How often do you get your parrots beak filed?

kq_fan · May 10, 2016

As the title says, how often? I get Lilo's beak filed once a year at the vets office. Is that too often or is it ok? When do your fids need their beak filed?

Thank you for reading and I hope all your fids are doing wonderful! :rainbow1:

Christinenc2000 · May 10, 2016

So far I have not had to file BB's I keep the Beach sand perch and a LOT of wood . He has kept it trim

ZephyrFly · May 10, 2016

Nearly been a year and a half and I only need to occasionally touch up Pazu's nails. I thank that his favourite perches are his cement perch and his rough calcium perch. He doesn't chew his perches but he does like wiping his face/beak off!

Christinenc2000 · May 10, 2016

OOPS forgot I do have two Concrete perch . They are nice

DexMom · May 10, 2016

Sand perch and wood to chew on seems to do the trick for us. At our last appointment (1 year check-up) the vet only had to clip two of his nails and no beak trim was needed.

Brittany741 · May 10, 2016

Some birds, never. Others once every six weeks or so.

I use a Dremel and a VERY secure towel.

wrench13 · May 10, 2016

Um.. never. With any parrot I've ever owned. Nails either. I've used sand , concrete, mic a schism you name it. I swear by flat concrete perches. I keep one right at the cage door, any one in the corner of Salty's cage. For every parrot? Unknown, but they work for us.
He's really active both in an out.

Scott · May 10, 2016

Only one of mine requires frequent beak-trimming. Angel, my female Ekkie had some sort of lower beak infection about 15 years ago. The central part became granular and eventually split, causing a splayed formation that fosters upper beak overgrowth. Her trims are at roughly 2 month intervals.

Long story short.... my previous avian vet found her to be "vicious," so anesthesia was mandated each and every time her beak was trimmed. A series of issues with other birds led to a loss of faith, and I chose another avian vet. When I first presented Angel, he examined her, trotted out the Dremel, lightly toweled her and ground away. Barely a peep later, her beak was beautifully trimmed. My hunch is she was fully conscious during her past trims....

RavensGryf · May 10, 2016

Both my vets advise against beak trimming unless it's needed for severe overgrowth or symmetry imbalance, but not on a 'normal' beak. Personally, I hate the sharp points. It hurts too much if they bite lol. I don't do anything about it though. I just suffer, and bleed. Lol

LeaKP · May 11, 2016

My greys have never needed trimming of beaks and only occasionally (rarely really) needed trimming of nails. With enough chewing, the beak wears down naturally.

plumsmum2005 · May 11, 2016

RavensGryf said:
Both my vets advise against beak trimming unless it's needed for severe overgrowth or symmetry imbalance, but not on a 'normal' beak. Personally, I hate the sharp points. It hurts too much if they bite lol. I don't do anything about it though. I just suffer, and bleed. Lol

I tend to agree, Plum will use his concrete perches and the wall when standing on top of his cage. This does look a bit strange, sort of aerobic workout.

NB. If either nails or beak grow quickly this can be an indicator of illness so please have a vet check to be sure.

Anansi · May 11, 2016

I keep 2 concrete perches interspersed with all the wooden ones in both cages, and lots of wood chew toys as well. The toys and perches serve well to keep their beaks and nails filed.

kq_fan · May 11, 2016

Thank you everyone! Indo have a concrete perch in Lilo's cage. But she never uses it. She did but now it apparently is yesterdays news. Haha I will see if I can get more sand, wood, and concrete perches. Thank you!

Her beak didn't seem to be that bad. Her nails on the other hand, Ouch!

Birdman666 · May 11, 2016

That's an as needed basis, and varies from bird to bird. Once in a very great while...

ZephyrFly · May 11, 2016

kq_fan said:
Thank you everyone! Indo have a concrete perch in Lilo's cage. But she never uses it. She did but now it apparently is yesterdays news. Haha I will see if I can get more sand, wood, and concrete perches. Thank you! Her beak didn't seem to be that bad. Her nails on the other hand, Ouch!

Try positioning it higher in the cage?

Brittany741 · May 11, 2016

Definitely move the perch to make it more interesting.

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