http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/filing-parrot-beak/comment-page-1/#comment-21248 Tory Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:44:23 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=2437#comment-21248 How can you tell when the beak needs trimmed? I have an african senegal named Tengu, and I noticed that his lower beak is long enough that he can't completely close the gap between the top and the bottom parts of the beak. He's still eating/grooming just fine. Should I be concerned? How can you tell when the beak needs trimmed? I have an african senegal named Tengu, and I noticed that his lower beak is long enough that he can’t completely close the gap between the top and the bottom parts of the beak. He’s still eating/grooming just fine. Should I be concerned?

]]> 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

]]> 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.

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