Wood Chewing Then Rubbing Beak On Rough Edges

LauraC

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Aug 27, 2017
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Fuji - Moustache Parakeet 6 yrs Old
HELP!

Fuji is eating his wooden perches and wooden playpen and then rubbing his beak on the rough edges of the wood. I am scared he will injure himself (either his beak, face, or worse his eyes). He has plenty of toys so i don’t think it is boredom.

Any suggestions how to break this new behavior? I bought sandpaper to try and sand down the rough edges but at the rate he is going his perches and playpen are going to be toothpick thin.
 

LordTriggs

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May 11, 2017
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Rio (Yellow sided conure) sadly no longer with us
sounds very normal to me. Birds will chew perches and rub their beaks on them for fun, to clean their beaks of food and to keep their beaks trim. If a perch is particularly chewed and rough then just get a new perch
 

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