hey my cockatiel is starting to fly i want to get his flight fetahers cut but im not sure how much you have to pay and can someone send me a link to all the avain or vets in braintree massachusetts braintree is the town and massachusetts is the state an please can u tell me at what price you got them trimmed for

THAN YOU!

I'm not familiar with avain vets in Massacusetts, but I found this listing which may help you. http://www.toolady.com/vetrefer/states/massachusetts.htm I don't know if all of the vets are still in those areas. There's a bit of a shortage for avian vets. You may have to do a bit of driving. Also, exotic veterinarians are qualified to work on birds. That may help broaden your search. If you are going in to see a vet to have your bird's wings clipped, go ahead and ask him/her if your bird needs his toe nails and beak trimmed. Toe nails tend to get overgrown and can cause problems for birds. Beak trimming is sometimes necessary if the bird does not take care of his own beak, it can become overgrown and a health hazard for the bird. Your vet can examine all of these areas and tell you if everything is normal. Furthermore, while you are there your bird can have its first annual. A gram stain is performed to test for harmful bacteria, the bird's respiratory system is listened to, the circulatory system, muscle mass is checked...the works. Wing/Beak/Nail trim is usually done every quarter and an annual is of course done once a year. The W/B/N will cost you around 30$ and the annual really depends on the vet. If you were to walk into my clinic, I would charge you 90$ for all of it, including W/B/N. I can't say that's how much it would cost everywhere, it may be more or less expensive. It depends on how many avian vets there are in the area.

Also, I thought I might add that you may want to invest in a carrier for your bird. An avian vet is a specialist, so that means that he/she is qualified to work on cats and dogs and all kinds of things, as well as birds. A thing that really gets under my skin is when people bring their birds in on their shoulders and there is a 150lb German Shepherd eyeballing it while they wait for me in the waiting room. It makes me stop everything that I'm doing and see the bird client immediately so that nothing happens to the bird, even if the person with the German Shepherd has been sitting there longer. All it takes is one bark to spook that bird into a flying fit and it's gone. I guess I'm posting this so that more bird owners will take precautions. Lunch break is over! Good luck with your bird!