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Where do you go to get birds wings clipped2007-11-24 17:26:48Answers:

You can do it yourself. Just cut the flight feathers only (the long ones).

Don't cut too close though because they will have trouble all their life.

A stupid vet did my cockatiel wings she has trouble with them all the time. They bleed, get swollen and feathers fall because he cut too near the area where the feathers begin to grow.

I breed birds

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at the vets

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local veterinary

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You can go to a veterinarian, or a local pet store that does it like Petsmart or Petco.

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It so easy you can do it yourself. but if you are afraid and just don't wont to go to a pet store.

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Your local pet shop should be able to clip a bird's wings. Also, your local avian vet can do it. A breeder can also clip the wings, and even show you how to do that.

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Your vet can do it, ask to watch the first time, and then you can do it yourself, all my friends with birds do, but make sure to watch a professional the first time so you know how. There are sites online that tell you how but I would want to observe once just to make sure I didn't do it wrong.

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You can clip them your self. You only clip one if you don't want them to fly away, all that will happen is they will land on the floor. The easiest way to do it is get a dish towel put it over the top of the bird and grab the bird with both hands so you can control the head (so it wont bite you) have another person grab one wing pull it open and trim flight feathers. We owned birds for years and that's the easiest way to clip them.

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Pet store or vet but we did it ourself.

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I agree that for the first time, take your bird to a vet have them show you the proper technique, then you can decide for yourself if you feel comfortable enough doing it at home. There is definately a technique to it.trim too much and your bird will drop like a rock when it tries to fly and can severely hurt itself. Don't trim enough and your bird can get itself into all sorts of trouble (flying out a door, into a window, onto a stove, etc).