DO's and DON'T's of Flight Training Clipped Parrots

In this video I go over the 5 MOST IMPORTANT Do's and Don't's of flight training clipped parrots.
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[@Alex_P]

I love how you were so happy with Blue because she didn't bother Comet... Little birds have giant characters!

[@Loveofpets]

Good morning! My Superb Parrot was clipped when I got him. I practiced hops and has his flights came in he flew further and further. Now he navigates the house so well and does recalls sometimes.

[@BirdTricks]

Love this! Good job! 💕

[@samanthafitzgerald9611]

My 8 month old quaker parrot Kevin was clipped due to a disability (missing a foot), and he flies like a champ! When I brought him home in Nov 2020, he would "flutter" from the ground to the top of the ottoman, but I kept his play gym and playtime on the ground so he had more control over how close he could get to me or new toys while he was acclimating to his new home. Kevin just started flying by himself. I always encouraged it with treats, but flying to a human (he loves all people) seems to be self-reinforcing, so he just keeps doing it! I know I am one of the fortunate ones, and because of Kevin's foot disability, free flight has always been the dream so he can still enjoy being a bird. Within the last two months, he has even started navigating doorways, flying around corners, and recovering well from overshooting a landing. Next step is a batting cage and desensitization!

[@SoaringSunshine]

Cressi, Comet, and all of your birdies are so cute! p.s. I just saw Sunshine (my bird) do a foot check just like Comet!! Awwww!!!

[@SoaringSunshine]

@Galah Draws Yeah!

[@julieguindon4771]

When I started to build the muscles by running around the house with my African Grey on hand with an slight up and down motion and every time he opened his wings to flap I would extitedly say good fly fly. (When I got him he used to pluck his flight feathers on one side). Now, I think out off jealousy from watching my quackers and more recently added budgies fly around the room, he no longer plucks and can do two whole laps around my living room/kitchen (open concept) and flies to me whenever he wants me.

[@abirdcanfly]

I did the same with my BG macaw!

[@TheParrotTeacher]

I love the jumper! My girlfriend would go wild for it! On a more serious note, I'm really not a fan of clipping birds wings for any reason other than medical. It's so sad to see! But, it's good to see a video like this talking about how to flight train clipped birds. Some birds may be rescued clipped, or come that way when people take them on, so having a video discussing the specific ways to train a clipped bird is an awesome thing!

[@arianavail]

My Black Capped Conure had a deep clip when we got him (7-10 feathers in instead of 3-5). We got him from a Petland (cause we saw him and fell in love with him and couldn’t let him stay in those conditions - I wish I could save them all) and either the petland or the breeder clipped him. I was originally going to get a cockatiel from a nice shop with an exclusive breeder who doesn’t clip. They clip theirs AFTER they finish fledging but if you buy them before they do (which odds are you would have to because they sell so quickly) you can have them not clip. But we got our lil guy a month before schedule and he came clipped unfortunately. I’m really hoping his feathers will all grow in as quickly as possible so I can start really flight training. (He also recently had a respiratory infection from the ice storm and has some plucked patches to grow back). But I agree, birds are meant to fly! Jamie said in one of her somewhat recent videos, “would you cut the feet off of a child right before they started to try to learn to walk? It wouldn’t stop their instinct to walk, but it would make it more painful and more dangerous.” (Paraphrasing) I thought that was a perfect way to tell someone what that’s like for a bird.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

@@arianavail It's good you rescued him! Some of the birds in petshops are kept in awful conditions... I do know a couple of ok ones though! They will generally grow back fine, just keep an eye on it! you can also provide extra protein to help, scrambled eggs, peas etc! Yeah, I really liked that video and it's very true! There's a few small things I disagree with BT's on. But so much I agree on! They really are good. I liked the videos JL and Dave did with Marlene too!

[@mingni3607]

I burst out laughing when silly comet was walking slowly on the ground while the other birds flew, so silly and adorable 😂🥰💘💖😆😍

[@tiffanythompson6178]

They don't call her 'Messy Cressi' for nothing. Comet is so cute and sweet! I didn't see a foot check from him, though, lol 😆

[@sarawrr07]

He did a foot check at 4:50 😄

[@pablothecongoafricangrey2793]

I only saw 2 foot checks. What's happening?! 😂

[@tiffanythompson6178]

I see it now, lol. I wasn't paying close enough attention.

