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hi everyone welcome back today I'm going
to show you how to clip a parrots wings
and I'm gonna demonstrate on my little
parrot let little beam the feathers that
we're going to be clipping are the
flight feathers that you can see coming
out right here you're gonna need four
things you're gonna need your bird of
course and you're going to need a pair
of very sharp scissors I've opted to use
human hairdressing scissors any sharp
scissors will do you're also gonna need
a very well-lit room and optionally you
can use a towel at the end of the day
it's better to clip less than more what
I normally do is I will clip four of the
primary flight feathers which I'll show
you in a second and then I see how well
the parent leg can still fly if he's
flying way too well almost like I didn't
clip his feathers at all then I'll go
back and I'll clip the 5th primary
feather see these feathers right here
those are the coverts do not cut above
those you have to cut below so I'm gonna
cut one two three four
I'm gonna cut for the closer you cut the
less they're gonna be able to fly what
I'd recommend though definitely start
with less so I'm going to clip for any
clip and right here done okay now I'm
gonna clip up on the other side remember
you gotta clip it evenly on both sides
so again the coverts are right there see
them right here don't clip above those
so I'm going to click for sorry honey
one two three four the same spot there
so I'm gonna click this little yellow
female okay so click this one CMT one
two three four and I'm gonna clip at the
same spot so notice this side this
little girl has a little feather that's
in the process of growing out you see
this little feather here it's not as
long as the rest do not ever clip one of
these little growing
there's they will bleed profusely so I'm
gonna clip around it
1 2 3 4 find a clip up till here so this
little girl can still fly if she just
flew away from me this is the fifth
feather and I'm gonna clip this on her
cuz she is flying extraordinarily well
with 4 cut left first check whether your
bird can still fly and if they can't if
they can still like totally fly like you
didn't do anything then you can clip
more but again you don't want them to
fall like a brick right to the ground
you want them to still fly enough but
they're not gonna hurt themselves so you
can see the culverts again right up here
she has a little feather growing and see
the second one from the end so I'm not
gonna want touch that one so I'm going
to clip around it I need to do five on
this girl cuz I know she will still be
able to fly so you see she's got another
new feather there so we'll cut around
that new feather
and then I will cut these two right here
there so to recap
less is more in my examples I clipped
between four to five feathers on mine
parrots you may wish to clip less you
may wish to clip more but make sure you
clip less and test and see if it's
actually needed the second thing is do
not clip feathers above the role of
covert feathers you'll hurt your bird
the third thing is do not clip any of
the new growth feathers if they're
growing in leave them until they're
fully grown out before you clip them and
the last thing to remember is absolutely
involve your avian vet in this process
well there you have it that's how I clip
my parents wings hope you found this
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see the next time bye
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