It’s an old school belief that your bird will be tamer if it is clipped. The rescue organization that we got our parrotlet from had an older woman who insisted we “needed” to clip the bird in order to make him dependent on us and easier to train. Younger members of the rescue organization told us that’s not correct. But, weirdly, nobody stopped her from continuing to give out this bad information. It’s weird how people just keep repeating this same terrible old school training belief.
a mild clip can do wonders for socialization for people who have no clue on what a bird is and still get one BUT, notice I said a MILD clip, and ALWAYS, ALWAYS AFTER the bird has learned how to fly. I do mild clips (2-4 feathers on both wings) on all my lovies, mostly for safety reasons, but they can still fully fly around the house. they just can't fly away for literal miles in case of an escape. and yes, we're also working on recall training. because shit happens and the only real thing you can do is be prepared.
@@niky00045birds are supposed to be able to fly, if flying is such an issue for you don’t get birds. You can’t be selfish and pretend your pet is happy when you’re removing a massive part of what it is
This isn’t seen in only breeders and it’s only SOME breeders. It’s seen in vets, store owners, sanctuary owners, and pet owners BUT only some. It’s not something you can associate with just breeders. It is the individual that is to blame.
I feel like all breeders should have to be certified in this country. It's scary how horrid Nacho was treated and the fact there's no way to hold the breeder accountable and stop her from ruining more lives. You guys are life savers with your education and help.
Aside from completely outcasting them and/or targetting to expose and ruin their businesses or forcing them to change their practice, there's not much we can do. And getting stubborn people to see the error of their ways is like trying to talk sense into a stupid person. They'll always make excuses for their behavior. They're professional bsers and self-enablers because that's what they've been training for for as long as they can remember, and we just can't talk sense into (most of) them because we have not and instead know how to self-reflect and be aware and empathetic.
I get a lot of flack from other breeders in my state because I fight for flight. I refuse to clip the babies wings and instead work on recall training from the day they start to fly. It’s so important that they use those muscles and gain the confidence. But I know others who will clip them BEFORE they ever take that first baby flutter and that horrifies me. We also wean onto pellets and chop and I try to do all the right things to set our birds up for successful lives. I don’t cut corners to make more profit none of that. Our birds have toys and enrichment. Many other breeders have tried to tell me not to give the breeder birds toys, which is awful. Most of my breeder birds are still tame and are our pets first. Many breeders swear to me that tame birds won’t breed. But mine do, I don’t force them or over breed them. And because of my ethics many local breeders do their best to stir drama with me 🤷🏻♀️ sucks to suck thought for them 😂
... clipping is one thing (not ideal, but in certain cases it may be the best option), but it should ALWAYS be done AFTER the birds learn to fly. also it should, at the very least, allow the bird to land safely. so, thanks for being a good breeder.
Bless your heart Sandy! I'm so glad you got Nacho and had the contacts to help her. This is a wonderful video and seeing Nacho fly actually made me cry! Thank you for saving this beautiful bird!
My mouth dropped when Sandy described what the breeder did. That's flat out abuse. Clipping really should be put on the books as abuse to birds. It's taking away their most fundamental way of development. I'm glad she found you guys!
Poor bird being clipped like that 😢.I know it causes big discussion arguments but I have left many fb groups due to how many people clip .For me NO bird should be clipped unless medical reasons .I hate hearing the" I clip because my bird flew away" or "my bird is destroying my house so I clipped it "😢 Sorry but if people have a bird adjust your house for the bird not the bird for your house 😢 Lovely to see this lady getting her bird to fly 😊
I was horrified at the pic of the clip - how barbaric! 😡 It was a relief to watch the video and see Nacho is in the process of recovering his flight feathers and working on flying with his awesome person.❤ So glad the muscle atrophy wasn't totally debilitating. If this breeder(or broker?) is doing this same thing to all their birds I hope someone will stage some kind of intervention for the welfare of the birds in their care. I hate the thought of this continuing to happen to other birds when it is unnecessary and cruel. 😔
I'm glad you're bringing awareness to this issue. My friend is in school to become a vet tech and she was taught that clipping a bird's wings is good and fine. I'm very sad that this type of belief is still upholded.. cutting off wings is abusive.
a mild clip can do wonders for socializing a bird sold to people who have no clue on what a bird is, but NEVER, EVER BEFORE the bird learns to fly. also notice I said a mild clip. the bird should still be able to, at the very least, land safely. and yes, training is a better way of socializing them, but, tell that to your average Joe that gets a macaw. or worse: small birds like budgies or lovebirds, that are rarely socialized. I still think a clipped bird is better than a bird that will live all its life in a tiny cage.
