Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Updates: Allegra's Flight

It's been a while! Hope everyone is well. I had a nice, long memorial day weekend - but it does feel good to be back at work too.
I have some pretty fantastic news: Allegra is now a flighted parrot. I decided about two-three months ago that I wasn't going to clip Allegra after her first molt. Well, I haven't and she has all but two feathers on each wing. She looks absolutely beautiful when they're spread, and when those two feathers grow in she will be ready for a photo shoot :) She really has been doing very well with her new flight. I have not flight trained her, but she has been cooperating very well when I do work with her a little.
When I'm home in my room, I close all my window blinds, and I cover any thing that Allegra can get into trouble with (my keyboard, my video game controllers, tv remotes, and plugs. I let her out and she enjoys flying around the space of my room. She will fly to me wherever I am, and if I am laying in my bed, she will fly to the top of my computer, the top of my tv, etc. but she will always fly back to her cage soon after. She has yet to poop anywhere that she lands, she usually flies back to her cage to do that (which I haven't even taught her, she just does it).
I haven't had any problems with her being flighted, so I am thinking of letting Charlie grow his wings in as well. I am worried with some things, like the mirrors in my room, or her getting outside of my room - but I am very cautious to always leave the door closed and everyone in my family knows to knock before entering my room.
I will post some good videos of Allegra flying around my room very soon, but for now here is a stupid quick one lol.


Thanks for visiting.

1 comments:

  1. You see I would be scared to death to let any of my birds fly around my room because I have ceiling fans and plants everywhere . I hope it all works out .

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