[@banjobear3867]

4:50

[@Sstumpyy]

My nanday had both wings and his tail clipped when I got him. He wasn't even confident enough to really climb around much. But he really loved me and just wanted to be as close to me as possible whenever he was outside of his cage. So using that to my advantage I put his cage and my computer desk right up close and left his door open and went back to work. He would yell and hang out of the door trying to reach me. He eventually made the hop and I caught him. Then i just built it up from there. A few months later and all his feathers have grown back in so nicely and he flies like a rocket all over the place and is so good at recall from anywhere in the house!

[@jessicamire7734]

Thank you so much for this video! I just got my first bird, he is two months old and came to us clipped. I learned how much I love conures and he absolutely wants to fly, he can go a few feet now!

[@nightwolfie4556]

I got my 2 lovebird parrots a few months ago and they’re around 6 months now. They have clipped wings from when I got them and they both try to fly often and I encourage it. I usually have them fly from their on their or in their cage to me since they always want to be with me. They do really well for having their wings clipped and I always praise and give them treats for it. I don’t move too far from them for them to fly to me so they can safely land on me without failing. I hope I’m doing all that right! Keep up the amazing and informative videos! They help a lot!

[@morganking9633]

Jamieleigh: don’t be mean to comet Blueberry: instantly scurries towards comet 🤣

[@trishajones1874]

All your birds are gorgeous. I am thankful I found your KZbin channel. My husband are rescuing a 20 year old male blue and gold macaw ( possibly 2 if the family getting the female is unable to take her) and watching your videos are giving me the information I have been looking for. I have ordered your food, cookbooks, and subscribed to the 3 toy bundle for large birds. Thank you for being so helpful for people wanting to do the best things for their parrots.😁💜

[@kon_go]

I love your parrots🤩❤️

[@emilycooper6539]

So helpful! My rescue Ekkie (got him when he was 7) was kept in cage and never learned to fly! He has very little confidence but a year after having him he stated to jump fly into my bed (very un gracefully). I used to the work fly every time he would and gave him a jack pot reward! I put up a rope by his cage and now when he’s on it (slightly higher than me). I am able to get him to fly to me if I have his whole treat jar! I’ve had to catch him a few times but he’s just learning to use his feet to catch himself! We’ve been doing one or two of those every morning, and I’m so happy with his slow and steady progress! You could tell he’s gaining confidence in his wings back! Thanks for the tips Jamie! Can’t wait to see him become sure of his ability to fly!

[@abdulayub6234]

Let’s goooo cressi I love cressi

[@nanajanet6118]

Of course I have to comment! I’ve learned so much from watching your videos. My only sadness is, I know someone that has 2 green cheek conures. They are a mated pair. They don’t have toys, definitely a very small cage, and they are clipped, 24/7. The owners just have them for the babies they produce. It breaks my heart. That’s why I’m so grateful for all of your VERY INFORMATIVE videos. It gives me hope that other bird parents, who don’t free fly their birds, gets the message and slowly teach their birds to free fly. Thank you again. Your videos just keep giving me more information, that hopefully, I’ll be able to use one day. ❤️🕊🦜TOL🍀💖🕊😘

[@tarajh]

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[@banjobear3867]

My sadness is that I have very funny looking retardation and when I try to look more serious or try to say something that is real nigga shit I end up looking more silly.

[@hellopotatoes3921]

Love the sweater

[@nayelienava]

I’d love to see a video of all your birds! Like an introduction to each one. I’m sure it’d be a long video but I’d watch every minute! I absolutely love how passionate you guys are about your birds & their care! ❤️

[@ingridkarolinesmoge2480]

Thank you! This was so helpful♥️ My clipped lovebird fell from a rope today (1m) and i’m scared he got frighten. But then i put up ropes a little lower, and he kept going. Blame myself for not thinking of padding. I don’t flight training him jet. He is working on climbing and jumping. He’s a champ ♥️

[@chrish564]

Just today I drove 3 hours for a cockatiel. He is a year old and hours before I got him they decided to clip his wings. They didn't only clip the first 4-5 flight feathers.... they clipped his feathers down his whole wing! This came in perfect time for me! They even knew that the bird would get to fly all day in the bird room. I promised the little guy that his feathers won't ever be clipped again!

