Thank you for all your posts. Something to think about. You say that
you have found stray birds? Our bird has one of those little bracelets
around his ankle ( I guess its his ankle) and the pet store recorded
the number.Hopefully if he got out we would get him back. I know that
if I found a bird and it had an ID tag, I would trey ot get it back to
it's family. So you let your budgies fly freely? Unfortuantely it
wouldn't work well in my house. We do spend a lot of time with him. He
has quite a vocabulary.  What do you thiink about the nail problem
which is what the original post is about. Some people feel that
concrete perches are good. Any oppinions on that?

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:40:05 GMT, "ex WGS Hamm"
 wrote:

>
>"finiteguy"  wrote in message
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>> I'm not crazy about the idea, but when the feathers  get long he can
>> fly around the house at high speeds. This guy will makes laps around
>> the house and I am afraid that some day he wll splatter himself on a
>> wall.
> A question.
> In the wild, do you imagine they are constantly flying into the sides of
>houses, trees, mountains etc? Do you imagine nature didn't give him his
>aerodynamic shape, eyes and scimitar like wings, in order to fly well and
>avoid obstacles? Many years ago when I kept only 3 or 4 pet budgies in
>forces accommodation, mine were loose all the time. The army doesn't offer
>large homes to families. Not one of my budgies ever flew into anything.
>
> >I have a small house and the doorways are narrow. He has had
>> near hits at times.
> I bet your place isn't smaller than the place I have now. A tiny 150 odd
>year old cottage with low ceilings, tiny rooms and small doorways.
>
> >When the vet clips his wings (feathers I gues is
>> the proper terminolgy, she only cuts enough to slow him down a bit.
>> There is also the danger of flying out an open door. We are very
>> careful in that regard but there is always a chance. Once out the door
>> I have heard that recovery is not promising.
> And with partially clipped wings there is even less of a chance because he
>cannot escape from traffic or predators.
>
>>
>> So the clipping is for his own protection. We have been criticized by
>> family memebers about this but I feel that if I have a pet it is my
>> responsibilty to keep it save and healhy.
> Shame really but you know yourself if you would be unable to provide a safe
>home for him to fly in. These birds were designed to fly.
>
>



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