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I know luvparrots, very heated indeed. I read and re-read Daves posts on the topic and I get it. Honestly I do. Im actually a bit envious of people that can have their fids fully flighted as Ive never had the opportunity to keep one. (Except for finches). I didnt start this thread to be a debate, I just wanted to read if someone has really lost a clipped bird. I appreciate all the advice I read and get, and am proud to be a flock member here, but ive searched and cannot find not one thread about a lost bird that was clipped. I get excellent advice from my flock members, I wish I had found this forum four years ago when I had my first CAG that I made so many mistakes with. I regretablly rehomed her for personal reasons, and have tried unsuccessfully to get her back. Knowing what I now know, her life couldve been so much better. She really loved me cause she'd regurgitate all the time for me, I thought it was adorable. I still see her time to time, but the new owner is smitten and wont make a deal to let me have her back.

I actually truly am very interested in having a fully flighted bird, but honestly I feel like at this time it would be very dangerous for them since they are outside most of the time. I have a smaller home, and it is a tight space for my family as is, so that is why the fids have to be kept outside. They do come in when the weather acts up, (when its below 60 degrees, or a storm like a hurricane) but its usually very sunny with some showers here in Miami.

Thanks Judy, you know I appreciate you so much.

I love tule!!! I thought it was like tulip, but happy to read that its tooleey! Thanks for the pic, any more? lol

Hello friends, if you have had a clipped grey that has flown away please share your personal experience. Ive searched the forums for horror stories about missing birds that were clipped, and I cannot find not one. If this has happend to you, please share your painful experience.

Judy, I havent read not one thread about a lost bird that was clipped. all the stories I read are of anti clip owners who let their fids fly around inside their homes, and something accidentally goes wrong. Someone leaves a door, a window open, a father in law walks in at the exact moment the bird is happily flying toward an exit... etc. Not once have I read, "my clipped grey has flown away" as I have been searching for the thread. You have kindly warned me since I joined this wonderful forum about clipped birds flying away. I am always grateful for your advice since you are very knowledgable and sincere, so please forgive me if I come off as rude, im not trying to be. Ive had birds for many years, and all except finches have been clipped. People may call me cruel to take away the birds abiliy to fly, but I disagree. Its my personal experience with previous parrots and with current parrots that IF they do get startled, the flap their wings and glide to the ground. At the aviary which I frequent, the staff has answered my question of a flying clipped bird, saying that they person doing the clipping did a poor job, or left too many flight feathers. I regularly take my fids to get "mani and pedis" so to speak and they hardly never jump off of what theyre perched on, but if they do, they glide to the ground. I had a grey (Keeylee) before my 3 year old daughter was born that I wish I could get back, regretablly I rehomed her when my baby was sick, but I wish I had the knowledge that I have now thanks to wonderful members like you and others from this great forum, because i loved that bird a lot and i see a lot of mistakes that I made with her that will never be repeated. If/when I get a baby grey, it will be a full indoor bird and not clipped until it has mastered flying and hovering, fledging I believe, and I pray that by then I will have a bigger home so that I can have a "bird room" so all my fids can be flighted. Ive actually gone back to college to get my degree, and should graduate in the middle of next year. At that time when my paychecks are fatter, I WILL move to a bigger home so that my dream of having a bird room will be realized. Then possibly I wont have to clip my fids, and can experience the joy of having them fly to me when they want to. I have not had that pleasure yet, but look forward to it. I will heed your advice and look for a harness for my bird. Thanks for understanding that this wasnt a rant...

Smart boy for sure.

Good luck!!! I hope you get what your looking for.

Great tip, Im gonna be on the lookout for these too.

IMO, you should ask your BF to start trying to bond to Tule so the bird can be happy when your out. Plus since he's home all day, the bird can be free and happy with him there. I know that not everyones a bird lover, but (if he doesnt hate Tule and try to bite Tules head off), maybe BF should prove his devotion and give it a shot for you.

Where is the location of the video of cocoa eating breakfast by the waterfall?

Here she is singing.

My wife tells me that Aristotle kept singing "PEEK A BOOO" to her today, along our microwave beep and cell phone ring tones. I LOVE MY GREY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ive ventured into this room, and decided to consolidate most of Aristotles pics here so you all can see.

Morana, what is your native language?

Welcom to grey forums, youll find a plethora of info here so i hope you like to read.

It was a beautiful sunny day today: and i havent seen one of these is a while so I took a pic to share

My other little love of my life skittles got a new cage because the old one was getting really rusted. I found this on craigslist for super cheap. Here the cages are side by side:

Heres Aristotles grandpa, so happy that she didnt bite him!

Thanks for bumping up this old thread, I love baby pics!

This is non-related, but can you spot the diffrence? Who doesnt belong? I thought this was super funny.