Poor Nacho, my conures were clipped really short when I got them too. Birds are made to fly, especially terrible to clip babies that are just learning to use their beautiful wings 😢
How wonderful to see the progress Nacho made! What an awful clip the breeder made. That's so detrimental. Thank goodness Nacho has such a terrific owner. ❤
😢 my heart breaks every time I hear or see a clipped wing, such a gorgeous boy Nacho is and sad this happened but he has a wonderful mom now ❤ I understand people think they’re doing the right thing especially when a breeder tells you thats only way to keep them safe, but I’ve seen how it really doesn’t keep them safe. I said to my birds breeder I want them fully flighted, I had paid for them but the breeder decided to clip the wings just before they were transported to me 😢 I shed a few tears because I knew what that does mentally and danger wise too! Excited for them to moult and be free again! thank you to all at bird tricks for raising awareness I hope more people see your videos ❤
The breeder was bitten and committed an act of violence against this beautiful creature in retaliation. I hope she sees this and learns something about training and compassion. Animals are not objects.
Dave is just in love with Nacho,I see. You all are,how could you not be? And that breeder just is a complete ass hat and shouldn't be a breeder at all,I mean look at the fear this caused in a baby bird!!..Glad for the progress y'all have made with her,she deserved you guys❤ Cute girl,so flooofy 🥰
great composition! Especially for the close up on the botched feather on a blanket! Using the lines as a way to help show where the botched job was! Very nice video over all.... super wholesome❤
Wow! This is the absolute worst clipping I have ever seen a bird have! I cannot believe the breeder did that to her. Bless this family for giving her the chance to fly and thank you to the vet that imped her feathers. What a beautiful albeit Heartbreaking story. Also, can I just say I love the name Nacho lol.
I know that wild bird rescue reconstruct missing/broken feathers, if there is not too much of them, especially on birds of prey! They are very sensitive to any missing feather, it's the key of successful hunt. So you either have to wait the molt happens once a year, or you reconstruct the missing feather and let the recovered bird free. It's pretty cool. They save the feathers for these cases. Hovewer most of the time they have to keep bird for the next few month/half year to wait their new feathers to come. I hate when they clip wings on parrots. It's not common in a place I live, a little good point. The bad points are the amount of illnesses most of the breeders have and don't care. Feather and beak deasease, megabacteria, and even ornitosis is not rare to get if you buy a bird :C as I noticed, in some american petshops thwy always do this, it's horrible D: if the illnesses are also very common as here, you buy a really poor, ill and bad immune system bird, very sad >
My kids bought a Sunday Conure that was supposed to be fully flighted and when we were 5 minutes away on a 4 hour drive he clipped the wings and gave her to us. The poor baby realized she couldn't fly once we had her. Her wings were cut to so short it caused her pain. We called 5 avian vets and all said she was too young to put her under for an imping procedure. She also was supposed to be a DNA tested male as I have a very hormonal Goffin's Cockatoo. So I then had a baby bird with PTSD and a hormonal aggressive Cockatoo who attacked me. I don't regret taking her away from that situation but I wish none of us had to go through that. She is now one yo and fully flighted but has regressed so much she is acting like a hatchling doing that behavior as though this last year never happened. Once the switch flipped in her mind and she realized she could fly like before she went back to all the behaviors of that 8 week old baby bird. I tell you all this so breeders might see this and know that clipping wings effects more than their ability to fly. It effects their mental health, their balance and their relationships with their humans and other birds.