[@emilykas961]

Your first point about the bird wanting the fly nearly made me cry. I've finally made breakthroughs with one of my young alexandrine parrot rescues with reguards to her wanting to fly. But when you explained the birds that dont want to fly; that was a complete description of my now 29 year old (got her at 28) B&G macaw, who had been clipped for about 26-27 years. There are 3 times she took flight here. She got too excited and accidentally took flight and scared herself, she unlatched the top of her cage and it fell, then another she got scared by a large object being moved. But besides that, she only walks and climbs.

[@homewreckr7986]

we adopted a blue headed pionus and Bronze wing pionus from a rescue in August. It has been a process developing skill training parrots, but also in evaluating where these birds are at physically and mentally as they were in foster/rescue for a long time. They have been with the rescue for at least 6 years. Age is uknown, but it is thought they are perhaps 15 years old. I suspect the bronze wing was previously in someone's breeding program. She has had health issues including egg binding and is more reserved with her trust. She is more likely to aggressively posture if she does not care for a person or interaction, though she is generally a chill personality if not pressured. The blue headed is more social, but also more fearful. By a long shot. When he first showed up, there were many fear flights and a lot of crashing that distressed me greatly. Once that settled down and he (randomly chosen pronoun as sex is not known) got more comfortable with his new home, there was much less crashing, but i noticed that his desire to fly remained. I had built a closet play space with a large tree perch in is that they can navigate to from where their cage sits about 2-3 feet away and pretty soon I was noticing that he was electing to fly back to the cage from the closet perch instead of climbing back along the branches we had arranged for them to navigate. At first it was awkward, but he has begun flying quite deftly back to the cage now and I have noticed that he will fly back to the cage from slightly further distances without crashing, though in those cases, i think he is flying more to escape because he is very cage bonded and really gets uncomfortable if brought away from the cage so i have had to desensitize him to home away from the cage gradually. If I keep him away too long or go a bit far, he will decide he does not want that and fly back to the cage, but I considered that ok as he is no longer uncontrolled and crashing, but generally landing nicely on the cage. I have worked to get him very comfortable not just with step up, but spending more time on my hand or shoulder in order to train him that I am a place he can go to for security, figuring that was the next logical step in ultimately training him to recall and simply be comfortable being outside the immediate vicinity of his cage. he looks so proud nd excited every time he has a nice flight. The bronze wig is a much larger, more heavily bodied pionus and seems less excited by flight, but will fly if she is excited enough of the blue headed launches and she simply gets prompted by his flight. At first, they would crash together, but she quickly learned to launch toward the couch or toward me and get a soft landing. She is the only one of the two that has landed on me. Generally it is because I am otherwise occupied and she gets bored and decides to fly over. Then she does that stand up tall and wag the tail thing which looks very much not stressed, but pretty self satisfied. I keep hoping they will molt those clipped feathers, but so far they have not dropped a single clipped feather...

[@arnoldbesold2466]

Yore parrots are so cute!🦜🤩

[@aliciamccallum3289]

Thank you so much. I've only ever owned non clipped birds. I just acquired a clipped 5yr old cockatiel. He's a mess. So I needed direction. Awesome video.

[@nayelienava]

Can you guys PLEASE do a tour of all your aviaries & birds that you have? I’d love to see where & how you house all of your beautiful birds! Love your videos ❤️

[@missluna]

This was the video I needed! Cognac (my pineapple conure) is now less anxious after practising recall with her

[@Zentrility]

Great tips, thank you!

[@dalia1433]

one of my birds I got recently was was from another person and her wings were fully grown out but she didn't have full control of her flights. I am guessing by her age that she was kept in a cage while she was fledging and didn't get to fledge properly so when I tried to do hands-off training and for some reason if she got distracted and flew away she would hurt herself a lot. luckily it was never something serious but this video Really helped! thank you!

[@World.travel123]

I really needed that video

[@sumaiahnasif7765]

When i got my bird i would do a lot of the donts but a few months ago I stopped and helped him

[@melissawarfield]

Cressi and Comet are very pretty. Hello Blueberry! Love your videos.

[@aaditdeva8656]

Hey hi I love your work and this is the perfect video for my pet bird actual I didn't want to clip my bird but he was allready clipped in the pet shop so thank you

[@honorablemention1576]

“none of my birds were ever clipped” blueberry: am i a joke to you?

[@parisludwick8403]

Thank you

[@nadiensyakinaadindra8745]

finally not too late, I love your beautiful birds!!! reminds me of mine, Popcorn, Kaléb and Riley..

