RE: [Freeflight] Re: FF Budgies?

["Bart Van Hoyweghen" <bart.van.hoyweghen@mnnI-mVEipdvbuud6GUB1h7sUNqNHeIGceYTBl_h-RvrG7fpUPbxXIWLHwtLwlwW5Q-05JwUggA1HL_QfWDF5uI6hFrUNk8.yahoo.invalid>]

> lofthouse_sue
>
> Our black cockatoos are so big that even with the option to fly
> around, they never get more than a few wing flaps in to go from one
> side of the room to the other so we are recall training them so we
> may eventually take them out for some exercise.

There are other ways to exercise your birds, find a large hangar.

We can't read the minds of our birds but most freeflyers believe their birds
enjoy flying outdoor.

> 
> After viewing this site, free flying birds seems such a contentious
> topic. Surely the main considerations are your bond with the bird,
> the bird's disposition to new and strange stimuli and the ability of
> the bird to handle the environment in which it is to be free-flown
> (e.g. can it fly down from a great height).

> Too many
> people I know have lost one even when the bird is totally bonded to
> them. 

Yes, fleeflying has risks...

But relying on a bond is dangerous, something we never recommend.  Training
is the key.  The strange stimuli and flying down are just training tools to
prepare a bird for outdoor flight.

Even if you never want to freefly, if you have flighted birds you should go
through the training program to prepare recovery in case your birds gets
outside.

Bart