Has anyone a flight trained Grey?

[Qweevox]

I know that many people have strong feelings on this issue. However, everything I have read really emphasis the physical and psychological benefits to the birds. It makes sense to me. Birds are made to fly. In any case since Charlie’s death I’ve been thinking about this more and more with my next bird.

 

Has anyone had any experience?

[Guest]

 

 

No experience with that here. But isn't that scary? I mean once outside how can you be confident your bird doesn't get scared of something unforeseen and fly away?

[Qweevox]

 

 

I hear you FairY. It does seem a bit scary, but it is possible. Some people think that it is detrimental to a parrot’s mental and physical health not to fly. Here is a link that made me think: http://theparrotuniversity.com/articles/flightedparrots.html

 

I’ve seen other sites as well that advocate the practice. I was just wondering if anyone here had any practical experience…

[Guest]

Qweevox, Shanlung is a poster with practical experience and he's telling about it over here

[carlylu]

Hi -- I just joined this forum and saw this thread. I am currently flight training my 2 year old CAG. It was Shanlung's Tinkerbell that was our inspiration last year. She was unfledged and clipped when I got her at 4 months old, so she has had to learn everything from scratch. We're working on indoor recall and she's getting very good at flight skills and coming on cue. It's a long process with an unfledged adult, but she is really enjoying it. Recall training is also just a great thing to do whether your bird is flighted or not, for their own safety.

 

I look forward to learning more about everyone's Greys. If you have any questions about recall or flight training I can try to help or point you to someone who can.

 

Raz

& Carly CAG

Carly's Flight Training

 

p.s. in avatar, on my head, is one of my bf's 3 outdoor flighted Red-fronted Macaws who are excellently trained.

 

Post edited by: carlylu, at: 2007/03/14 05:14

 

Post edited by: carlylu, at: 2007/03/15 15:02<br><br>Post edited by: carlylu, at: 2007/03/15 15:04

[Guest]

Hello Raz & Carly CAG B) welcome here.

 

Your link doesn't work unfortunately, I was curious to see if you got pictures up there :blush:

 

Hope to see more of your postings here and (if it's not too impertinent) a photo

[carlylu]

Oops, typo in the url. It should work now.

 

Carly's Flight Training (with pics!)

[Guest]

Very nice!! {Feel-good-000200BB}Thank you.

 

Is he still in training? And, what's that thread around his leg for?

[carlylu]

Carly is still training. She's still getting all her previously clipped flight feathers back in, so that has given us a good time to work on these skills indoors.

 

That's a leash attached to her leg band. I use that when I go on walks with her outside, or a full harness, depending on the situation. She doesn't try to fly when she's on my shoulder, but if she should spook she's not ready for the great outdoors yet. That rarely happens anymore, but it's a safety precaution. The leash is kept short so that she can't get any momentum if she startles, and I just catch her in my hands.

 

The harness that Shanlung uses is designed for actually flying. What I use is just a safety thing. Kind of like a seat-belt for my shoulder. Commonly done by people who fly outdoors when they're transporting their birds to and fro.

 

raz

[Guest]

Thank you for your answer, Carlylu. Now I understand. <br><br>Post edited by: FairY, at: 2007/03/16 22:36