Hello JamieLeigh and Dave. This poor bird was butchered by the breeder!!! That should be considered animal cruelty and the breeder should be fined and put in jail for hurting poor Nacho! I don't understand the word you are saying but are the new feathers implants or Ennpt? Sorry could you spell it for me. Thank you and I'm so happy Nacho is in your good hands now! Love, big hugs, birdie spirit kisses. 💕💕💕💕
Unfortunately, clipping is not considered animal cruelty by law and is not something that is punishable. The procedure is called imped and it is where the bird goes through a procedure to have feathers that are donated from a bird that is of the same species and size. Here is another video about Sunny the macaw that goes into more details about it. ruclips.net/video/YnOG98f4PAU/видео.html
@@BirdTricks Thank you so much for your answers and the video! I think the laws should be changed when they are clipped to this point of destruction. I hope it will be in the future. I will go watch the video now about Sunny getting his new wings - imped. Love, big hugs, birdie spirit kisses. 💖💖🤗🤗🕊🕊
I have a question about your previous title every “interaction is a training session.” Does everything always have to be followed by a treat or is there a time where I can start doing every other trick/setup or whatever the case..
My GCC was clipped when we got him. He has his flight feathers back and he is a mcuh better bird now. He wouldn't step up and snipped at us constantly. He now steps up, rarely snips, and has a better disposition all around. My husband and I both swear him being clipped was the cause of his crankiness. I wished they wouldn't do this. I also wanted to ask for info on where we could send feathers for birds like Nacho? Is there a reputable organization we can mail them to? Are GCC feathers even needed?
My breeder clipped Eugene so he couldn’t fly away when we first got him at the airport. Dave called it a cosmetic cut or something because you couldn’t see it. It was very minimum. Now Eugene is fully flighted and is a little fighter jet 😂
I hate clipping wings but I do clip my birds wings but we only do it for there safety. Since they were babies we let there wings grow naturally but they never grasped the concept of what glass is and they kept flying full speed into it. I would like to make clear I do not clip the whole wing I only shorten two feathers on each side so that they can’t gain as much speed. That way if they end up grazing the glass it will not be as hard
Dont know why breeders clip them. If they dont work with them to make them tame. I clip my bird some times once when i buy them. But only 2 feathers per wing so they can learn to get on my hands and dont be afraid of them
It's so awful to clip a birds wings. Birds are born to fly. Nobody clips your feet. Nobody has to be allowed to clip bird wings, dog ears and tails and all the cruel things human do. 😢
The biggest red flag in bird breeders is this...I hate hate hate when people clip wings "for safety" 🙄birds need to exercise and use their wings..and know how to properly fly...so many times I've seen birds escape their cage and flap like crazy only to crash into walls or ceilings because of growing up with clipped wings and not knowing how to fly with full feathers.
Flying is fundamental to being a bird. If you cant take the time to provide your bird training time and space to fly, DONT HAVE A BIRD. nobody needs a bird. Its an honor to care for an animal so smart and long lived, not a right.
Sorry but I'd be name and shaming that breeder into the ground if I was the owner. I get it doesn't "help" the situation but no breeder that cares for their animals should clip THAT bad (I'm extremely against clipping as it is but I show bare minimum leniency towards it even though I despise it). Not only do you hinder the bird and affect them early on but you also cause them to be easy prey for predators. Also their born to fly, no breeder should be doing that to their animals, that is disgusting. Plus that breeder has fractured the trust of the breeder / owner relationship, instead of them reaching out to you for help, they will never go near you again. Your role as the breeder is not only to breed but educate and assist where you can, help make the transition easier not destroy that bird and the trust of the owner. I wouldn't be trusting that "breeder" around any animal, period. Amazing to see the beautiful bird slowly recovering though, I wish them all the best.
This pisses me off, birds are meant to fly... well unless its a Kākāpō. And this is coming from someone who grew up seeing that being done, mom used to clip our tamed budgies when i was a kid. Mind you it never such a butcher job like you see here as they could still fly in a pinch, bit still. Now i have grown and have my own lil rascals, a Budgie and a GCC, they fly all over the house ^_^
To who? It may be wrong, but there are still two schools of thought. If someone doesn’t clip their bird and that bird gets decapitated in a ceiling fan or crushed in a closing door, should that person be reported for abuse as well? While I like my birds to be able to fly, I could never free fly them outdoors. I have to wonder how often birds just don’t come back?
