I have a 9-year-old African Grey parrot that I have hand-fed since he was about 20-days old. We have a pretty good bond as a result. I saw a video of Chris Biro and his partner training their birds for free-flight last week and I got intensely interested in it! My bird is only partially clipped since I have a dog. He was flighted up to a year old before I had his wings clipped. I didn't want to do it and it took me months to finally decide to get his wings clipped. I felt that a bird needs his wings to be a bird. Anyway, all books that I've read recommended clipping and peer pressure finally made me decide to clip. Now, looking at Chris Biro's videos, I felt I had a chance to train my bird to free-fly. I don't think I'll have the courage to do it outdoors without a harness, though. So, I'm going to try free flight training when I get my next bird (once the kids are old enough to take full responsibility of the snakes' husbandry).

What do you guys think?