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coleen122871
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Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: Massachusetts |
| Why can my bird still fly??? |
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I took Chi Chi to the pet store yesterday where it was purchased.. I watched the guy clip chi chi's winge I was so excited because IO thought maybe now I had a chance to work wioth chi chi better. It looked as if he removed alot. So I get home and I let Chi Chi out of the pet carrier and it was as if they werent just clipped./.. HOW MUCH HAS TO COME OFF BEFORE THERE FLYING IS COMPROMISED??????? I want Chi Chi to be able to keep from falling but to be able to fly from one room to another????? How am I gonna work with it and train it if I cant keep it with me... GRRRRRRRRRRRR Frusterated..... |
Friday May 25, 2007 10:32 am |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: Canada, Toronto |
Well, training can still be done with unclipped birds, just takes more patience. Lovebirds are very lightweight, so they can still fly some distance even with clipped wings. Do you know how many feathers were clipped on each wing? For my lovebirds to not be able to fly, my vet clipped 8 feathers on each wing, but that also made them land hard, so I don't recommend it. |
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Friday May 25, 2007 1:00 pm |
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shirin
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Also, can you do the training in a room with the door closed? That way he won't fly from room to room. It's recommended that you do the training in a small room, like the bathroom or something, away from the bird's cage, so there are no distractions. I tried this with my diamond doves, they are fully flighted, and not at all tame, but after only 10 minutes of trying, I could get them to perch on my finger and stay there. |
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Friday May 25, 2007 1:05 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
yeah I'm curious as to how the clip was done. Can you describe the clip or take a pic of it please to show us please? |
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Friday May 25, 2007 4:11 pm |
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coleen122871
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Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: Massachusetts |
| How many feathers were clipped.... |
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Sure let me get Chi Chi out of the cage and take a pic... give me a few... My son is home and can help me.... |
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Friday May 25, 2007 6:01 pm |
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shirin
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Posts: 7401
Location: Canada, Toronto |
That would be great  |
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Friday May 25, 2007 6:01 pm |
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coleen122871
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Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: Massachusetts |
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and Im not an expert at all but they look hacked to me.... Anyone else.. I tried to take the best pics I could and dont mind the gloves... I wasnt getting bitten... ha thanks! |
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Friday May 25, 2007 6:25 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: Canada, Toronto |
 wow! That is a very bad job they did, I would not bring your birds back to them for grooming. I see now why Chi Chi can fly perfectly  , if they have even one of the first frew primaries there, they will be able to fly.
This is what a proper wing clip should look like:
http://www.capecodpet.net/avia.....h-wing.gif
Basically the first few primaries (5-8 ), should be clipped, just below the primary coverts. |
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Friday May 25, 2007 6:35 pm |
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shirin
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If you look at my lovebirds on this page, the fourth picture down shows exactly how a properly clipped wing should look: http://www.fluffies.org/en/flu.....try_id=133 |
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Friday May 25, 2007 6:39 pm |
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coleen122871
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Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: Massachusetts |
| Thank you for ur help.... |
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I will have to attmept to cut them my self.... so the first eight should be cut all the way up to the dorsal major feathers basically then right??? |
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Friday May 25, 2007 7:05 pm |
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shirin
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Yes, but start out with 5-6 feathers first, I'm worried 8 might be too many, and cause him to crash. For my lovebirds 8 was too many. |
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Friday May 25, 2007 7:07 pm |
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coleen122871
Just hatched
Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: Massachusetts |
| All set.... I figured it out... |
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I had my neighbor Pete who has a Blue Crowned Conure help me.... Then I took Chi Chi outof the cage and sat he/she with me. It didnt take Chi Chi long to figure out it couldnt fly very well..... no nose dives yet..... This will work much better for me... Thank you everyone for your help in this matter.. Much appreciated.... |
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Friday May 25, 2007 7:51 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
wow, that's what I would call a 'beauty' clip. It is clipped so that the birds stil have their 'natural' look when not flying, but it is a totally useless clip. I'm glad you were able to fix it. |
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Saturday May 26, 2007 3:58 am |
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Fluffy Sue
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Lovies are such good flyers! Some lovebirds (Like Gizmo) only stopped flying when I clipped 11 (!!) feathers, all very short.
It made him land in a nice 45 degree angle. |
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Saturday June 9, 2007 1:05 pm |
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