@@maryhartsock7792 There's a reason why Free flight training is 5 months or more, It is training to get them used to distractions, enjoy the world and yes some times they do get spooked / fly off, thats what the trackers are for and some times eagles ect will go after them. It's about knowing the location, evaluating if there are risks (you will arrive and look into the location for at least 20-30 minutes for warning signs)- if you're uncomfortable, ask if your local sport club ect if you can borrow their gyms / bating cages - these are enclosed. In regards to ceiling fans, common sense must be used when owning ANY pet, Negligence can be seen as abuse within reason, Accidents do happen - wing mutilation is not an 'Accident' it is intentional. A ceiling fan killing the bird is a different scenario to wings being mutilated. Unfortunately in terms on animal abuse this isnt seen as an offense but should be, it severely hinders the animal. Also dont get a flying animal if you're going to ruin its ability to fly.
I saw a comment that some wing clipping is used to help new owners who are in the dark about birds. Maybe a better concept is get trained before you buy one of these birds. Breeders should not be selling these birds to the inexperienced. Breeders have a responsibility. Personally it should be illegal to breed these types of parrots. Leave them in the wild to be free.
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Oh my, my jaw dropped when I saw this. I'm glad Nacho is in safe hands now.
Amazing the breeder said she'd cut the wings again if she got hold of the bird! Something weird is at play there.
Can't fathom why breeders think clipping is necessary. Nacho is a lucky guy to have a good owner.
It’s an old school belief that your bird will be tamer if it is clipped. The rescue organization that we got our parrotlet from had an older woman who insisted we “needed” to clip the bird in order to make him dependent on us and easier to train. Younger members of the rescue organization told us that’s not correct. But, weirdly, nobody stopped her from continuing to give out this bad information. It’s weird how people just keep repeating this same terrible old school training belief.
a mild clip can do wonders for socialization for people who have no clue on what a bird is and still get one
BUT, notice I said a MILD clip, and ALWAYS, ALWAYS AFTER the bird has learned how to fly.
I do mild clips (2-4 feathers on both wings) on all my lovies, mostly for safety reasons, but they can still fully fly around the house. they just can't fly away for literal miles in case of an escape. and yes, we're also working on recall training. because shit happens and the only real thing you can do is be prepared.
@@niky00045birds are supposed to be able to fly, if flying is such an issue for you don’t get birds. You can’t be selfish and pretend your pet is happy when you’re removing a massive part of what it is
This isn’t seen in only breeders and it’s only SOME breeders. It’s seen in vets, store owners, sanctuary owners, and pet owners BUT only some. It’s not something you can associate with just breeders.
It is the individual that is to blame.
I feel like all breeders should have to be certified in this country. It's scary how horrid Nacho was treated and the fact there's no way to hold the breeder accountable and stop her from ruining more lives.
You guys are life savers with your education and help.
Aside from completely outcasting them and/or targetting to expose and ruin their businesses or forcing them to change their practice, there's not much we can do. And getting stubborn people to see the error of their ways is like trying to talk sense into a stupid person. They'll always make excuses for their behavior. They're professional bsers and self-enablers because that's what they've been training for for as long as they can remember, and we just can't talk sense into (most of) them because we have not and instead know how to self-reflect and be aware and empathetic.
Poor Nacho
I am glad he got a good and kind owner❤
I get a lot of flack from other breeders in my state because I fight for flight. I refuse to clip the babies wings and instead work on recall training from the day they start to fly. It’s so important that they use those muscles and gain the confidence. But I know others who will clip them BEFORE they ever take that first baby flutter and that horrifies me. We also wean onto pellets and chop and I try to do all the right things to set our birds up for successful lives. I don’t cut corners to make more profit none of that. Our birds have toys and enrichment. Many other breeders have tried to tell me not to give the breeder birds toys, which is awful. Most of my breeder birds are still tame and are our pets first. Many breeders swear to me that tame birds won’t breed. But mine do, I don’t force them or over breed them. And because of my ethics many local breeders do their best to stir drama with me 🤷🏻♀️ sucks to suck thought for them 😂
... clipping is one thing (not ideal, but in certain cases it may be the best option), but it should ALWAYS be done AFTER the birds learn to fly. also it should, at the very least, allow the bird to land safely.
so, thanks for being a good breeder.
Living life has taught me that no good deed goes unpunished and doing the right thing is usually asking for problems. It's so sad.
Bless your heart Sandy! I'm so glad you got Nacho and had the contacts to help her. This is a wonderful video and seeing Nacho fly actually made me cry! Thank you for saving this beautiful bird!
