How to Trim Your Bird's Wings

Dr McFadden with Valley Animal Hospital demonstrates how to safely trim your pet bird's wings.

[@sorcey9532]

This is the difference between a professional and some parrot owner's video. Perfectly done!

[@atpole818]

She looks really nice and knowlegable i like her

[@elyseludwig4411]

Very glad you like it! Thank you!

[@thelostera6147]

Yea don't cut wings

[@barrywolff4186]

Excellent tutorial......clear and concise. I would imagine that your are a fine vet. Thank you for this very informative video.

[@elyseludwig4411]

Very glad you like it! Thank you!

[@thelostera6147]

Don't cut wingggs

[@cristinaj2223]

Macaws are one of the most beautiful birds in the world, their colours are so gorgeous ❤

[@Arinini]

finally, some people who know how to trim wings the RIGHT way omg

[@futurefreefliers5861]

Yes but you should not do it

[@saifmajjan3667]

@@futurefreefliers5861 why? We can If we want

[@futurefreefliers5861]

@@saifmajjan3667 yes you can but if you dont do it is better

[@jennykader226]

@@futurefreefliers5861 no it's not better, they fly into walls and windows. If we dont trim their wings and they fly into a window and have a concussion will u be in charge?

[@futurefreefliers5861]

@@jennykader226 just teach them windows are windows and they can't fly through them. Mine never hit one in all his life except when he was 40 days old. Never happened again.

[@dietcokeoverpepsi]

Trimming your birds feathers is a great idea if your bird flys around like crazy.i know I might sound cruel but it doesn't hurt them them and their feathers grow back any way

[@chasegrace5874]

Spike you are right

[@clawinnz]

It hurts them both mentally and physically. And even if the flights do grow back in. The mental damage is not so easy to fix. Then the big one! What do you know or not know about muscle atrophy? Clipping is a form of handicapping, and that makes it animal cruelty.

[@carinag4635]

clawinnz my friend’s budgie died when it flew into a fan and my budgie broke its Ceres and its head was bleeding because I didnt clip the wings. I regret it

[@clawinnz]

@Propane Huffer And by the way. I run a club where we free fly our birds. In an indoor environment. I even have video showing how handicapping adds dangers.

[@clawinnz]

@@carinag4635 No! Your bird died because you failed to turn the fan off. making the environment safe. Birds fly ffs.

[@rosebudadkins6803]

You are a wonderful vet. I can tell. My granddaughter is studying to become a vet. Thanks…..for vids!

[@arc2444]

seems like a person that knows what they're doing and they go gentle, nice :)

[@kky4942]

She is so nice that I want to be her pet too.... haha. And this is the best feather trimming video in youtube.

[@zaswerty]

Thank you for the video, I wish more videos were as clear and concise as this. I feel better about wanting to clip my budgie's wings now, and more confident in doing it correctly when I get around to it. For those concerned, ideally this would only be a one or two times thing, until I can tame and befriend him. He's very flighty and I have cats in my house, so I would really rather be able to keep an eye on him.

[@dumberasian]

Best aviary video hands down , thank you for all your detail instructions .

[@donnananar1556]

You are a angel Dr! Thank you so much for the tutorial!❤️🦜❤️

[@lizzlemonade]

"Category: Comedy" Me: So should I not do this? Wait, that just made me laugh. I see why it's comedy now. XD

[@sunniivaarts4328]

now im scared to come across a blood feather

[@ndnaf3705]

Michelle Bryan me too!

[@clawinnz]

Good! It may put you off Animal Abuse. Start thinking about the birds welfare, and that if needs flight to stay healthy. Unlikely a clipped bird will live as long as a NORMAL bird.

[@smileyface5028]

@Death Zone well, as she's a actual doctor, she's more likely right.

[@madman4621]

@@clawinnz oh my god, shut up. clipping wings isnt abuse. its a general practise used by normal pet parrot owners and ISNT a danger to the birds mental health or actual health. blood feathers are extremely rare to come across, and are easy to identify because the stem of the feather is red instead of opaque. plenty of birds with clipped feathers have lived as long as other birds and have even LIVED LONGER. check ur facts next time. edit: forgot to mention if birds fly the first time around your house without its feathers clipped it WILL bash into walls. it WILL bang into windows. a wing thats clipped only allows the bird to glide, and by the time the bird regrows its flight feathers, it would have already gotten familiar with the houses layout and will know what windows are. this is why clipping wings is perfect for a bird and will probably make them happier in the long run.

