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From: cjqx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: Wing clipping
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.165414.2626@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 91 20:54:14 GMT
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   I, too, have elected not to clip my Umbrella Cockatoo's wings, although I
certainly don't subscribe to this philosophy in general. Kala was imported at a
fairly young age (3 months??) and is very friendly, but also quite timid. In
addition to Kala, I have a dalmation and a siamese mix, so she rarely likes to
leave the security of her cage. I have decided not to clip her wings, because
the only places she has *ever* tried to fly are from her cage to the couch and
back, or from the couch to the dining room table. She does not feel comfortable
walking around on the floor, given the menagerie that usually hang out there.
She doesn't appear to fly for the sake of flying, but to get to a specific
location that she otherwise wouldn't feel safe going to. If she were a more
outgoing bird, that was interested in exploring the house and flew very much,
or if she felt safe walking around on the floor, I would reconsider.

kate loomis