Made me cry, too ❤
What a lovely owner! So glad that Nacho is now being given back her ability to fly!
My mouth dropped when Sandy described what the breeder did. That's flat out abuse. Clipping really should be put on the books as abuse to birds. It's taking away their most fundamental way of development. I'm glad she found you guys!
Poor bird being clipped like that 😢.I know it causes big discussion arguments but I have left many fb groups due to how many people clip .For me NO bird should be clipped unless medical reasons .I hate hearing the" I clip because my bird flew away" or "my bird is destroying my house so I clipped it "😢
Sorry but if people have a bird adjust your house for the bird not the bird for your house 😢
Lovely to see this lady getting her bird to fly 😊
I was horrified at the pic of the clip - how barbaric! 😡 It was a relief to watch the video and see Nacho is in the process of recovering his flight feathers and working on flying with his awesome person.❤ So glad the muscle atrophy wasn't totally debilitating. If this breeder(or broker?) is doing this same thing to all their birds I hope someone will stage some kind of intervention for the welfare of the birds in their care. I hate the thought of this continuing to happen to other birds when it is unnecessary and cruel. 😔
Sweet beautiful Nacho! So glad he is in a safe environment now, where he can happily thrive.💛🦜✨
I'm glad you're bringing awareness to this issue. My friend is in school to become a vet tech and she was taught that clipping a bird's wings is good and fine. I'm very sad that this type of belief is still upholded.. cutting off wings is abusive.
a mild clip can do wonders for socializing a bird sold to people who have no clue on what a bird is, but NEVER, EVER BEFORE the bird learns to fly. also notice I said a mild clip. the bird should still be able to, at the very least, land safely.
and yes, training is a better way of socializing them, but, tell that to your average Joe that gets a macaw. or worse: small birds like budgies or lovebirds, that are rarely socialized.
I still think a clipped bird is better than a bird that will live all its life in a tiny cage.
2:36 ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHG NOW?!?!?! Her feathers look SO BEAUTIFUL
Poor Nacho, my conures were clipped really short when I got them too. Birds are made to fly, especially terrible to clip babies that are just learning to use their beautiful wings 😢
How wonderful to see the progress Nacho made! What an awful clip the breeder made. That's so detrimental. Thank goodness Nacho has such a terrific owner. ❤
Wonderful she had the feather extensions (imping) done. Great owner. Great job, guys. That hack job was awful :(
😢 my heart breaks every time I hear or see a clipped wing, such a gorgeous boy Nacho is and sad this happened but he has a wonderful mom now ❤ I understand people think they’re doing the right thing especially when a breeder tells you thats only way to keep them safe, but I’ve seen how it really doesn’t keep them safe. I said to my birds breeder I want them fully flighted, I had paid for them but the breeder decided to clip the wings just before they were transported to me 😢 I shed a few tears because I knew what that does mentally and danger wise too! Excited for them to moult and be free again! thank you to all at bird tricks for raising awareness I hope more people see your videos ❤
The breeder was bitten and committed an act of violence against this beautiful creature in retaliation. I hope she sees this and learns something about training and compassion. Animals are not objects.
Dave is just in love with Nacho,I see. You all are,how could you not be? And that breeder just is a complete ass hat and shouldn't be a breeder at all,I mean look at the fear this caused in a baby bird!!..Glad for the progress y'all have made with her,she deserved you guys❤ Cute girl,so flooofy 🥰
great composition! Especially for the close up on the botched feather on a blanket! Using the lines as a way to help show where the botched job was!
Very nice video over all.... super wholesome❤
Can see beautiful shiny feathers starting. So cool! Truly an inspiration. Thanks again you mob.
Terrible "breeder". Awesome owner! So glad nacho has the support he/ she needs!
Wow! This is the absolute worst clipping I have ever seen a bird have! I cannot believe the breeder did that to her. Bless this family for giving her the chance to fly and thank you to the vet that imped her feathers. What a beautiful albeit Heartbreaking story.
Also, can I just say I love the name Nacho lol.
I know that wild bird rescue reconstruct missing/broken feathers, if there is not too much of them, especially on birds of prey! They are very sensitive to any missing feather, it's the key of successful hunt. So you either have to wait the molt happens once a year, or you reconstruct the missing feather and let the recovered bird free. It's pretty cool. They save the feathers for these cases. Hovewer most of the time they have to keep bird for the next few month/half year to wait their new feathers to come.