[@jennifercafecafe1481]

DON'T touch those blood feathers, take your parrot to the vets, let them do the PROPER trim

[@sangar251]

Thank you for giving concise instructions and explanations. Very informative.

[@skyismydogsky9903]

0:35 that scared me when the bird screamed it jumpscared me I have my volume at 100.

[@XxMummaVixenxX]

I like Dr McFadden, she's awesome.

[@karentrinkaus117]

I thought this was pretty good until I saw how drastic the cut was. Cutting below the coverts (layer of feathers above the primaries) can result in hard falls and injury. I strongly advice cutting below the coverts. Safe is better than making a cut "look pretty."

[@parrotsdogsandtexas1654]

Karen Trinkaus my African Grey Congo I adopted doesn't fly and is also bald. It has been months and nothing. So I am not sure can he still fly? Since it's not a smaller bird is it possible that a bird attacked it??

[@humblemumble5303]

Karen Trinkaus excuse me can you please help on how to properly clip a untamed cockatiels wingsa

[@futurefreefliers5861]

Yea

[@SEQT321]

Thank you, Dr. McFadden! There are many people demonstrating wing clipping on you tube! I’ve watched different approaches and different groups clipped from the float feathers in all or part to all of the inner lift feathers! I didn’t know what to think. I was skeptical until I saw your video. Nice to learn from an expert! Appreciate you would take time for those of us who aren’t near you!!

[@gr8teagazr122]

I like her approach, and technique. The trim looks quite natural. I hate that blunt cut most folk use. I must say though- this was funny toward the end. Vet- "Alright! Let's see if little Toby will perch here for us." Toby- (jumps down and tries to escape). "NO- I've had it with you humans, and I'll thank you not to touch me right now!"

[@ilma9609]

Thank you so very much! You make me comfortable trimming my budgies wings.

[@elyseludwig4411]

Very glad you like it! Thank you!

[@letstalk7979]

ilmaYvette my mom trimmed my lovebird's wings i was kind of nervous

[@strashinsky]

I've done all that. Budgies are my birds. Thankfully I was raised with them. This tutorial is accurate. Thank you for all!!!

[@mohamadtaha5744]

the wings ill grow abit but they will need to be cut id say twice a year. my cockatiel flew off because i never knew they grow back that quickly :( but luckily i caught it :)

[@jaym.3896]

+Mohamad Taha I always just let my parrot fly around the house in the winter but i clip em right before the summer so I can take em out.

[@aarthisrikanth2677]

why do you want to catch it? nature doesnt belong to you. let the bird free please. it doesnt like to be owned. Imagine someone owned you and took off your ability to walk like how you are taking the ability of the bird to fly(eventho it doesnt hurt)

[@SavageDroggo]

Aarthi Srikanth Wow another idiot talking shit, If you let it out like that, it will DIE, it will not survive in the wild. Captive bred parrots should be kept with their owners only. If you think they belong to the wild, think about all pets, they all belong in the wild include dogs. I disagree with someone kidnapping a wild bird and keep that, but if it’s a captive bred bird for pet only, then it should be a pet

[@saginglord1858]

@@aarthisrikanth2677 all animals belong to the wild if you know if you have dogs or cats set them free in the wild lets see if they can survive

[@saifmajjan3667]

@@jaym.3896 that’s a good idea

[@vj-jx2zr]

Such an amazing informative video! Thank you

[@ermo1919]

Thank you for a wonderful and descriptive video!

[@1behd]

Informative and authoritive- thank you. A wonderful Macaw too!

[@nebuchadnezzarii5421]

Question to the viewers of the video - did people dislike this because it is an incorrect method, or because people are against the practice of clipping wings? Because it'd be nice if people just rated a video for what it was, because all the dislikes are doing is creating confusion.

[@ndnaf3705]

excellent video! thanks for sharing!

[@MLBOOG]

Very helpful! Thank you.

[@irmasalcido1283]

Perfect explanations. Thank You

[@danriley5848]

Fantastic video and I learned alot, thank you.

