge.
I used to clip one wing on my elderly cockatiel because his other wing never grew full length flight feathers (likely a birth defect, he had a strangely shaped keel too). I’d even them out to make sure he was less likely to hurt himself when he fell. Never had to do it when he was younger, he just tended to fly a little to the side, but once he got older he would just crash and it was safer to remove any kind of lopsided power he could put into the fall.

[jonathanprudencio]

I had a bird. He was a parrot native to my country. He arrived one day by himself in my backyard. We took care on him.He leave with us for 1 year. My father always always told me that if he wants to leave he will leave. We never cut his feather for that reason. When he was ready he left.

[cannedbread]

Got chickens who insisted on flying. Didn’t bother me until they flew out of the pen and one got snatched up by a fox. Wings were clipped but it’s for their own safety. They can still fly fine (can reach perches and can get on top of the coop) but can’t escape.

[TheSpeep]

Same as people who declaw their cats.
If youre getting an animal, but dont want that one thing everyone knows the animal in question does, why would you even get it?

If you dont want a flying pet, dont get a bird.
Birds fly.
Its what they do, everyone knows its what they do, if you dont want that but it HAS to be a bird, get a chicken.

[BLKLY]

We have chickens.. and one day I was down there tending to them and a white female peacock was just up in a tree overlooking our coops, super interested. She never left, so now she's apart of the chicken squad. She goes in the coop when they go back.. she grazes the yard with them etc. The sweetest girly, she isn't aggressive or anything. Just love her 🥰🥰🤟🏻🤟🏻

[Mriann_Parrott]

I agree, just got another bird and his wings were clipped, he was scared and tried to fly but couldn’t. It broke my heart to see him so helpless

[babyIwelcomethepressure]

This practice has always enraged me. I'm glad others feel the same.

[SimplySatisfiedSarah]

I completely agree. Like if you don’t ever want to hear a dog bark then don’t get a dog.

[HeatherHenton]

Agree! My girl was badly clipped when we adopted her. It made a huge difference In her temperment once she could fly again. I think it's cruel.

[abaddon]

I don't believe that clipping is ever ideal, but I don't believe it's always abusive depending on the type of bird and whether it's done correctly... chickens can have their flight feathers cut with no damage and they will grow back every year, and are usually big enough to still be able to get themselves off the ground to where they can still reach nesting boxes/etc with their clipped feathers. They just can't fly over the 6ft fence into the neighbor's yard anymore.

[PossibleAnimations]

If you want a pet like a bird but one that can't fly, get an emerald tree skink
—Clint's reptiles

[zorrouzimay]

I have 3 birds. One who's going blind has weakness which we are working on rebuilding strength and can't fly straight,

one who hurts them self everytime they fly and results in another vet visit,

and one with nothing wrong.

2 of my 3 are clipped.

Now, the reasons they can't fly are because of their previous owners actions. I have to do what is best for them to keep them healthy. The going blind one if he flies into a wall could cause a major head injury. The one with the old injury, it's been 6 years and if she flaps wrong once she dislocates her wing(best case scenario) worst case she re breaks it. (Basically the bone was to damaged when it healed it became like glass).

The one I've had since she was 2 months old can fly straight, doesn't get hurt and I don't have to worry about vet visits over injury to her wing.

They all still get vet check ups twice a year. Or when I feel something's wrong with them.

[sWT]

Only clip birds wings on rare occasions

[Liltoolillied]

That's not, an unpopular opinion, thats a correct one.

[Rickerov]

Altering another living creature to better suit your needs, clipping wings, declawing cats etc, is peak selfish, garbage behavior

[Elena-jw]

My mom used to cut my birds wings and after I was the one to take the main responsibility of taking care of my bird I let him grow his feathers out and now im able to train him to fly properly, he struggles but he is doing better now❤

[hollybug-]

Our house was pretty safe and anyone that came over knew we had a free bird. I only wished we had had an Aviary. The two birds were free to fly most of time and we never clipped their wings.