I hate when they clip wings on parrots. It's not common in a place I live, a little good point. The bad points are the amount of illnesses most of the breeders have and don't care. Feather and beak deasease, megabacteria, and even ornitosis is not rare to get if you buy a bird :C as I noticed, in some american petshops thwy always do this, it's horrible D: if the illnesses are also very common as here, you buy a really poor, ill and bad immune system bird, very sad >
clipping definitely has its place in certain birds certain cases but thankfully they will get their feathers back in again within the year
FLYING is what makes birds unique they deserve to fly and live happy lives out of their cages.
Seeing what that breeder did to the bird makes me a little sick. Thank goodness Nacho is now in a loving home.
My kids bought a Sunday Conure that was supposed to be fully flighted and when we were 5 minutes away on a 4 hour drive he clipped the wings and gave her to us. The poor baby realized she couldn't fly once we had her. Her wings were cut to so short it caused her pain. We called 5 avian vets and all said she was too young to put her under for an imping procedure. She also was supposed to be a DNA tested male as I have a very hormonal Goffin's Cockatoo. So I then had a baby bird with PTSD and a hormonal aggressive Cockatoo who attacked me. I don't regret taking her away from that situation but I wish none of us had to go through that. She is now one yo and fully flighted but has regressed so much she is acting like a hatchling doing that behavior as though this last year never happened. Once the switch flipped in her mind and she realized she could fly like before she went back to all the behaviors of that 8 week old baby bird. I tell you all this so breeders might see this and know that clipping wings effects more than their ability to fly. It effects their mental health, their balance and their relationships with their humans and other birds.
My kids are adults, btw.
Lets go Nacho and Sandy!
😢I cried when I saw Nachos wings!!!! SMH!!!!
Hello JamieLeigh and Dave. This poor bird was butchered by the breeder!!! That should be considered animal cruelty and the breeder should be fined and put in jail for hurting poor Nacho! I don't understand the word you are saying but are the new feathers implants or Ennpt? Sorry could you spell it for me. Thank you and I'm so happy Nacho is in your good hands now! Love, big hugs, birdie spirit kisses. 💕💕💕💕
Unfortunately, clipping is not considered animal cruelty by law and is not something that is punishable. The procedure is called imped and it is where the bird goes through a procedure to have feathers that are donated from a bird that is of the same species and size. Here is another video about Sunny the macaw that goes into more details about it. ruclips.net/video/YnOG98f4PAU/видео.html
@@BirdTricks Thank you so much for your answers and the video! I think the laws should be changed when they are clipped to this point of destruction. I hope it will be in the future. I will go watch the video now about Sunny getting his new wings - imped. Love, big hugs, birdie spirit kisses. 💖💖🤗🤗🕊🕊
@@BarbaraDelGiudice In some countries in Europe, it is illegal.
@@camponotusinflatus9920 Thank you for letting me know. Do you know which countries they are?
@@BarbaraDelGiudice I remember, Germany, Czechia, and i think there are more.
I have a question about your previous title every “interaction is a training session.” Does everything always have to be followed by a treat or is there a time where I can start doing every other trick/setup or whatever the case..
Great video!
I love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saving one Nacho...priceless🦜
So cool
My GCC was clipped when we got him. He has his flight feathers back and he is a mcuh better bird now. He wouldn't step up and snipped at us constantly. He now steps up, rarely snips, and has a better disposition all around. My husband and I both swear him being clipped was the cause of his crankiness. I wished they wouldn't do this. I also wanted to ask for info on where we could send feathers for birds like Nacho? Is there a reputable organization we can mail them to? Are GCC feathers even needed?
If I was a breeder, I would never trim wings. And I would have daily interaction with each baby.
If someone tried to clip my cockatoos wing I would lose my mind. He's never been clipped, his breeder does not clip and he's got amazing wings.
