Clipped too much

[greymom]

I have just re-homed a 7 year old CAG. She is very social and talks a lot. The people who gave her up had her wings clipped so that she has no flight at all. The avian vet that I got her from said that in time those feathers will be replaced. But I was at a bird pet shop where they groom birds. They told me that I should bring her in and they would pull out every other clipped feather and that way the new feathers would grow in quickly. That sounded awful to me. I would rather wait until she molts. What do any of you think? Have you ever heard of pulling out the clipped flight feathers?

Thanks,

Greymom

[slmclean]

i would wait if i were you, my bird got her wings clipped to short to and it has been almost a year but the vet assures me they will grow back.

[greymom]

Thanks. It was my gut feeling that I should wait. The plucking sounded painful and not necessary.

[judygram]

Susan is right, even though it takes a while for the flights to grow out that is the best way, sometimes it can damage the follicle when they pull them out, I wouldn't want to take the chance.

[lovethatgrey]

I definitely wouldn't recommend any forced plucking. That is very painful for your parrot.

[greymom]

Thank you all for answering me. I definitely will not have her plucked. I will wait until her feathers grow back. This is my first time on the forum and I am so happy with how responsive you all are.

[Tycos_mom]

Oh that is the cruelest thing I've ever heard what kind of pet store is this That the would pluck out all those feathers. Even when a vet has to pull out feathers because theres some kind of problem and more than 3 feather and they put the bird under anistetic so it doesn't go through to much pain. I would not take my birds anywhere near that pet store.

[judygram]

Greymom, why don't you introduce yourself in the welcome room and tell us some more about you and your grey.