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Hi and thanks for that. When I took him to the vet, he said he was healthy, but it is not the growing is the problem, the problem is that they grow a little curving, and when he slides down the bar on the cage, cause his claws is not straight, it can catch the back one. Will see if I can get a concrete perch though, as that sounds a good idea. Thanks again. Anthony

Hi all, My name is Anthony and my budgie is an English Show Type called Buzby, and I found this forum through google. I am from S Wales, UK and have a question about trimming my buzby's claws. I have had budgies for 21 years of my life since I was 7, and anyway I have never need to do any of the other budgies claws. I have had the vet trim Buzby's claws 3 times in the 26 months I have had him, due to one foot growing slight curving, and once the claws crossed and caught and I unhooked them and took him to a vet that day to get them trimmed. Anyway, with the winter coming now and we get alot of rain, damp and cold I would rather not risk taking him out in the bad weather, and since I have not got the confidence to clip them incase I catch the vein, I was reading and wondering if it is safe to use a emery board to just file the tip off, so that the claws don't cross and link, and is it true that there is less chance of catching the vein. Buzby is comfy in my or my father's hands, as one of us always holds him for the vet to trim his claws, so holding him is not a problem. Thanks in advance all. Anthony