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From: ron@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: RE: Clipping wings
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Date: 31 Jul 90 21:07:14 GMT
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Wing clips

I've read that cockatiels are appropriately clipped assymetrically because
a symmetric cut *still* leaves them enough flying capability to be
trouble - they have a large amount of wing area. As for muscles,
clip the other wing next time. It won't be long.( Note- I  don't have
cockatiels.)

I have three amazons who live very nicely with clipped wings. One is
a dunce who falls off her perches and cages but always has a fairly 
soft place to impact. When they have wings they have an attitude 
problem. When they can't fly they have less of an attitude problem :-)

Learn to clip wings and toenails. It will prepare you for capturing
the bird to pluck a broken blood feather, or to apply styptic to
a cracked beak, or to inject antibiotics, or to rinse nostrils
with a syringe or to pluck a blood feather for feather sexing or 
......  (well, you get the idea). 


Slave to three masters,

ron