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My breeder clipped Eugene so he couldn’t fly away when we first got him at the airport. Dave called it a cosmetic cut or something because you couldn’t see it. It was very minimum. Now Eugene is fully flighted and is a little fighter jet 😂
Is there a way to report the breeder? I can't imagine there isn't some kind of regulation against a mutilation like this in the US. 😢
I hate clipping wings but I do clip my birds wings but we only do it for there safety. Since they were babies we let there wings grow naturally but they never grasped the concept of what glass is and they kept flying full speed into it. I would like to make clear I do not clip the whole wing I only shorten two feathers on each side so that they can’t gain as much speed. That way if they end up grazing the glass it will not be as hard
That breeder should be reported for abuse.
I wish there was a gps small enough to go in a microchip. So if your bird was lost you could locate him.
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Would it have grown back after his moat by it self ?
Who edited this video?
Dont know why breeders clip them. If they dont work with them to make them tame. I clip my bird some times once when i buy them. But only 2 feathers per wing so they can learn to get on my hands and dont be afraid of them
It's so awful to clip a birds wings. Birds are born to fly. Nobody clips your feet. Nobody has to be allowed to clip bird wings, dog ears and tails and all the cruel things human do. 😢
Why would anyone do such s thing .😢
The biggest red flag in bird breeders is this...I hate hate hate when people clip wings "for safety" 🙄birds need to exercise and use their wings..and know how to properly fly...so many times I've seen birds escape their cage and flap like crazy only to crash into walls or ceilings because of growing up with clipped wings and not knowing how to fly with full feathers.
OMG. Those poor wings. That's animal cruelty.
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Breeders who “believe in” clipping wings should breed MAMMALS not birds!!! 😡🤬
Flying is fundamental to being a bird. If you cant take the time to provide your bird training time and space to fly, DONT HAVE A BIRD. nobody needs a bird. Its an honor to care for an animal so smart and long lived, not a right.
Dirty warrior 24
Sorry but I'd be name and shaming that breeder into the ground if I was the owner. I get it doesn't "help" the situation but no breeder that cares for their animals should clip THAT bad (I'm extremely against clipping as it is but I show bare minimum leniency towards it even though I despise it). Not only do you hinder the bird and affect them early on but you also cause them to be easy prey for predators. Also their born to fly, no breeder should be doing that to their animals, that is disgusting. Plus that breeder has fractured the trust of the breeder / owner relationship, instead of them reaching out to you for help, they will never go near you again. Your role as the breeder is not only to breed but educate and assist where you can, help make the transition easier not destroy that bird and the trust of the owner. I wouldn't be trusting that "breeder" around any animal, period.
Amazing to see the beautiful bird slowly recovering though, I wish them all the best.
This pisses me off, birds are meant to fly... well unless its a Kākāpō. And this is coming from someone who grew up seeing that being done, mom used to clip our tamed budgies when i was a kid. Mind you it never such a butcher job like you see here as they could still fly in a pinch, bit still. Now i have grown and have my own lil rascals, a Budgie and a GCC, they fly all over the house ^_^
Easy boy 88
Walking away is not a good advice, they need to be reported for abuse.
To who? It may be wrong, but there are still two schools of thought. If someone doesn’t clip their bird and that bird gets decapitated in a ceiling fan or crushed in a closing door, should that person be reported for abuse as well?
While I like my birds to be able to fly, I could never free fly them outdoors. I have to wonder how often birds just don’t come back?
@@maryhartsock7792 There's a reason why Free flight training is 5 months or more, It is training to get them used to distractions, enjoy the world and yes some times they do get spooked / fly off, thats what the trackers are for and some times eagles ect will go after them. It's about knowing the location, evaluating if there are risks (you will arrive and look into the location for at least 20-30 minutes for warning signs)- if you're uncomfortable, ask if your local sport club ect if you can borrow their gyms / bating cages - these are enclosed.
In regards to ceiling fans, common sense must be used when owning ANY pet, Negligence can be seen as abuse within reason, Accidents do happen - wing mutilation is not an 'Accident' it is intentional. A ceiling fan killing the bird is a different scenario to wings being mutilated. Unfortunately in terms on animal abuse this isnt seen as an offense but should be, it severely hinders the animal. Also dont get a flying animal if you're going to ruin its ability to fly.
I saw a comment that some wing clipping is used to help new owners who are in the dark about birds. Maybe a better concept is get trained before you buy one of these birds. Breeders should not be selling these birds to the inexperienced. Breeders have a responsibility. Personally it should be illegal to breed these types of parrots. Leave them in the wild to be free.