[@deboras7233]

blue to the berry is so cute also comet!♥️, thank you for making this video

[@Lucyyyjaneee]

I have a Cockatiel, so not a Big bird, she’s 14 weeks old I was hoping she wouldn’t be clipped but she is. It’s not the worst clipping I have seen but because she’s a baby I have been trying to get her more comfortable with moving and getting good balance. She can hop onto me that’s about as far as the “ flying” goes.

[@charliesflock659]

I hate clipping, my baby cockatiel was clipped as a baby before I even got him. I arrived and noticed he was clipped. He was only a few months old when I got him. This makes me scared that he won’t have the mussels to fly as well. He is about 10 months now, he is molting now! And is growing back his tail feathers (that he broke🙄) and all of his other ones. I haven’t seen any flight feathers grow in but one fell out the other day, so I am hoping that he will grow those feathers back in Also i love your vids❤️

[@chipperandlola5457]

YAY 😁

[@lillacfethars4658]

Did you guys paint your cabinets? It looks nice

[@sarahmay144]

Reading the comments to see if anyone else noticed lol

[@dasheast1]

Jaimie, I have a Quaker, 2 years old not clipped but will only fly when frightened. I want to teach her to fly to me but dont want to scare her!

[@tallieyocabet2693]

Thank you for this video! My bird was previously clipped from the pet store and I let her flight wings grow out and I am not going to clip her at all!! She is starting to fly some, just short distances so far, but this helps a lot!

[@jenanimazed5932]

Maybe make a video similar to this featuring Rocko flying? Since he’s the ‘weakest’ flyer of the bunch. (And also because he hasn’t been in a video in so long and I really want to see him!!)

[@mustafahassan1038]

I had an eclectus parrot she was about 14 weeks old. I had her for 6 days and I got home today and found her dead in her cage. I don’t know where I went wrong. Any ideas?

[@silverschmid4591]

Can we get an update on sunny?

[@kinglorenzfernando7662]

i love parrots omg sadly i am in another country :C

[@psygn0sis]

I miss the vlog style videos of you training or just feeding and cleaning.

[@MattMediaMatt]

Pog new vid

[@aubrey_hash255]

Yayyy hi

[@ellenocallaghan4478]

Would these tips be helpful for a 10 year old parrot that just hasn't been given the opportunity to fly? But he seems like he'd like to try it. They seem like they'd help him feel more confident too.

[@TheFarmat64]

What the bird wants to do is so important as you make clear. Encourage but do not force.

[@theedits7764]

Do you live with all the birds you make your videos with I love the macaw and I love your parakeet blueberry

[@lhmcd5538]

I can’t believe that someone would throw a bird down a hallway. That shocked me. Thank you.

[@sweets33320]

how could you tell Cressi was getting hormonal on your shoulder?

[@theedits7764]

Hi can you make a video of how to free fly train a parakeets

[@hlubideetz7614]

er, My budgie wants to fly. She has been clipped by the pet store owner. I didn't want her to be but he did her before I got her. she flies around on the floor. Then Watches budgies on my phone. :) I got her a few days ago. :)

[@zeynepbayamlioglu9700]

How do you feel comfortable having Blueberry around Comet? I can never work up the courage to let my budgie out at the same time with my CAG. I'd do it very closely supervised of course but I just cannot...

[@celiacelie4137]

My poor little dusky was clipped by his previous owners but he doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that he can't fly and just jumps off of everything... And then falls like a sack of potatoes... All of his tail feathers are busted because of it... I can't wait for him to molt and get his flight (and tail) feathers back in.

[@klaaskingma7435]

My bird isn’t clipped but he doesn’t really fly unless he REALLY wants to. He’s very dependent on me to move him around

[@coralblais6929]

A question when you talk about desensitized can you use say audio tapes of like a train,or dog barking, or the ocean and wind blowing or a thunderstorm to help desensitized a bird

[@mtngrammy6953]

Do you have a video on how to get birds to take a treat from your hand? I can't find one. I'm taking care of a cockatiel for a month. He has made great progress in trusting me and working with me, but will not take anything from my hand as a treat. Do I need to withhold all food from his cage and only have him get food from me? (I've had multiple birds in the past, but not for a long time.) Also took in a budgie that someone rescued that was extremely wild! I do not leave seed in her cage and only feed her by hand. Yesterday, she flew clear across the room to me on her own to continue feeding after something startled her. Great progress, thanks to all your great videos! Love you guys and your birds!💕🕊 PS I now want to get another cockatiel of my own, but want to go to a breeder in order to get one that will choose ME. Any suggestions in Colorado?

