Cockatiel beak care

[Spellbound]

Hi.

Firstly, i hope this is the right bit for this topic.

Here goes. I've had Squonk, a lutino cockatiel for 17 years and he's always been in excellent health, never needed a vet until recently. His beak seemed to grow very quickly and approx 6 weeks ago, I took him to have it trimmed for the first time. Unfortunately, he's not used to being handled and he's a feisty chap and the end result was his beak was trimmed too short and he ended up bleeding (as did the vet). He's fine now but his beak is incredibly long again.
Understandably, I'm a little reluctant to take him again.

He's never needed a beak trim before and has always managed to keep it down himself.
Is there any reason his beak would grow this fast or he'd stop taking care of it himself. He has cuttlefish and natural fruit tree branches/perches. Also, is there anything else that I can give him to help keep his beak short?

He's showing no signs of illness and is eating and drinking as normal.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Amanda_Bennett]

Not sure if this will be any help, but I have heard that excessive beak and nail growth can be a sign of kidney/liver problems.

If it was me I would take him to the vet and have a blood panel and fecal tests done just to be on the safe side.

 

[Spellbound]

Thanks Amanda, he's going to have to go for a trim anyway so I'll talk to them about it. his nails don't seem to be growing excessively though but still worth checking out.

 

[Allee]

Good luck with Squonk, please let us know how his visit turns out.

 

[Spellbound]

I will do, we're down there often enough so will drag him along with us and have a chat with them and see where we go.... although it seems like maybe, we're not doing so well with livers around here. First the cat, now maybe the bird too? :52: