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FLYING/ALOT

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:50 pm
by RENA
HEY EVERY BODY .GOOD DAY/HAPPY SATURDAY....
QUESTION.My IRN FLYIES OFF EVERYTHING OF COURSE I TAKE HER PUT HER BACK HAVE HER WINGS CLIPPED HOWEVER SHE CAN PICK UP SOME GOOD AIR TIME/ IS THIS A IRN THING? BY THE WAY I ADOPTED HER ABOUT 1 YR OLD? HER NAME IS SWEET PEA.

THANKS SO MUCH ANY INFO :?
RENA

flying

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:55 pm
by Bird crazy
I think it comes with the wings when they're born :lol:

My Nila and Priya both have wings clipped but will both fly down for a walk about or to find me if i'm out of sight. It's good for them to flap their wings daily for cardiovascular health. But safer if they stay on the perch to do so. How to keep them on a perch uh......

Anybody been successful keeping their ringneck on a perch if they decide thye want to be somewhere else?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:33 pm
by iaowings
George can get some good airtime even with freshly clipped wings. He is a climber though and I have watched him climb down the side of his cage down his ladder to the floor walk to the couch and climb it. He is so funny because he goes down the side of his cage face first and he walks, so it looks weird. Imagine a bird walking on flat ground that’s what he looks like only tilted 90 degrees. I try to get pics of him but the camera is his arch rival as soon as he hears the noise it makes when you turn it on he goes strait for a perch to hide on or flutters away and The flash scares the bageebers out of him.
He also likes to hang upside down from the rope that goes from one cage to the other.

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:51 pm
by fiona
If it has been flighted for awhile, it's flying musles will be really strong.... this will also allow them to get off the ground. It too depends on how their cut. At the petstore we cut them down to the secondary feathers. Birds usually can get a goo amount os air this way. At the bird specialty store I get Fiona clipped at they cut them much much shorter (they know what they're doing, I don't know this technique). Fiona can only get about two or three feet off the ground, but immediatly falls (her muscles are also pretty developed), whereas when she was at the petstore she could get up and glide about 6-8 feet.

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:47 pm
by Dani03
Prinny knows how to fly and even with the severe cut I have to give her she can still get some air and glide pretty darn well.

Sunni falls like a ton of bricks...

Dani

AIR TIME

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:41 pm
by RENA
HEY EVERYBODY THANKS.....YEAH I HAVE AFRICAN GRAY SHE NEVERS TRIES TO FLY OFF ANY THING ... SO THIS LITTLE GIRL IS DIFFERENT KIND BIRD SMALLER I WAS ALSO TOLD IRN'S LIKE TO FLY.... SHES CUTE FUNNY/MOODY/LOVING/PURRS/GROWLS/TALKS VERY QUITE ...GRAY TALKS LOUD..THANKS EVRY ONE.. HAPPY TURKEY LURKEY DAY!
RENA 8)

air time

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:49 pm
by RENA
sorry about the caps................did not know? i was just excited to share not a typist. well you all have a great thanks giving.
theres much to be thank ful for. like our irn's. :wink:
rena

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:57 pm
by CatsChair
Not a problem! I am also thankful that it is 75 at five at night....can't believe I ever left California (don't think I will make that mistake again). Also glad Ms. Magellan (until proven otherwise) seems to be growing up--tail feathers and behavior! Just don't tell the fids what we are cooking. . . .

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:17 pm
by Mikaela
We love you Rena... caps and all.

My Mama is learning to use the computer. I sometimes forget we arent born with one and for that Im sorry for not 'being sweeter' about the caps thing.

Sweet isnt really my deal though, more of a 'to the point, lets get it done' type. Sweetness wastes time which society has taught us women must spend... otherwise we are bitches.

Might be a bitch but this bitch doesnt waste time. hehe

In America, a strong woman is a bitch.

A woman that wont sleep with you is a slut.

Yet, the person you go to when you need someone more than anything is your mother, a woman. Figure that one out, make me understand it and then I will buy into societies ideologies as to why us 'ladies must be sweet and act accordingly'.

Not in Mikaela's world. Not now. Not ever. Being sweet gets you kicked in the teeth for fools mistake that kindness for weakness. I have never followed societies 'rules' for 'ladies' and I am quite successful. I would love see she other woman grow a set.

Or use the set you have, should you possess it. Dont fear strength... you were programmed to believe strength in woman equals meanness.

Open your mind, step outside of societies standards and walk your own path. Not the one laid out for you.

I really believed we all knew better. I have asked my mama to google 'internet etiquette' and read what IS and IS NOT acceptable. She did, it helped her a lot and she is now a lot more comfortable online! :D

Caps means either anger or emphasis, as I just showed above.

75 AY NIGHT

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:32 pm
by RENA
LOVE YOUR WEATHER/WHERE YOU LIVE ...oops, um sorry about that actually i am a gal that shoots it straight too.... so oh well, the weather is cold here in cali/ would love to be in fla.

thanks everyone.... 8) i will try those pics...rena