[@Elizabethhavill]

He’s so offended lol like how what the !$&$! Then he’s like wait.. it wasn’t that bad here have my wing

[@VinylToVideo]

I have a pretty tame Spanish Timbrado Canary and while I know it is not advisable to totally trim a canary's feathers I am considering trimming on each wing either 2 - 4 feathers totally or "a little off the top" on a few of them. I'm thinking if done correctly it will help train him to fly more precisely and by the time they grow back he'll have really improved. Also for now I still want him to be able to fly a little bit like to his cage and around the house a bit but I definitely want to discourage him from being able to fly away say into a tall tree outside if the opportunity happened to present itself and would likely maintain this trim. Any suggestions?

[@VinylToVideo]

I decided the only way to really figure this out is to experiment a bit. I left the outermost 2 feathers totally intact and trimmed the third feather in about an inch all the way to the 6th feather in to around 1/2 inch. Already his flying seems incredibly precise; I almost can't believe it! He still gets adequate lift for around the house and most importantly inside the cage and outside of it can go where he wants (which is usually back into the cage!) but I am less worried about him trying to fly away if the opportunity presented itself.

[@cheytheratking266]

I didn’t realize this was the Valley Animal Center! I live so close to Merced! I know exactly where this place is!

[@that.ll_do_pig]

I am in Fresno. Had no idea either. Lol

[@Marianaaaaaaa]

you should make more videos about bird care it really useful

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

I've had my eclectus for 11 years and I go thru stages of him having full flight and being clipped. Upside to when he can fly is he seems happier and loves flying around the house ,downside is he can't come outside and misses out on socialising.

[@martinhblake]

Could you give some advice to avoid blooding when cutting feathers? Thank you.

[@jennifercafecafe1481]

Don't cut blood feathers, new feathers

[@martinhblake]

@@jennifercafecafe1481 thank you !!!

[@QuentinNeill]

See 6:48 for blood feather discussion

[@martinhblake]

@@QuentinNeill Thank you.

[@gabrielle.m]

Thank you! I'm going to get parakeets later today!

[@MKismythang]

thank you. Awesome video.

[@spaguetticarbanana714]

yu idiot

[@anonymousnmbr1]

Lol Birdy burrito

[@DavidCarlosvictoriaairphotos]

Thanks Doctor

[@cfoceanside777]

awesome video. thanks so much.

[@elyseludwig4411]

Very glad you like it! Thank you!

[@JuliaEatsYou2]

Great video!!

[@user-er5pm5zm4c]

Thank you verry verry much for this beautiful video. Much love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🤍💙

[@ourtimetoquilt8495]

Fabulous tutorial on safely and humanely trimming a bird's wings. Thank you for so much info!!

[@tiffanyadams5436]

Thank you!

[@ma5rs]

Can the parakeet still glide down?... I'd be worried of him falling off a perch and not being able to catch himself or get down from high places..

[@theoddsquid9443]

If you do not cut too much off it should be able to

[@ParakeetWorld]

If you dont cut the secondary feathers, he will glide

[@shanicegreen2106]

Very helpful video :) you did very well

[@fromala2U]

Don't forget to check for blood feathers before trimming.

[@xxsikkbladexxdoritos4261]

FINALLY SOMEONE THAT KNOW HOW TO CLIP

[@elhamebi5928]

Well she is a veteranian

[@usernameusername4668]

That budgie was clearly scared and stressed

[@concertmasterntl]

Most pets are super scared at the vet. They recover though.

[@taniaodesho4601]

Thanks so much for posting. I was wondering if corn starch can work as a good blood stopper for accidental cuts or nails clipped wrong. If not, what was the name of the powder you recommend we all have?

[@screwdriver6176]

Styptic Powder! :)

[@katyerra]

Tania Odesho flour

[@DelightedSAfrican]

Gentian violet dissolved in water. (Condies crystals.)

[@letoku9585]

Toby is a savage

[@Defa_Noob]

I have a question, my budiges largest left wing feather seems to have completely grown back but his right one has not, is it normal for flight feathers to grow back at different times?

[@QuentinNeill]

See comments at 4:41 “they grow a new feather, and they will molt it, and it will fall out”

[@DelightedSAfrican]

Sometimes when your bird flies off the cage, it can fall on the ground, breaking the long flight feathers.

