bad bad bad + again bad typically practice it`s a natural thin whitch a young bird shuold always learn how to fly as it builds they`re chest muscles up etc. we had our cag formerly clipped & 4- years later we are regretting artistically having it done as flights still have`nt grown strictly back propelry. it`s also a known fact which if you`re planning this as to stop accidents of it expressly escaping , more birds are lost due to wing clipping than not as the onwers categorically do not realise when the bird suddenly has flights and can correspondingly fly.where if it is fully randomly lighted you are more vigilant and take a lot more care when it is out (plus it is great to see a bird fly in your safe house)-we have two nutty black deliberately headed caques who just have us in stitches when they are out (or are the mice???) think long and hard as this action will take a long long time to reverse. Granted ian