[Gionotrante]

I bought a male cockatiel around 1 month ago, the shop told me he was around 1 year old. He eats millet from my hand and he steps up if i'm holding a perch and millet. He left the Cage for the first time a couple days ago and started flying and crashing into walls and then falling on the floor, i had to pick him up and put him back in his cage. Same thing happened yesterday so now i dont know what to do, should i clip his wings?

 

[tielfan]

If you clip his wings he will be in less danger as he learns his way around the house. You can always let the wing feathers grow back later on. You don't have to clip the wings too hard right now either - you can try taking three or four feathers on each side to see if it slows him down enough for safety purposes, and then take more if that's not enough. You want him to be able to fly well enough that he can glide to a safe landing when he tries to fly. You don't want him to drop like a rock when he tries to fly.

 

[Daytontiel]

All my young cockatiels would crash to wall during leaning fly at my house, but all would master fly skill within 1 or 2 weeks and fly very well inside. I would not worry too as long as not hard crash.

If you decide to do wing feather clip, please never clip secondary wing feathers. Fly with clipped secondary wing feather is like driving a car without the brake. I have seen many birds were feather clipped this way by owners who don't understand how to clip wing feather.