Comments on: Filing Parrot Beak http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:51:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mikenz http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/comment-page-1/#comment-12823 mikenz Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:35:26 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2437#comment-12823 sorry all it took so long for an update, but all is good now. found a new vet that was thirty minutes closer to home, so just a couple hours round trip and got my sis to take him down. luckily no injury to either upper or lower beaks. she, our new bird vet, filed down the bottom and a little off the top, sounds like a haircut :) did a checkup and he was good to go. had it been just the upper beak i would have tried myself but i didn't want to take chances with the lower being the biggest issue, besides she only charged $16 which is nothing of peace of mind. good thing we did it when we did since the next day, this past friday we got 12" of snow and whiteout conditions, they closed all the roads in our part of the state and s.e. wyoming too. thanks for your concern and input and have a good weekend. mike sorry all it took so long for an update, but all is good now. found a new vet that was thirty minutes closer to home, so just a couple hours round trip and got my sis to take him down. luckily no injury to either upper or lower beaks. she, our new bird vet, filed down the bottom and a little off the top, sounds like a haircut :) did a checkup and he was good to go. had it been just the upper beak i would have tried myself but i didn’t want to take chances with the lower being the biggest issue, besides she only charged $16 which is nothing of peace of mind. good thing we did it when we did since the next day, this past friday we got 12″ of snow and whiteout conditions, they closed all the roads in our part of the state and s.e. wyoming too. thanks for your concern and input and have a good weekend. mike

]]> By: mikenz http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/comment-page-1/#comment-12787 mikenz Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:17:34 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2437#comment-12787 both ideas are good, i called a vet emergency line down in denver and got the name of vet that i could contact sunday. thanks again i'll let you know what happens. both ideas are good, i called a vet emergency line down in denver and got the name of vet that i could contact sunday. thanks again i’ll let you know what happens.

]]> By: Patty http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/comment-page-1/#comment-12782 Patty Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:40:08 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2437#comment-12782 Mikenz, Your lovebird's beak will not repair itself. If it is serious enough, the damage could worsen as it attempts to eat hard things or use its beak to get around. Another scenario might be that it is to painful to eat and your bird could experience notable weight loss. I would email a picture of the damage to an avian vet for advice. It sounds like it could be easily repaired. Mikenz,

Your lovebird’s beak will not repair itself. If it is serious enough, the damage could worsen as it attempts to eat hard things or use its beak to get around. Another scenario might be that it is to painful to eat and your bird could experience notable weight loss. I would email a picture of the damage to an avian vet for advice. It sounds like it could be easily repaired.

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