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

Thankyou for this video

[@zs5415]

I have blue and gold macaw always take him to vet because I don’t have confident to cut wings

[@pookbear5817]

Thanks for the video! If you're cautious and turn off ceiling fans and check the burners than letting your bird fly around is fine. This is not a necessity it's more of a luxury besides most birds you buy don't know how to fly

[@zobian6787]

We want to trim our alexandrine parrots wings but dont rlly know how we have lots of experience about birds but trimming were scared of cutting a blood feather or getting it wrong

[@md.arifurrahman4317]

Will those feathers grow again?

[@kayliegriffin167]

Yes. they grow back, It's like a hair cut.

[@abihedison3143]

What type of scissors are acceptable to use?

[@andyandy4136]

If you’re clipping your birds wings how many feathers are you suppose to cut

[@mitchellstraker1762]

If it is small like a lovebird or a budgie about 8 to 10 A bigger parrot like a cockatoo or galah more like 5 to 6

[@andyandy4136]

Mitchell Straker thank you

[@ParakeetWorld]

Andy Andy 8-10 is way too much. 4-5

[@sohailahmed9249]

My African Grey is about 15 weeks old. When should we trim his feather kindly advise. 1st age to trim feather?

[@mitchellstraker1762]

Make sure he knows how to fly before trimming wings or else he will never learn

[@Speedarts333]

So if you want to clip the wings do you have to ask or let a vet know about it?

[@josephbennett3482]

It's best if you contact a avian vet since they are an expert in exotic pet care or if you know anyone that has enough experience in taking care of birds , let them do the care for you so you don't accidentally injure your feathered friend.

[@discmaniastudios]

Kelly is cute.

[@TayDavis7276]

Thanks🙌

[@ainz_117]

how much will it cost to get a bird's wings trim

[@daddychill466]

I have a cockateil and i want to tame it but i need to trim its wings

[@Leah-og7di]

Idk what height I should start cutting into! I don't want my budgie to start to bleed!

[@ParakeetWorld]

Leah Below the short convert feathers

[@sunniivaarts4328]

i hope this works well for my budgie because he flies upstairs and there is construction going on up there and it is dangerous there

[@eight10aaronn]

Forbes is a very smart bird.

[@zobian6787]

And its just getting yoused to us still bites a bit we need to trim his wings he flies all around the house breaking stuff we dont like keeping our parrot shut in the cage all the time it is a big cage but when we shut it he screams to come out so we need to trim his wings

[@goldmanek9training223]

Is this how trimming would work for a cockatiel as well???? please answer soon

[@ryang2432]

Triple_A_Queen yes its a bird wing

[@eunicerodelas3064]

When do you want to do this, when your bird is tamed or before your bird is tamed? Because I have a bird which is not yet tamed and I don't want him to bite me. Thanks :D. Also, a very informative video!

[@karentrinkaus117]

+Eadlyn Celeste Trim wings before taming. It will make things a LOT easier. If you restrain a bird correctly they cannot bit you.

[@lacaille4961]

@@karentrinkaus117 they can bit you too, It Will be usual a untamed Bird with cutted wings to be agressive, what u going to do Next? Cut his beak?? MF's need to stop this, adapt ur House to ur Bird, not ur Bird to ur House

[@AreeeAsh]

A few years ago my grandma was trimming my parrot's wings and accidentally cut too much and it started bleeding... It still hurts me to this day 💔💔💔💔 poor birdie I don't even know where she is now💔

[@elhamebi5928]

Thats sad 😥 😞 😔 😢 😕 😪 😥 😞 😔 😢 😕 😪 😥 😞 😔 😢

[@prottoyhridoy4795]

Mam, If i want to do the same with my pigeon are they going to get the feathers back again in some months ?

[@kelpfaced]

Prottoy Hridoy yes

[@budgiemania9011]

First 10 are primary flight feathers, the others are secondary flight feathers

[@cynthiarangel4938]

Parkers

[@ParakeetWorld]

Don't cut all 10 tho, just 4-5

[@swagwolfm489]

I have a baby budgie you have to clip the first 4

[@saifmajjan3667]

Where is this vet?

