Beak Exercises

[kme3388]

He’s getting in some beak exercises for his vet appointment. He is going to be getting DNA sexed. I was told by the shelter that Blue is a male. I’m not sure how they got that information. I am just going to make sure. This way when he’s being hormonal in dark places if it’s a female I can highly discourage it. Egg laying doesn’t look comfortable to me.

 

[nkrbkr]

Blue is beautiful. When did you get him again? I’ve read through threads, but can’t remember.

 

[kme3388]

Blue is beautiful. When did you get him again? I’ve read through threads, but can’t remember.

I adopted Blue back in November

 

[kme3388]

Blue doesn’t like Vet appointments at all. He bites, and is aggressive. As soon as he sees the towel the vets and techs are in for a fight with him. Even seeing the towel is a trigger with him. He screams bloody murder if I even hang a towel in his room to adjust him to the situation. As soon as I let him out of his cage he goes to attack it.

My sun conure I don’t like bringing to the vet because he hyperventilates, and it concerns me if he will even make it through the entire situation. He gets really stressed out leaving his environment.

 

[nkrbkr]

I’m sorry it’s such a struggle for them. My birds certainly don’t like it, & get a little stressed, but not like what you’ve described with your babies. The vet did get the worst bite I’ve seen from Ava when I took her in for her first visit last month. I felt really bad, but the vet assured me that it was her fault for not handling her beak more cautiously. That could have been Ava’s first vet visit for all I know, so we’ll see how the next one goes. I know she definitely did not go for the three years her previous owner had her. I hope Blue does okay for you with his upcoming appointment!

 

[kme3388]

My other 2 are fine with appointments. Nico my Ekkie would probably start trying to mate with a female vet. He’d be getting himself into some sexual harassment issues.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

If I was Blue's vet I would probably wear chain metal gloves, the kind you wear cleaning slicing machines, under some cloth gloves ones so he doesn't see them. I would think that an avian vet would be prepared and know how to handle a macaw.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Several years ago I took a sweet looking little femsle budgie named Bib to the vet because she seemed sick. Bib was mostly pure white with a blue "bib" around her neck and those solid black "baby eyes" that some budgie mutations keep as adults that made her look like a harmless baby budgie at 4 years old. She absolutely looked like an angel, but had a vicious bite and she wouldn't let go either. She would latch on and grind your flesh between the top and bottom of her little beak until you could pry her mouth open and remove your bloodied hand. I told the vet to watch out because she was a biter and he chuckled as he wisked her off to another room to perform an exam and said I'm not afraid of a budgie bite! When he came back with her and I asked how it went, he said I wasn't kidding! She bit both him and bit his assistant very hard. I looked and Bib and said "good girl"!