[@sophiegoret8220]

How do you know when your bird is getting hormonal? Couln’t notice anything at the beginning of this video. Yeah, I am new to birds, haha

[@EazzyWRLD]

My conure i just got was eating a seed diet its been 2 days i got her to eat blueberries and peppers and i am transitioning into pellets. she likes to pace the perches when i come into the room i also just open the cage when i am in the room for a couple of hours. she flys out the cage to where i am but everytime i place my finger out to move her back to cage she bites my fingers she always goes for my fingers when i change food/ water as well not sure why she’s obsessed with fingers and biting them but if someone could lmk what to do id appreciate it. 👍🏾🖤

[@ziyadalatel437]

I love your videos

[@allyf9047]

Is cressi always that easily hormonal around you? I love her though! Even if she decides not to be a pg friendly bird 🤣

[@user-zh8un2mx5e]

my alexandrine was clipped when he was about 2,5 months. He will not be clipped again after the first moulting. Is that okay? I think he will not get hurt because its a small time. Sometimes he tries to fly and I think he will love flying @BirdTricks

[@vijayramkirath2818]

Thanks so much I'm trying to teach my quaker to fly! We got her in August last year so we think it's time we start training at least. Should I be training her to fly or is it too early?

[@corneliahanimann2173]

I have two quaker parrots, both habe never been clipped, but one of them was handfed and loves flying, the other one was stuck in a tiny cage and only started flying when I got her and taught her. They're fast and enthusiastic learners from my experience. I don't think there's a reason to wait with teaching your quaker how to fly, they should be capable of learning it quickly

[@vijayramkirath2818]

@@corneliahanimann2173 That's great to know, thank you for telling me. My quaker was clipped when we got her and I think her flight feathers are growing in pretty well. I will start training her. I hope your Quakers are doing well. Thanks.

[@corneliahanimann2173]

@@vijayramkirath2818 my quakers are doing great, I can only say that spent her life in a cage didn't know how to make turns in the beginning, so she kept flying into the wall and crash and I was super scared for her, but she stopped doing that within three days. If your parrot is clipped, maybe you can just let her do jumps towards you. Instinctively your quaker should use its wings, even without the flight feathers, to land on you, and by the time they grow back he already has a feel for how he can glide and flap and all that. It's definitely better than having a winged bird fighting a wall for three days, I didn't want to clip her but she was scared of my hands so when I tried to pick her up she panicked, the whole idea of befriending a human was probably not an option to her, and to fly out of panic was another thing to her, she was suddenly in the air and had never experienced to end up in the air when she flaps before, so I didn't really know how to handle her without eventually taking her freedom, which I just refused to do and trusted she'd get it after crashingninto the wall a few times. Now she likes to fly around and land on my shoulder, and it's only been three months. I had to trust in her instinct to fly, and have faith that she would realise that I'm not going to hurt her. So, I guess what I'm trying to saynis, you should have faith in your quaker. It will bring you two closer together aswell.

[@vijayramkirath2818]

@@corneliahanimann2173 Great To know your quakers are doing great! Yes, i would be really scared as well if my quaker had flown into walls. And yes, i guess its just the feeling that shes gonna get hurt if she doesn't turn. When she gets off her perch, she usually jumps to my finger, or when i leave the room she flies to me. I agree, i will let her fly around the house and see what will happen. Like you said it might bring us closer as well. When i tried to pick her up the first time, she didnt let me as it was in her cage, but when i left, she slowly started to venture out of the cage, and would hop onto fingers.

[@tarajh]

Is Berry _not_ usually nice to Comet?

[@gunasundariganeshbabu7169]

useful video!! I am from India, we want to get your products(pellets and stands) with love keerthana

[@futurefreefliers5861]

A lil question: can I take outside a “bit clipped” bird that doesn’t want to fly?

[@charliesflock659]

I would probably say no, my teil is clipped and he doesn’t like flying, so I take him out in a travel cage or his harness, something could spoke the bird still.

[@futurefreefliers5861]

@@charliesflock659 oh.. ......... He went outside and never attempted to open the wings. If you want you'll see his video later!

[@BirdTricks]

This would actually be very risky. Even the slightest wind can take a clipped or "unflighted" bird up and away very quickly. Then once they land on the ground out of sight of you they are a greater risk for predator attacks. Also, when startled a bird that has shown no interest in flying can suddenly take off even without wind. I would recommend looking into bird backpacks if you want to take your bird out for a walk. 😊

[@futurefreefliers5861]

@@BirdTricks ok Thank you!!!! 🤩🤩 Btw. I love your channel!

