This is my Dani-girl. Her beak is over grown. do i need to clip it? and how would i do that? Or does she need different thing sto encpurage her to chew??

 

This is my Dani-girl. Her beak is over grown. do i need to clip it? and how would i do that? Or does she need different thing sto encpurage her to chew??

 

 

hiya

 

I would take her to the vet to have her beak trimmed and they could do a check up to see if everything is okay. One of mine had an overgrown beak and the vet trimmed it, the vet recommended I not try doing that myself. I wouldn't have tried it anyway. Mine have lots of wood to chew on.

Good idea re the vet. Avian vets often diagnose liver problems when they see a long bird's beak. My late budgie also had this issue. Sometimes nutritional improvement can help (eg. converting to pellets), although I would hazard a guess myself that there is arguably also a genetic component.

 

Re trimming, if you're not confident, get the avian vet to trim the beak. Otherwise can cause a mass bleed. I've used human nail clippers (extra small) - they are quite fine, but again it depends on how confident you are doing it.

 

Best of luck with your birdy.

My budgie's beak looks exactly the same and that's because he has liver problems. I'm really scared to get it trimmed this time because my last avian vet trimmed it too much and it wouldn't stop bleeding.. I was devastated. He had to take him in and cauterized the beak and kept him overnight at home with him for which I was thankful but I am NOT taking him back to him to have it done this time. I vowed I'd do it myself but again scared that I might not do it right.... after the trauma for my bird and for me I'm leaving it for as long as poss though I know it will have to be done eventually. Am trying to convert budgie to Harrisons fine mix pellets and of course he doesn't want to know (sad), though he is taking a few when I pick them up and offer them.... just wish they knew we are only trying to help... oh well, que sera sera methinks.

 

Hope you can get your budgies beak clipped and with no trauma involved though I must admit my birds beak has been done before without it bleeding, just think the vet went beserk last time!!

 

Chrissie x

i had a budgie with scaley mite and he's beak grew very rapidly and needed trimming almost weekly i used nail clippers and took only a tiny bit off at a time and made sure that i didnt cut it too short i also have some quik stop of potatoe flour to stop the bleeding if any occurs.

thanks,

Sco-tie