Thank you to Lizzy and Lydia for the advice. While I realize the usefulness of clipping the birds wings I disagree with the practice. I've always felt that pet owners have a responsibility to work around the inconvenient physical attributes of our pets. After a lifetime of cat ownership I have yet to ever declaw a cat... I did train them not to scratch up the furniture though. And speaking of cats... as much as I'd like to give my birdie the house, for his own safety I have to keep him confined to one room that is strictly off limits to the two cats in the house. They are the other reason I don't dare clip his wings, if the cats should ever get in the room or he get out, the power of flight is the only thing that will save his life.
Until he's better trained where, I'm confident that I can control the situation I have to keep him confined to the bedroom.
