hi all,

 

went to the pet shop today and saw a really nice baby budgie i liked!!

it was violet and cinnamon so it looked lavender, and i was really keen on buying it....

 

but then i noticed something wrong with its beak, so i asked the pet shop lady what was wrong

she said

 

"Oh sorry i cant sell you that, its got an overhooked beak, and you wouldnt be able to breed with it"

she then said "im going to have to send that back to the breeder... you would have to trim its beak its whole life"

 

Its beak looked definatley overgrown but it was only a baby, the bottom beak overlapped the top

 

My questions are:

1. why did they have it out on display if they knew they couldnt sell it?

2. why dont they check their budgies before they put them in the cages?

3. did she tell me it was unbreedable as this beak problem is genetic????

4. would i really have to trim it its whole life, or just once to resolve problem?

5. would she really have sent it back to the breeder, or was that a nice way of saying to me they are going to put it down?

 

thanks in advance, alpaca boy

 

here is a picture of the beak problem, it is the one on the bottom right!

 

Food caught in the top beak as a baby. Breeder didnt notice and didnt pick the food out. Food rots in top beak and stops growth. Meanwhile bottom beak continues to grow and grow out past top beak.

It isnt a genetic issue and it can be bred.

Need to trim the bottom beak about every two weeks its whole life.

Edited October 9, 201014 yr by KAZ

hi all,

 

went to the pet shop today and saw a really nice baby budgie i liked!!

it was violet and cinnamon so it looked lavender, and i was really keen on buying it....

 

but then i noticed something wrong with its beak, so i asked the pet shop lady what was wrong

she said

 

"Oh sorry i cant sell you that, its got an overhooked beak, and you wouldnt be able to breed with it"

she then said "im going to have to send that back to the breeder... you would have to trim its beak its whole life"

 

Its beak looked definatley overgrown but it was only a baby, the bottom beak overlapped the top

 

My questions are:

1. why did they have it out on display if they knew they couldnt sell it?

Some shops don't have places to put the overflow stock

2. why dont they check their budgies before they put them in the cages?

Because they often take the breeders word that the birds are okay.

3. did she tell me it was unbreedable as this beak problem is genetic????

There are some problems which are genetic but it cannot always be determined by visual assestment alone.'There are many causes for mis-shapen beaks.

4. would i really have to trim it its whole life, or just once to resolve problem?

Most likely. Pretty much any beak problem is a problem for life. The beak is always growing and is worn down normally by use. If the beak cannot be used in the correct manner the parts that would normaly attract wear do not and therefore keep growing

5. would she really have sent it back to the breeder, or was that a nice way of saying to me they are going to put it down?

Only the pet shop owner can answer this.

 

thanks in advance, alpaca boy

 

here is a picture of the beak problem, it is the one on the bottom right!

 

 

The images you put up are pretty good. The two showing scissor beak and prognathism are genetic and both these disorders are also found in other species including humans.

Edited October 9, 201014 yr by RIPbudgies

thanks kaz and RIP

 

thats interesting to know

 

so does that mean normal budgies beaks grow all the time too??

why dont we have to cut theirs???

Their beaks are warn down by using them, like eating, playing, preening and chewing.

thanks kaz and RIP

 

thats interesting to know

 

so does that mean normal budgies beaks grow all the time too??

why dont we have to cut theirs???

 

 

The bottom beak is kept the size and shape its meant to be by the top beak being over it and moving against it. When the top beak hasnt grown as it should due to the food rotting thing then its inside the bottom beak and allows the bottom beak to continue to grow more than it should.

so if the bottom beak is trimmed

and the top is left to grow to its natural length

 

wont the issue then be corrected

and trimming the bottom beak would no longer be required? due to the correct structure of top over bottom?

 

also another question

how would the budgie in the shop de-husked seeds with a beak like that??

wouldnt it starve?

so if the bottom beak is trimmed

and the top is left to grow to its natural length ITS NOT JUST ABOUT LENGTH...THE CURVATURE HAS CHANGED

 

wont the issue then be corrected NO

and trimming the bottom beak would no longer be required? NO ITS TOO LATE.

 

 

due to the correct structure of top over bottom?

 

also another question

how would the budgie in the shop de-husked seeds with a beak like that?? IT CANT.......IT EATS THE SEEDS WHOLE

wouldnt it starve? NO

Edited October 10, 201014 yr by KAZ