Sultran

If your congo african grey has his wings clipped how many feet can he fly? Also How often should we cut his wings? We clipped them 3 weeks ago.

thanks everyone for all the great advice

Now here is my questions for you guys. He is 15 weeks old, we got his wings clipped professionally immediatly, the morning after we got him back. Just yesturday he started to fly again, about 4 feet and straight down, and then today he made it about 7 feet and straight down. How many feet can he fly? Should we clip his wings again? If not when? Any suggestions? Thanks Matt & Sultan (Sultan is my parrots name)

We bought our 5 week old Congo African Grey from a bird store in Northern Virginia. We weened him and he is a happy little bird. In fact we take him with us to the mall, to the park, to the gym, to friends houses, he is probably the most social bird you may ever meet (I truly believe he is so social because at an early age we started socializing him with everyone). On his 11 week birthday we noticed that he was starting to fly. The first day was only 3 or 4 feet, I wanted to cut his wings immediately but read online somewhere that we should let him learn to fly for a week or so before we clip his wings so he can build confidence. Well here is where the story gets bad. I wake up one Sunday morning and step outside of the house to make a phone call (my fiancé was still asleep). Before stepping outside I feed my two dogs (who get along great with my CAG). Once I let the dogs out and I step out after 20 seconds my Sultan starts flying out of the house, over the house and above all the trees. This was awful; see he was only 11 weeks old and still getting 1 hand feeding a day. Three days before that was the first time we ever noticed that he can fly. We formed a search party of 7 people and made 100+ flyers that we posted everywhere. Lucky 30 hours later a neighbor two neighborhoods down found him and called us. He was back in our hands and happy to be home (I could tell because the second I went to pick him up he flew straight to me onto my arm). Here is the moral of my story. 1) Clip your birds wings the second you notice they can fly 2) If your bird flies away don’t give up searching for him, it may take a lot of time but if you try hard enough you may find him. Sultan is now 15 weeks old, he is no longer being hand feed (he refuses the formula completely and eats all his seeds and pellets). I just took a shower with him and am taking him to my little cousins school tomorrow (for the second time). Hope you guys liked my true story!