QUESTION

dragos55 · Post by **dragos55** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:58 pm

Hello ,i'm from ROMANIA and i have an blue IRN about 5 months , i'ts in my place of 2 days , today i let him out of the cage , i'ts fly low like she have no power, i'ts normal on 5 months . THANKS

julie · Post by **julie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:40 pm

Is the little one clipped? sometimes when they are clipped they can still fly but they cant get up too high.

dragos55 · Post by **dragos55** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:18 am

i have him for 3 days and i let him out just once , i'm not sure if it's clipped, i'ts possible to be the small age (5 months )and not be free too much ?

julie · Post by **julie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:42 am

I will have a look and find some pictures of clipped and unclipped birds for you. It sounds like your little one may be clipped. Are you able to take some pics of your birdie?

julie · Post by **julie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:50 am

check out this link, it has a few birds that are not clipped
http://www.indianringneck.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4178

dragos55 · Post by **dragos55** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:04 am

this its my BEAST ,from this photo i'ts hard to tell if is clipped , i will let him a few days and i'm gona make a photo with his wing open to see , anyway THANK YOU and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Melika · Post by **Melika** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:36 pm

The feathers are short, so I think we can assume that her wing feathers are growing in.

There is a lot of muscle at work to keep a bird flying. Like any muscle, they need exercise or they will atrophy. It's likely that your bird wasn't practicing her wing flapping while she was clipped and now she is building up her muscle. Once she's toned, she'll be able to fly just fine.

Just watch out for open doors, windows, etc. So many flighted birds are lost when they get loose!

For those of us with birds with clipped wings, you can keep them in shape by setting your bird on your hand and slowly dropping your hand until they flap. I do this a few times several times per day. Birds need exercise too.

skibum · Post by **skibum** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:32 pm

hey yeah, the raising and lowering of hand to get them flapping - they look absolutely classic when they do this!!
The expression on their little faces is hilarious.
Ziggy does it for quite a while - and several times - and is puffing and blowing away afterwards.
Ha!
Makes him tired and easy to pat then......