[@charliesflock659]

@@BirdTricks I have a bird backpack, and a harness. My little teil LOVES being outside. He stares out my window durning the day

[@FredTheLutinoCocatiel]

I was thinking of Flight Training Fred the lutino cockatiel but he was 20 years old and died Monday morning 😔😢🕊

[@emilykas961]

I'm soo sorry for your loss.

[@samanthabanfield2464]

Aww, sorry for your loss.

[@FredTheLutinoCocatiel]

Thank you for your kind words 😔💌💌

[@paloma4444]

Hey! My macaw is only 1 and I am not sure if she wants to fly or not. She does not really try by herself. How would I know if I should try or not?

[@GothicPeridot97]

You can start with trying to recall train her, if you begin the recall and have her jump or walk to you then you can just make the distance further and further and soon she'll be flying. I have t-stands all over that I would put my bird on and then hold a treat they really love and see if they're willing to come to you for the treat.

[@amberbriggs4411]

question: Can all birds be flight trained? i have an indian ringneck, stereotypically theyre on the less domestic side of things but i have a very close bond with mine. does anyone know if IRNs can be flight trained?

[@tarajh]

Yes, all birds have the potential to be fight trained.

[@sandraraituma]

Wait. Wasn't Tusa the one that checked his feet constantly? Or they both do that :D Brother thing? :D @ 4:50

[@rowanalexander6690]

It’s a macaw thing!😂 They love their own feet.

[@staceysears6690]

Have a 7mo old cockatiel that was clipped but flight feathers are coming in. He wants to fly and randomly takes off on me. Keeps crashing and falling before I can get to him. Desperately trying to recall train to prevent the crash!!

[@robingrogan4149]

Hi Jamie. We did initially clip our baby once she fledged because our house wasn't condusive to the space needed and she was getting hurt. We did what we needed to on our end to make it safer and have let her feathers come back in. We are following your guidance and she is now flying and doing really well. Our challenge is this..now we can't keep her on her perch. She flys and gets into EVERYTHING. We normal pick her up and then set her back on the perch and use a stay command...but this doesn't seem to always work. Any suggestions for getting her to stay put UNTIL she is calld?

[@s.a.1398]

Maybe just let her. She will learn not to crash in whatever.

[@corneliahanimann2173]

Oh ya actually, similar problem with me. My parrot loves me and whenever I'm putting him down and walk away to call him, by the time I turn around, he's already landing on my shoulder excited to be back... Doesn't even care for the treat, he's just excited to be with me again.

[@robinprivate6667]

@@corneliahanimann2173 Exactly! I do always just put her back and say "stay" but it doesn't always work. I want her to fly and don't mind it, but there are times when I have to work and since she loves to nibble on my keyboard, it just doesn't work.

[@corneliahanimann2173]

@@robinprivate6667 lol ya I tried to do a "stay" training, where he gets treats for staying where he is, and it got better, most of the time I still turn around and walk away to then go "Oh what is that on my head again? Long time no see Pikachu!".

[@kathleenshriver7512]

How about sunny. Is he still with u.I just started viewing your VLOGS. I saw sunny's story I also saw it was 12 years ago. So is he still with u?

[@bunnytail1370]

How can you tell if she's hormonal?

[@llove-electrical]

I have an owl

[@zoeheaps6385]

How do do you get your birds not to pull out your earring😂 mine will rip out my nose piercing

[@abdulayub6234]

Really I thought we were gonna have cressi but it’s ok 😡

[@colewilliams5480]

i didn’t know that parrots acted differently when they’re hormonal, can someone explain in an age appropriate way? i know kids are probably watching this too

[@corneliahanimann2173]

She has a few videos on hormonal behaviour and how to trigger it. It's just something you shouldn't encourage because they can start thinking lf you as their mate, and they also start attacking whoever they're jealous of and they bite more and more agressively. I figure you are better off watching their video about it because it's quite educating, and I'm already probably missing crucial information by telling you what they said

[@ziyadalatel437]

Hi

[@amber1240]

at least its organic 🤣

[@Pigeon-Hands]

How does everyone feel about plucking out those clipped feathers so they grow in faster? Is this something I can do (although I'd try to have a vet or someone else actually do it so he doesn't hate me)?