Don't roll your eyes at me! It would not be legal for a store to have someone doing "Work" and not be getting paid. It doesn't matter that the work is enjoyable, it could still be considered work.

We don't clip our budgies because they live in a 5'x4'x2' aviary in the store. We've had clipped budgies in there, and they get stressed when they try to fly from one end to the other and fall off their perches. WAY more stressed than after 30 seconds of chasing with a net.

We also have a lot of customers who don't want their birds clipped, or who want us to leave the first few flight feathers to preserve the "natural" look of the bird.

Don't imply that I'm evil because I panic a few birds when trying to find one a good home.