oh my god!!! :o

HAHAHAHAHA

for once I actually "Loled"

"laugh out louded"? :)

lmao

Op, you birdbrain!

Wing clipping is the cruelest thing ever, even more cruel than keeping birds as pets. Shame on you all. And I'm not even a member of PETA.

You can actually make your house -or more likely a room in your house- ''bird-safe'' if you plan to let one fly around. That requires preparation, but obviously OP didn't read much before adopting the pet, which unfortunatly often result in bad owners abusing/killing a pet they were not ready to truly take care of. Petshops are sooo not the place to decide you're buying a parrot : They make cash by selling them. OP made the shop owner really happy. He's obviously rushing to buy another parrot like a morron because the kids are sad. But it's ok, right? You're learning! One dead parrot at the time! [/sarcasm] Screw you OP. Buy a book, learn from it, have a long talk with family, take notes, and then reconsider. Ceiling fans, windows, non-covered toilets, toxic plants, ovens, etc, etc... are really big dangers. Nervous birds also tend to fly anywhere like morrons (a word that also suits you, OP), and if they don't fly often, they will land/crash anywhere out of confusion and because they get tired very fast. Cliping a bird's wings is cruel in my opinion, but I understand why many owners decide to clip. As #37 wrote, cliping once for the trip home and acclimation is good. #27 is full of win. OP was doing a HORRIBLE job at welcoming the bird home. It's clear that OP didn't get any decent info before buying his victim.

Clipping a birds wings is actually the safest thing to do, it's just like cutting a dogs hair, it keeps them from flying and just like in this FML, from hurting themselves, the feathers grow back, it's nothing perment. I have a goffin cockatoo and she likes when her wings are clipped, because then she gets out more often and can go outside with me

WOOT KICK ASS POST!!!!!! I own six parakeets. Bubbles, lime, kiwi (the men); and melon, aqua, and berries (the ladies). If I ever met the OP, someone soo stupid to not take every precaution known to man to care for their new family member I'd kick their ass.

proper bird handling is not getting them into a cage. if you like birds then get a pair of binoculars.

party pooper

Stupid person, birds have wings for a reason. Maybe not for flying around the house but for flying. If you can't handle it, you shouldn't get a bird

@77- OH SWEET IRONY MORON****

Why the **** are their dislikes? How many of you actually own a bird?

Idiot. How else do you contain them? They will hurt themselves if they’re free to roam.

today I had just sold a parakeet to a random who took it home and let it fly around the house. they forgot to turn off the ceiling fan

then how can you write this FML? :)

I like this comment. "Bye Bye Birdie" was a great musical :) was that a coincidence? sorry about the parakeet though. :(