[@doomboyorangeturtle]

How much feathers to cut for the bird to not fly

[@ParakeetWorld]

4

[@seniorpz1969]

I wish I had seen this before my pet bird flew away some years ago. :(

[@DiamondsRescue]

This is very short. The vet doesn’t consider that now that they are that short, the budgie will fall to the ground hard and hurt himself. They should be able to glide down, but not fly.

[@danielmartini3229]

don't cut off bird's legs... gothcha!

[@cunningcannibal7258]

I have to learn how to do this like a professional because I didn't mind paying a professional because they said it would last 2 to4 months but they were back at full flight in under a month like 3 weeks at 10$ to 20$ each depending on if it was the owner or his assistant owner was the cheaper one but for 4 budgies weather it's 40 or 80 it's still to much having to do it every two to four weeks it's a hassle and expensive and specially when they said 2 months at minimum and up to four months the trim would last yet both times by different people and same results only lasting a few weeks I have turned to KZbin the do it yourself site but still not feeling confident as I don't think I'm getting a close enough view and I can't see the difference in the blood feathers and I don't know if it's my phone or. the video other than that very good video I'm going to try watching on the TV now and hopefully see it's just the little phone screen that makes it hard to see perfectly.. thank you . hopefully I do it successfully and don't cut off one of their wings fingers crossed maybe all even record it just in case then I can post it labeled how not to cut feathers for educational purposes. I'm going to start with the noisy little jerk I have just Incase that way if I mess up it won't devastate me as bad .

[@prayankpatel3528]

My budgie somehow broke his one full nail. It was bleeding and then I applied some cornflour on it. Some says it wont grow back, so will it grow or not? If it grows than how long will it take to grow full nail and if won't then is there any problem?

[@pitouc.3814]

Wow

[@farahzubair713]

wow

[@vidaandsofia2407]

are u still active :)

[@pixelcraftxx1419]

guys the wings will grow back right?

[@ErickHernandez-ws4xx]

yes

[@elyseludwig4411]

It's important to remember we're not cutting the wings, it's the feathers that are being trimmed and those will grow back over time. Thank you!

[@rileyhansen2517]

If you were to accidentally cut a parrots wing would it ever grow back?

[@FinnKiol]

Yes, but it will take a while. It also depends on the parrot. A budgie would take about 2-4 months.

[@jonathanlee97]

kevin Balls dad if you cut your hand would it grow back? exactly

[@kittys9925]

Amazing

[@adamcorreia4001]

I'm only watching cuz girl in red is cute

[@sarikakullolli9900]

thinks

[@christinesdolls]

Why do we need to trim their wings ?

[@MegaConnorkenway]

So they won't fly around like mad and collaspe on the wall , so you can take them out easily and tame them

[@pookbear5817]

They don't need it it's just something you can do like if you want to take your bird outside then you should trim them

[@ParakeetWorld]

Pook Bear Better way. Bird proof the room. You shouldnt just keep them clipped for half of a year just to take them outside of the cage

[@blanketclub2161]

I cut to much and now my birds is bleeding not the blood wing tho please what do I do

[@ParakeetWorld]

Why the freak did you cut a blood feather. Is the bird okay now?

[@lastminutelawncareservice8685]

Do you really have to tell people not to let there birds fly into fans or boiling water? or not to cut off there feet?

[@concertmasterntl]

Yep. Look on any bird group and you’ll see it happens everyday. Birds fly into fans and onto hot stoves and into toilets and every other possible hazard.

[@jennifercafecafe1481]

It's NOT an American Budgerigar, they are NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺

[@bhumiupadhyay5373]

Why clip budgie wings

[@Idkgirl07Msp]

That cut was way to high.....

[@iexisttoo5859]

Train not clip

[@norellefeeney9308]

Thats wrong its inly the first 10 feathers that are flight

[@norellefeeney9308]

I cant even remember this it was that long ago

[@tedwinni1783]

She is a vet.. you're just an idiot on KZbin.... who do you think people will listen too

[@norellefeeney9308]

Whats with the attitude as I said I know its wrong I dont know why I wrote that so sorry I obviously got the info from another wrong person then found out its actually right why do people insist on hurting people with harsh full words

[@ParakeetWorld]

Actually just 4