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YES, birds are free creatures and should never be grounded fully in that way, I have a hand tamed cockotile which I tamed my self and I never lock her cage, she is free and knows where her food and water is left and she always goes in her cage to sleep, a bird should never be left in its cage and defernetly not a parrot so if you can not tame it and play to keep it in its cage U should either give it to some body who can tame it or release the bird.

In my opinion, I do not believe that it is abuse to clip a parrots wings. People, as a whole, do numerous things that can be classified as "abuse" to their family pets and birds. I feel that if someone needs to clip a parrots wings to begin with- then they are afraid that the bird might fly away because they are doing something "wrong" to the bird, and the bird wishes to get away.

No, it's not abuse. Usually when you clip their wings, it's so they don't fly away. I always thought it was for smaller birds, but probably for parrots too.

It is absolutely not abuse to clip their wings, it shows you love and care about them. There are several reasons for clipping a pet bird's wings. 1. Most homes have ceiling fans, if they get loose, do you want their necks broke by the fan? 2. These bird's have been raised from birth in captivity, they can no defend themselves in the wild, so if they fly away they will probably be eaten by a cat or other animal, because they mostly have been raised to trust. 3. It makes it much easier to catch them if they do accidently do get outside. As for the comment, that owners who clip wings are doing it because we don't treat our bird's well, that just shows that you don't know what you are talking about. We do it because we do care about, and love our bird's. My bird's have always come to me on their own , freely for kisses, and to be loved. They were always as loved as my kid's.